Photo: Oxymoron · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 55.6: Ufford is older than 97% of UK towns
In Ufford, 70% of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 592 people lived locally, in 266 households. The census found that a fifth of households have dependent children in the village. 8% of households live in a terraced house, a lower share than in 93% of UK towns.
In Ufford, 32% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 94% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
7.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Ufford ranks above 77% of UK towns on full-time students: 5.6%
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
One in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier; across England’s towns the figure is 11%. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Ufford ranks below 99% of UK towns on shared households of unrelated adults: 1.1%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Suffolk’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
One-person households make up 25%, against 30% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. On average, 2.2 people share a household.
5.3% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 98% of UK towns
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Households in flats: 2.7%, below 95% of UK towns. Every 19th household or so has no car or van.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% of UK towns
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.9%). At 5.4%, the share of residents born outside the UK is lower than in three fifths of UK towns. For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%.
44% of residents said they have no religion, a share 70% of UK towns don’t reach
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 94% of Ufford · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (3.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and Indian (0.3%). Higher than in 65% of UK towns: 94% of residents describe themselves as White British. Residents with no religion: 37% across England’s towns, for comparison. The figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 48% in Ufford and 46% across England’s towns.
Above 94% of UK towns: 57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
For 7 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. At 25%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 93% of UK towns. To put it in context, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. In Ufford, 7.4% of residents give unpaid care, beside 8.7% across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 47% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 47% of Ufford’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 9.8% have no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Ufford
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ufford | 592 | — | 55.6 | 32% | 20% |
| Melton | 1,608 | 1.6 mi | 50.3 | 26% | 21% |
| Wickham Market | 2,231 | 2 mi | 52 | 33% | 21% |
| Rendlesham | 3,185 | 2.7 mi | 40.6 | 17% | 35% |
| Woodbridge | 10,146 | 2.8 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 21% |
| Sutton Common | 1,262 | 3.4 mi | 29 | 12% | 43% |
| Grundisburgh | 1,424 | 4.5 mi | 49 | 27% | 28% |
| Martlesham | 1,976 | 4.9 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 28% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “Suffolk’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Suffolk (or England), summed the same way as Ufford’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Ufford’s residents
What is the population of Ufford?
The 2021 Census counted 592 people in Ufford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ufford?
The median age was 55.6 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ufford?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 5.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ufford?
44% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Ufford good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ufford’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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