Photo: Ben Gamble · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 99% of UK towns: half of Waldringfield is over 59.3
23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 1.4% in Waldringfield. Census day 2021: 480 residents and 217 households locally. The census found that 5.1% of households live in a terraced house in the village. Few places have as many unpaid carers: 12% here, more than in 98% of UK towns.
Above 98% of UK towns: 37% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
7.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24; across England’s towns the figure is 12%. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
3.3% of adults are full-time students, below 96% of UK towns
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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Waldringfield has 48% and 14%. Locally, 9.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households with dependent children than 98% of UK towns: 17%
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.
On shared households of unrelated adults, 4.2% here is much the same as across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. The average household has 2.2 people. Fewer one-person households than in nearly four fifths of UK towns: 26%.
Waldringfield sits above 99% of UK towns for households in detached houses (67%)
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
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van; in Waldringfield, 8.7%. The usual figure: just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
In Waldringfield, 100% 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.3%) and in Africa (2.3%). Across England’s towns, 90% of residents have English as their main language. Higher than in three fifths of UK towns: 7.5% of residents were born outside the UK.
54% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 77% of UK towns
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 Waldringfield · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 35% in Waldringfield and 37% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Across Waldringfield, 94% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Waldringfield ranks above 99% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 64%
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
Adults who have never married make up 19%, against 39% across England’s towns. The benchmark for married adults and civil partners across England’s towns: 44%.
49% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Waldringfield, 12%, while 49% hold one at degree level (34%).
Waldringfield is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waldringfield | 480 | — | 59.3 | 37% | 17% |
| Martlesham Heath | 2,730 | 2 mi | 54.5 | 34% | 18% |
| Martlesham | 1,976 | 2.1 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 28% |
| Woodbridge | 10,146 | 2.8 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 21% |
| Kirton | 1,245 | 3.3 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 24% |
| Kesgrave | 14,947 | 3.3 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 33% |
| Sutton Common | 1,262 | 3.4 mi | 29 | 12% | 43% |
| Melton | 1,608 | 3.7 mi | 50.3 | 26% | 21% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “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 Waldringfield’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 Waldringfield’s residents
What is the population of Waldringfield?
The 2021 Census counted 480 people in Waldringfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Waldringfield?
The median age was 59.3 at the 2021 Census. 7.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 37% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Waldringfield?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 7.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Waldringfield?
35% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.9% didn’t answer.
Is Waldringfield good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Waldringfield’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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