Photo: Bob Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0In Washbrook, 6.2% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 97% of UK towns
The share of households in detached houses is 57%, against 21% across England’s towns. Census figures put adults who have never married at 26% in Washbrook. Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than in 87% of UK towns: 1.7%. In 2021, the Census found 549 residents locally, living in 243 households.
Older than 84% of UK towns: half of Washbrook is over 49.8
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up 9.2% of residents, against 12% across England’s towns. By contrast, 26% of residents are 65 or over, a higher share than in 76% of UK 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.
Washbrook ranks below 90% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 6.6%
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%.
By class, 39% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 22% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). In Washbrook, 4.8% of adults are full-time students. Elsewhere, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Households with dependent children: 23%, a lower share than 83% of UK towns
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.
28% of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Below 97% of UK towns: 2.1% of households live in a flat or apartment
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
Here nearly one in ten households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%.
In Washbrook, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 77% 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 largest groups were born in EU countries (4.2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.5%). Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are common here: 7.8%, more than in 63% of UK towns. The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 76% of UK towns: 54%
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: 91% of Washbrook · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 91% in Washbrook and 73% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The share of residents with no religion stands at 40%.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 88% of UK towns, at 55%
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
Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 7.9%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, married adults and civil partners come to 44%.
Qualified to degree level: 28% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
12% of Washbrook’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 28% have one at degree level (34%).
Around Washbrook, 4 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washbrook | 549 | — | 49.8 | 26% | 23% |
| Bramford | 2,335 | 2.7 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 19% |
| Capel St Mary | 2,992 | 3 mi | 50.7 | 31% | 25% |
| Ipswich | 151,566 | 3.2 mi | 39 | 17% | 29% |
| Holbrook | 2,146 | 4.8 mi | 41.6 | 22% | 29% |
| Elmsett | 1,001 | 4.9 mi | 54 | 32% | 23% |
| Claydon | 3,140 | 5 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 26% |
| East Bergholt | 2,211 | 5.1 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 25% |
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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 Washbrook’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 Washbrook’s residents
What is the population of Washbrook?
The 2021 Census counted 549 people in Washbrook’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Washbrook?
The median age was 49.8 at the 2021 Census. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Washbrook?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 7.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Washbrook?
40% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Washbrook good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Washbrook’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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