Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 58.2: Wenhaston is older than 99% of UK towns
Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Wenhaston comes in at 0.4%. The village is home to 555 residents in 262 households, by the 2021 Census. The share of households with dependent children stands at 19%. At 61%, the share of households in detached houses is higher than in 97% of UK towns.
Wenhaston: 40% of residents are 65 or over, above 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 99% of UK towns: 3.6%. To put it in context, 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 90 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.
Wenhaston ranks below 99% of UK towns on full-time students: 1.9%
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; Wenhaston has 39% and 21%. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. On the census count, 6.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Wenhaston households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 95% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Wenhaston comes in at 1.9%. Across Wenhaston, a third of households are one person living alone.
Fewer car-free households than 87% of UK towns: 9%
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 11% of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 98% 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 (1.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%). Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are scarce here: 4.5%, fewer than in 71% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 98% of UK towns: 97%
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: 97% of Wenhaston · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Wenhaston, 43% of residents said they have no religion, beside 37% across England’s towns. On top of that, half of residents describe themselves as Christian, a higher share than in 53% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British.
19% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 99% of UK towns
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
The figure for unpaid carers is 13% in Wenhaston and 8.7% across England’s towns. Here, 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 39% across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
13% of Wenhaston’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 36% have one at degree level (34%).
Wenhaston is younger than 1 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wenhaston | 555 | — | 58.2 | 40% | 19% |
| Halesworth | 4,924 | 2.7 mi | 54 | 35% | 18% |
| Reydon | 2,369 | 4.6 mi | 59.2 | 40% | 17% |
| Saxmundham | 4,778 | 7.9 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Leiston | 5,919 | 8.2 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 22% |
| Laxfield | 1,004 | 8.5 mi | 52.3 | 28% | 19% |
| Worlingham | 3,618 | 8.8 mi | 50.1 | 29% | 24% |
| Beccles | 9,807 | 8.9 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 22% |
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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 Wenhaston’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 Wenhaston’s residents
What is the population of Wenhaston?
The 2021 Census counted 555 people in Wenhaston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wenhaston?
The median age was 58.2 at the 2021 Census. 3.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 40% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wenhaston?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wenhaston?
43% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Wenhaston good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wenhaston’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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