Photo: Keith Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Westerfield is over 55.4, older than 97% of UK towns
The share of households in flats trails 99% of UK towns: 1%. Westerfield is home to 483 residents in 211 households, by the 2021 Census. The census found that nearly one in ten households have no car or van here. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 60% here, more than in 98% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 96% of UK towns: 34%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 7.4% in Westerfield and 12% across England’s towns. 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
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Westerfield ranks below 98% of UK towns on full-time students: 3.1%
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 5.4%, against 11% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer family households than 93% of UK towns: 21% in Westerfield
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.
Where 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, Westerfield has 27%. The benchmark for households with dependent children across England’s towns: 29%. There are 2.2 people in the average household. At 2.8%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is higher than in 72% of UK towns.
Westerfield ranks above 99% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 83%
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 terraced houses make up 3.8%, against 24% across England’s towns. On average, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Above 72% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.5%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.7%). The usual figure: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. On residents born outside the UK, Westerfield sits higher than 57% of UK towns: 7%.
58% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 91% 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: 92% of Westerfield · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (4.4%), Mixed or multiple (2.1%) and Indian (1%). Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 85% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, against 92% in Westerfield.
Only 24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Westerfield
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 12 residents. Across the comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Higher than in 89% of UK towns: 11% of residents give unpaid care.
Qualified to degree level: 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 36% of adults in Westerfield (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 13% (England’s towns: 18%).
Westerfield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westerfield | 483 | — | 55.4 | 34% | 21% |
| Ipswich | 151,566 | 2.2 mi | 39 | 17% | 29% |
| Claydon | 3,140 | 2.9 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 26% |
| Bramford | 2,335 | 3.2 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 19% |
| Kesgrave | 14,947 | 3.5 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 33% |
| Great Blakenham | 2,188 | 3.6 mi | 31.9 | 8.7% | 35% |
| Grundisburgh | 1,424 | 3.7 mi | 49 | 27% | 28% |
| Martlesham | 1,976 | 4.6 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 28% |
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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 Westerfield’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 Westerfield’s residents
What is the population of Westerfield?
The 2021 Census counted 483 people in Westerfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Westerfield?
The median age was 55.4 at the 2021 Census. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Westerfield?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Westerfield?
34% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Westerfield good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Westerfield’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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