Photo: Bikeboy · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Wickham Market is over 52, older than 92% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children; in Wickham Market, 21%. Meanwhile, at 96%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is higher than in just over four fifths of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 2,231 residents in 1,044 households. Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.2% of the total.
What the Census says about Wickham Market’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Wickham Market’s residents are under 52 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 33% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 65 and over: 33%, a higher share than 96% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 70–74: nearly one in ten residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 9% in Wickham Market. Set beside that, 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 89 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.
In Wickham Market, 3.8% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 89% 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%.
Set against 11% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier in Wickham Market. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Wickham Market households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 87% 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.
One-person households make up 32%, against 30% across England’s towns.
A lower share of households in flats than 61% of UK towns, at 8.8%
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
The share of households in terraced houses is 17%, against 24% across England’s towns. Households in flats: 23% across England’s towns, for comparison. In Wickham Market, 29% of households live in a detached house. Every 6th household or so has no car or van.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 92% of UK towns, at 99%
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.7%) and in Africa (1%). On residents born outside the UK, Wickham Market sits lower than 77% of UK towns: 4%. Residents whose main language is English: 90% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 51%, a higher share than 61% 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: 96% of Wickham Market · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (2%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and African (0.3%). The wider picture: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Where 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, Wickham Market has 42%.
11% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 90% 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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 74. 30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a lower share than in 65% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 30% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
30% of Wickham Market’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 21% have none (18%).
1 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Wickham Market
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wickham Market | 2,231 | — | 52 | 33% | 21% |
| Rendlesham | 3,185 | 2.8 mi | 40.6 | 17% | 35% |
| Melton | 1,608 | 3.6 mi | 50.3 | 26% | 21% |
| Framlingham | 3,831 | 4.7 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 27% |
| Woodbridge | 10,146 | 4.7 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 21% |
| Sutton Common | 1,262 | 5 mi | 29 | 12% | 43% |
| Grundisburgh | 1,424 | 5.7 mi | 49 | 27% | 28% |
| Saxmundham | 4,778 | 6.7 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 27% |
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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 Wickham Market’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 Wickham Market’s residents
What is the population of Wickham Market?
The 2021 Census counted 2,231 people in Wickham Market’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wickham Market?
The median age was 52 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wickham Market?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wickham Market?
42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Wickham Market good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wickham Market’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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