Photo: Sandy Gerrard · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Wingfield is over 52.9, older than 94% of UK towns
Here 66% of households live in a detached house, where the figure across England’s towns is 21%. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Wingfield counted 341 residents and 138 households at the 2021 Census. In Wingfield, a fifth of households are one person living alone.
26% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 78% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 11% of residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 9.7%.
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.
Wingfield: 5.9% of adults are full-time students, above 84% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 35% of Wingfield’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 21%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. On the census count, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Wingfield ranks below 84% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 23%
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.
At 2.4 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children.
Below 99% of UK towns: 1.4% 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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Wingfield comes in at 7.1%. Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment. The census found that 5.6% of households have no car or van locally.
4.1% born outside the UK, fewer than in 76% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.9%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%). Against that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. On residents whose main language is English, Wingfield sits higher than just over three fifths of UK towns: 98%.
96% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 83% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Wingfield · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Wingfield has 39%. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian stands at 52%. On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 76% of UK towns don’t reach
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 share of adults who have never married trails 55% of UK towns: 32%. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Some 6 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Wingfield has fewer unpaid carers than just over three fifths of UK towns, at 9%.
A degree-level qualification for 33% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 33% of adults in Wingfield (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 20% (England’s towns: 18%).
Wingfield and its 7 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wingfield | 341 | — | 52.9 | 26% | 23% |
| Stradbroke | 1,190 | 2 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 20% |
| Harleston | 5,077 | 4 mi | 47.6 | 29% | 24% |
| Dickleburgh | 1,166 | 4.9 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 33% |
| Scole | 1,037 | 4.9 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 20% |
| Laxfield | 1,004 | 5.1 mi | 52.3 | 28% | 19% |
| Eye | 2,211 | 5.4 mi | 52.4 | 33% | 21% |
| Diss | 9,599 | 6.9 mi | 46.3 | 26% | 23% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Wingfield’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 Wingfield’s residents
What is the population of Wingfield?
The 2021 Census counted 341 people in Wingfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wingfield?
The median age was 52.9 at the 2021 Census. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wingfield?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 4.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wingfield?
39% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 7.9% didn’t answer.
Is Wingfield good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wingfield’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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