Photo: Bob Jones · CC BY-SA 2.01% of households live in a terraced house, below 99% of UK towns
7.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24 (England’s towns: 12%). There were 101 households in Worlington at the 2021 Census, home to 232 residents. In Worlington, 2% of households live in a flat or apartment. Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as White British: 84% here, fewer than in 79% of UK towns.
A median age of 50.6: Worlington is older than 88% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 28%.
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.
Below 98% of UK towns: 3.1% of adults are full-time students
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 46% of Worlington’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 15%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year are more common here than in 52% of UK towns. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Worlington sits below 99% of UK towns for shared households of unrelated adults (1%)
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.
Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children; in Worlington, 26%. A household here holds 2.3 people on average. 31% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 58% of UK towns. Typically, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
More households in detached houses than 91% of UK towns: 52%
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
By its share of households without a car or van (11%), Worlington is below 77% of UK towns. Typically, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents born outside the UK than 78% of UK towns: 11%
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
97% of residents have English as their main language; across England’s towns the figure is 90%. As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3.9%) and in EU countries (3%).
Only 39% of residents said they have no religion in Worlington
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: 84% of Worlington · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (7.8%), Mixed or multiple (3%) and Indian (2.2%). The wider picture: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as Christian: 49% here, fewer than in 57% of UK towns.
Below 87% of UK towns: 26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns. Set beside that, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. The share of unpaid carers stands at 9.4%.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 41%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Worlington, 41%, and 21% have none, against 18%.
No nearby town is as old as Worlington
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worlington | 232 | — | 50.6 | 28% | 26% |
| Mildenhall | 9,684 | 1.5 mi | 38.2 | 19% | 26% |
| Red Lodge | 5,771 | 2.2 mi | 30.9 | 6.1% | 38% |
| Beck Row | 4,129 | 2.6 mi | 31.4 | 11% | 34% |
| Isleham | 2,287 | 2.8 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 28% |
| Fordham | 2,566 | 4.2 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 29% |
| Little Eriswell | 4,120 | 4.4 mi | 23.9 | 0.7% | 54% |
| Kentford | 1,124 | 4.5 mi | 39.9 | 19% | 34% |
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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 Worlington’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 Worlington’s residents
What is the population of Worlington?
The 2021 Census counted 232 people in Worlington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Worlington?
The median age was 50.6 at the 2021 Census. 7.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Worlington?
84% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Worlington?
39% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.7% were Muslim and 9.9% didn’t answer.
Is Worlington good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Worlington’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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