Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in flats make up 0.6% in Worlingworth, less than in 99% of UK towns
Households in detached houses: 64%, above 98% of UK towns. Few places have so few one-person households: 21% here, fewer than in 97% of UK towns. Worlingworth’s 350 households held 837 residents at the 2021 Census. Across Worlingworth, 54% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Half of Worlingworth is over 50.2, older than 86% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.9%, against 12% across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 25%.
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.
In Worlingworth, 5.3% of adults are full-time students, more than in 70% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Worlingworth has 31% and 26%. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. On the census count, 8% of 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.
2.4 people per household, more than in 82% 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.
By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (2%), Worlingworth is below 70% of UK towns. For Worlingworth, the census puts households with dependent children at 26%.
Households without a car or van: 5.5%, a lower share than 98% of UK towns
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 in terraced houses (8.6%), Worlingworth is below 92% of UK towns. In one household in 18 there is no car or van.
4.7% of residents were born outside the UK, below 68% 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
The share of residents whose main language is English is 98%, against 90% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.9%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%).
A higher White British share than 82% of UK towns: 95% of residents
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: 95% of Worlingworth · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 53%, above 69% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. The census found that two in five residents said they have no religion in Worlingworth.
30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 70% 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 23 residents. On average, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 8.8% of residents give unpaid care, a lower share than in 65% of UK towns.
A degree-level qualification for 27% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
22% of Worlingworth’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 27% have one at degree level (34%).
A younger town than 4 of the 7 around it: Worlingworth
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worlingworth | 837 | — | 50.2 | 25% | 26% |
| Stradbroke | 1,190 | 3.3 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 20% |
| Debenham | 2,294 | 4.5 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 27% |
| Laxfield | 1,004 | 5.1 mi | 52.3 | 28% | 19% |
| Framlingham | 3,831 | 5.1 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 27% |
| Eye | 2,211 | 5.8 mi | 52.4 | 33% | 21% |
| Mendlesham | 1,018 | 7.5 mi | 47 | 29% | 23% |
| Scole | 1,037 | 7.8 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 20% |
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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 Worlingworth’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 Worlingworth’s residents
What is the population of Worlingworth?
The 2021 Census counted 837 people in Worlingworth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Worlingworth?
The median age was 50.2 at the 2021 Census. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Worlingworth?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 4.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Worlingworth?
40% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Worlingworth good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Worlingworth’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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