Photo: Smb1001 · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 53: Wortham is older than 94% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, 24% of households live in a terraced house; in Wortham, 3.6%. Census day 2021: 459 residents and 195 households locally. Two thirds of households live in a detached house. Fewer households with dependent children than in 91% of UK towns: 22%.
Wortham sits above 87% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (28%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
70–74 is the most common age band: 10% of residents, 2.1 times the share across England’s towns. Lower than in 76% of UK towns: 9% of residents are aged 15 to 24. As a reference point, 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 105 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Wortham, 4% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 83% 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%.
By its share of residents who moved in within the year (7%), Wortham is below 84% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Only 1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Wortham
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.
Households average 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults: 4.3% across England’s towns, for comparison. One-person households: 22% of the total.
Wortham ranks below 99% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 3.6%
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
Where 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, Wortham has 3.6%. Elsewhere, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Wortham sits above 99% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (100%)
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 its share of residents born outside the UK (3.7%), Wortham is below 82% of UK towns. 100% of residents have English as their main language.
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 96% 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: 97% of Wortham · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Christians make up 55% of residents, against 46% across England’s towns. Nearly two in five residents said they have no religion. On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
More married adults and civil partners than 98% of UK towns: 60%
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
Adults who have never married: 23%, below 97% of UK towns. In Wortham, 7.6% of residents give unpaid care. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 31% of Wortham’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 15% have no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Wortham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wortham | 459 | — | 53 | 28% | 22% |
| Roydon (South Norfolk) | 1,117 | 2.3 mi | 52.1 | 27% | 23% |
| Rickinghall and Botesdale | 1,842 | 2.5 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 21% |
| Diss | 9,599 | 3 mi | 46.3 | 26% | 23% |
| Gislingham | 1,172 | 3.5 mi | 50.3 | 24% | 25% |
| Eye | 2,211 | 4.3 mi | 52.4 | 33% | 21% |
| Scole | 1,037 | 4.3 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 20% |
| Walsham le Willows | 1,258 | 6 mi | 49 | 25% | 25% |
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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 Wortham’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 Wortham’s residents
What is the population of Wortham?
The 2021 Census counted 459 people in Wortham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wortham?
The median age was 53 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wortham?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 3.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wortham?
39% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is Wortham good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wortham’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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