Photo: John Tomlinson · CC BY-SA 2.0Yaxley ranks below 99% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 3.2%
The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 98% in Yaxley and 73% across England’s towns. 26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a lower share than in 91% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 595, in 220 households. The share of one-person households stands at 18%.
Yaxley is older than 89% of UK towns: a median age of 51
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 70–74 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 2.1 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 27% of the total.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 4.4% in Yaxley, less than in 69% 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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year tops 71% of UK towns: 9.9%. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
2.5 people per household, more than in 93% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Yaxley comes in at 5.9%. Across Yaxley, 27% of households have dependent children.
Fewer flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.9% of households
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
3.2% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Typically, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Across Yaxley, 66% of households live in a detached house.
Below 98% of UK towns: 2.2% of residents were born outside the UK
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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.9%) and in Africa (0.3%). The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents whose main language is English are more common here than in 99% of UK towns.
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 88% of UK towns: 57%
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: 98% of Yaxley · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 37% across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Yaxley comes in at 36%. The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
More married adults and civil partners than 86% of UK towns: 54%
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
For 7 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. On average, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 6.6%, the share of unpaid carers is lower than in 98% of UK towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 28%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 28% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 19% hold no qualification (18%).
Yaxley and its 7 nearest towns: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yaxley | 595 | — | 51 | 27% | 27% |
| Eye | 2,211 | 1.5 mi | 52.4 | 33% | 21% |
| Gislingham | 1,172 | 3.3 mi | 50.3 | 24% | 25% |
| Scole | 1,037 | 3.5 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 20% |
| Diss | 9,599 | 3.7 mi | 46.3 | 26% | 23% |
| Roydon (South Norfolk) | 1,117 | 4.1 mi | 52.1 | 27% | 23% |
| Rickinghall and Botesdale | 1,842 | 4.7 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 21% |
| Mendlesham | 1,018 | 5.4 mi | 47 | 29% | 23% |
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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 Yaxley’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 Yaxley’s residents
What is the population of Yaxley?
The 2021 Census counted 595 people in Yaxley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Yaxley?
The median age was 51 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Yaxley?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 2.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Yaxley?
36% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is Yaxley good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Yaxley’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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