Area type
Non-metropolitan District
Population Density
120
Population growth
0.9%
Gender ratio
0.98 male to female
english main language
99%
birth rate
8.4
death rate
11.0
Major religion
64% Christian
Urbanisation
25%
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The population of Mid Suffolk is 104,857 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. Mid Suffolk's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was 0.9% per year. Mid Suffolk covers an area of 871 square kilometres (336 square miles) and has a population density of 120 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020.
According to the latest 2011 census, the population in Mid Suffolk is predominantly white (98%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 2% of the population.
The median average age in Mid Suffolk in 2019 was 47.8, with over 18s representing 83.5% of the population. The sex ratio was 97.9 males to every 100 females. Compare average age by area.
In 2011, the urban population of Mid Suffolk was approximately 23,959 or 25%, while the rural population was around 72,772 or 75%.
The largest religious group in Mid Suffolk is Christians who account for 64% of the population.
English is spoken as the main language by 98.8% of people in Mid Suffolk, and spoken either well or very well by 1% of the remaining population. 0.2% reported having poor English language skills.
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The population of Mid Suffolk is 104,857 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. In the year between mid-2019 and mid-2020, the population in Mid Suffolk grew by an estimated 962 people, and in the ten years before mid-2020, the population grew by 7,781.
Mid Suffolk's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was 0.9%, which is 0.1% higher than the average population growth rate in Mid Suffolk for the ten years before mid-2020 (0.9%).
Mid Suffolk covers an area of 871 square kilometres (336 square miles) and has a population density of 120 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020. That figure has increased by 9 people per km2 over the past decade.
According to mid-year population estimates published by the ONS in 2019, males account for 49.5% of Mid Suffolk's 104,857 population, while females made up 50.5% of the total.
The sex ratio (the number of males for each female in a population) was 97.884 males to every 100 females in 2011. In England as a whole, the gender ratio was 98 males to every 100 females in 2011.
Age statistics collected by the ONS show the adult population of Mid Suffolk, that is how many people there are over the age of 18, is 87,541.
Mid Suffolk's age structure shows the working-age population to be 61,502 which is 58.7% of the population. People under the age of 16 represent 16.5% of the population, and over 65s represent 24.8% of the population. The percentage of the population that is of working-age has decreased over the last 10 years from 61.4% to 56.9%.
Mid Suffolk's age pyramid shows how the population is distributed by age and gender.
The median average age of someone in Mid Suffolk was 47.8 years in 2019. Split by gender, the average female age is 48.5 years, and the average male is 47.0 years.
Of the Mid Suffolk population over the age of 90, girls outnumber boys by 2.0 to 1.
The life expectancy of someone born today in Mid Suffolk is 83 years. Split by gender, a girl born today in Mid Suffolk has a life expectancy of 85 years, and a boy has a life expectancy of 82 years. Compare life expectancy by area.
As a comparison, in England as a whole, current life expectancy at birth is 81 years, for females that rises to 83 years and for males it falls to 79 years.
The life expectancy for someone born in Mid Suffolk has risen by 3 years over the past decade, from a life expectancy of 80 years to a life expectancy of 83 years. In England as a whole, life expectancies have risen by 3 years.
Age | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00-01 | 81.5 | 84.7 | 83.1 |
| 01-04 | 80.7 | 84.0 | 82.4 |
| 05-09 | 76.7 | 80.1 | 78.4 |
| 10-14 | 71.8 | 75.1 | 73.4 |
| 15-19 | 66.8 | 70.1 | 68.4 |
| 20-24 | 62.0 | 65.3 | 63.7 |
| 25-29 | 57.0 | 60.4 | 58.7 |
| 30-34 | 52.2 | 55.4 | 53.8 |
| 35-39 | 47.5 | 50.5 | 49.0 |
| 40-44 | 42.6 | 45.7 | 44.2 |
According to the latest 2011 census, the population in Mid Suffolk is predominantly white (97.9%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 2.1% of the population.
Mixed people were the largest minority group in Mid Suffolk accounting for 1.0% of the population.
371 or 0% of the Mid Suffolk population are black according to the latest 2011 census.
In England more broadly the portion of the population that is white is 85.4%. 7.8% are Asian and 3.5% are Black.
Estimates of personal wellbeing in the UK are published by the ONS annually, with scores for anxiety, happiness, life satisfaction, and feeling that life is worthwhile. Overall scores are based on surveying a representative sample of the population and are scored out of 10 (.e.g for happiness 0 is 'not at all happy' and 10 is 'completely happy').
Levels of reported Anxiety in Mid Suffolk were 2.6 in 2012 and 3.0 in 2021. In the rest of England levels of Anxiety are currently 3.1.
Reported levels of Happiness in 2021 were 7.6, and 7.4 in 2012. In England, the average happiness indicator is currently 7.5. Of the 363 areas in England, Mid Suffolk is the 146 th happiest area in England.
Life satisfaction scores for 2021 are 7.8 and were 7.7 in 2012. For the feeling that things done in life are worthwhile the 2021 level is 7.9 and was 8.0 in 2012.
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According to the latest 2011 census, the most populous religious group within Mid Suffolk is Christians, accounting for 63.8% of the population.
Mid Suffolk has a Muslim population of 152 which is 0.1% of the population.
Compared to England as a whole, in England circa 59% of the population is Christian, 5% is Muslim, 2% is Hindu, and Buddhists, Sikhs and Jews each is around 1%. The remainder is split between people with no religion and those who decided not to identify a religion.
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. Data sources: ONS Local statistics