page_title: Mettingham
section_title: Population
hierarchical_section_title: Mettingham / Population
caption_attribution_description: English: Occupational Order of the parish of Mettingham's Adult Population as reported by the national census in 1881
context_page_description: Mettingham is a village and civil parish, near Bungay, in the East Suffolk district, in NE Suffolk, England, close to the River Waveney which forms the boundary with Norfolk.
  In the 1870s, Mettingham was described as:
  "a village and a parish in Wangford district, Suffolk. The village stands near the river Waveney, at the boundary with Norfolk, 2 miles E of Bungay r. station; is a scattered place; and has a postoffice under Bungay."
  Its church, All Saints, is one of 43 existing round-tower churches in Suffolk. and about a mile to the south, Mettingham Castle comprises the ruins of a moated medieval fortified manor house, with a medieval chantry college in its grounds. The college was founded in 1394 and was dissolved in 1542 at the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
context_section_description: The parish population has varied since 1801. There was a significant increase of 139 between 1801 and 1841, after which there was a long period of decline as agriculture became less labour-intensive. There has been one minor boundary change since 1801, but it was not significant enough to affect the rise in population. However between 1831 and 1841, 36 houses were built, leading to a population increase with more people moving to the area.
  As of the 2011 census, Mettingham's population is relatively old: out of the total population of 211 only 34 are below the age of 16; 54 are in the age range 35–54; and 85 are over 55; so that many of the residents are above the national average age of 39.7.
caption: Occupational Order of the parish of Mettingham's Adult Population as reported by the national census in 1881
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