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54.2Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Half of Norley is over 54.2, older than 96% of UK towns

0.7% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, households in detached houses are common here: 67%, more than in 99% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put Norley’s population at 655, in 269 households. Residents who describe themselves as Christian account for 62%.

30%aged 65 or over 4.4%born abroad 269households

Ages

In Norley, 7.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 98% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

NorleyEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 9.7% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 30%.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1515%

15 to 247.2%

25 to 4414%

45 to 6434%

65 and over30%

NorleyCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

Norley

England

WomenMen

About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Below 96% of UK towns: 3.4% of adults are full-time students

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

Full-time students3.4%

Higher managerial and professional27%

Lower managerial and professional28%

Intermediate11%

Small employers and self-employed13%

Supervisory and technical4.3%

Semi-routine4.3%

Routine4.3%

Never worked or long-term unemployed3.2%

NorleyCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Norley

11%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 11%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.2× England’s share

Managerial and professional jobs take in 56% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 8.6% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. On the census count, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.

Households

One-person households: 17%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 12%Living alone, under 66 6%Families with dependent children 22%Couples and families, no young children 59%Shared houses and other 1.9%

Against Cheshire’s towns and England’s towns

Norley

Cheshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person19%

2 people50%

3 people12%

4 people14%

5 or more5.6%

England’s towns.

Here 22% of households have dependent children, where the figure across England’s towns is 29%. For Norley, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 1.9%. Measured more widely, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.

Homes & cars

Only 4.5% of households in Norley have no car or van

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Norley

Cheshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van4.5%

One24%

Two49%

Three or more23%

NorleyCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

The share of households in terraced houses trails 98% of UK towns: 5.2%. Set beside that, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.

Where people were born

Norley 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%

Norley

4.4%

Cheshire’s towns

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language100%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.3%

Another main language, little or no English0%

NorleyCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Set against 18% across England’s towns, 4.4% of residents were born outside the UK in Norley. As a yardstick, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in Africa (1.4%), then in EU countries (1.1%).

Ethnicity & religion

97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 95% 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

NorleyCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White1.5%

Asian1.2%

Mixed0.5%

Black0%

Other0%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 97% of Norley · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

NorleyCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion33%

Christian62%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.9%

Other religion0.2%

Didn’t answer3.7%

0%35%70%

Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (1.5%), Chinese (0.8%) and Mixed or multiple (0.5%). At 33%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 87% of UK towns. Against that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.

Relationships & caring

In Norley, 67% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership19%

Married or civil partnership67%

Separated0.5%

Divorced6.5%

Widowed7.9%

NorleyCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

57residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 8.9%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week6.9%

20 to 49 hours0.6%

50 hours or more1.4%

Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 8.9%. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Here, nearly a fifth of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.

Qualifications

54% of adults are qualified to degree level

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications8.4%

Apprenticeship4.5%

A levels or similar16%

Degree level54%

NorleyCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

At degree level, Norley counts 54% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 8.4% have no qualification (18%).

Neighbours

Norley and its 7 nearest towns: 1 of them are older

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

KingsleyCuddingtonWeaverhamHartfordKelsallBarntonFrodshamNorley

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Norley	655	—	54.2	30%	22%
Kingsley	1,551	1.9 mi	55.5	33%	24%
Cuddington	5,860	1.9 mi	47.1	26%	29%
Weaverham	6,266	3 mi	45.9	24%	27%
Hartford	6,698	4.1 mi	48	23%	30%
Kelsall	2,997	4.1 mi	50.3	26%	29%
Barnton	6,245	4.3 mi	44	22%	27%
Frodsham	9,101	4.4 mi	49	27%	25%

More about Norley’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

“Cheshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Cheshire (or England), summed the same way as Norley’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 Norley’s residents

What is the population of Norley?

The 2021 Census counted 655 people in Norley’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Norley?

The median age was 54.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Norley?

97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 4.4% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Norley?

33% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.7% didn’t answer.

Is Norley good for families?

22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Norley’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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