Photo: Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0Ashill is older than 98% of UK towns: a median age of 57.6
Households with dependent children: 17% here and 29% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 1,252 residents in 591 households. For Ashill, the census puts households in terraced houses at 6.8%. 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a higher share than in 89% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Ashill’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Ashill’s residents are under 57.6 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 39% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
158 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 13% of those 5 and over: more than in 99% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Ashill ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 39%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 12% across England’s towns, 7.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Ashill. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
3.1% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 98% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 26% of Ashill’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 28%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: nearly a tenth of the total.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 89% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Norfolk’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, against 32% in Ashill. For Ashill, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 2.9%.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 98% of UK towns, at 66%
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
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment; in Ashill, 1.5%. Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 78% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
In Ashill, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 72% of UK towns
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.9%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.3%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%. Ashill has fewer residents born outside the UK than 61% of UK towns, at 5.4%.
59% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 93% 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: 96% of Ashill · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (3.4%), African (0.2%) and Mixed or multiple (0.2%). Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 96% here, more than in 84% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Ashill has 34%.
Unpaid carers: 13%, a higher share than 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
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
The figure for adults who have never married is 22% in Ashill and 39% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 61.
Degree-level qualifications reach 19% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 19% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 26% hold no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Ashill
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Norfolk’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Norfolk (or England), summed the same way as Ashill’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 Ashill’s residents
What is the population of Ashill?
The 2021 Census counted 1,252 people in Ashill’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ashill?
The median age was 57.6 at the 2021 Census. 7.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 39% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ashill?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 5.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ashill?
34% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Ashill good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ashill’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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