Photo: Stavros1 at English Wikipedia · Public domainFewer households in terraced houses than 99% of UK towns: 1%
Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children; in Aylmerton, 23%. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 248, in 103 households. In Aylmerton, 77% of households live in a detached house. Half of the village’s residents are over 50.8, older than in 89% of UK towns.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns, at 6.9%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
10–14 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. The census found that nearly a third of residents are 65 or over in Aylmerton. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Aylmerton sits below 99% of UK towns for full-time students (2.4%)
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%.
By class, 30% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 6.1% of the total.
Aylmerton ranks below 85% of UK towns on one-person households: 25%
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.
The typical household size is 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Higher than in 74% of UK towns: 2.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. For one-person households, the comparison across England’s towns is 30%.
Fewer flats than 99% of UK towns: 1% 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
The figure for households without a car or van is 10% in Aylmerton and 24% across England’s towns. Households in flats make up 23% across England’s towns.
Only 1.6% of Aylmerton’s 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
Against a figure of 90% across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English in Aylmerton comes in at 100%. Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.4%).
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 79% of UK towns, at 95%
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: 95% of Aylmerton · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents with no religion (44%), Aylmerton is above 73% of UK towns. Meanwhile, 47% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a lower share than in 67% of UK towns. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Arab (1.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and Other White (1.2%).
22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 98% 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
4 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in 96% of UK towns. To put it in context, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. The figure for unpaid carers is 7.5% in Aylmerton and 8.7% across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 29%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
29% of Aylmerton’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 12% have none (18%).
5 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Aylmerton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aylmerton | 248 | — | 50.8 | 32% | 23% |
| West Runton and Beeston Regis | 1,463 | 1.4 mi | 63.3 | 47% | 11% |
| Sheringham | 7,087 | 2.1 mi | 59.3 | 40% | 17% |
| Cromer | 7,522 | 2.3 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 16% |
| Holt | 4,014 | 6.4 mi | 57.5 | 40% | 15% |
| Mundesley | 2,777 | 8 mi | 58.7 | 40% | 15% |
| Aylsham | 7,183 | 8.8 mi | 49.9 | 31% | 25% |
| North Walsham | 12,829 | 9 mi | 50.2 | 29% | 21% |
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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 Aylmerton’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 Aylmerton’s residents
What is the population of Aylmerton?
The 2021 Census counted 248 people in Aylmerton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Aylmerton?
The median age was 50.8 at the 2021 Census. 6.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Aylmerton?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 1.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Aylmerton?
44% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.7% didn’t answer.
Is Aylmerton good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Aylmerton’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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