Bromholm Priory: north gatehouse and attached precinct wall · Photo: David Pashley · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 97% of UK towns: half of Bacton is over 55.5
Against a figure of 8.7% across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers in Bacton comes in at 12%. In Bacton, 9.9% of households live in a terraced house. At 17%, the share of households with dependent children is lower than in 98% of UK towns. The village had 977 residents in 466 households at the 2021 Census.
Bacton sits above 92% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (31%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.8% here and 12% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over 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.
3.2% 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%.
At 11%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is in line with the figure across England’s towns. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 94% 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.
In Bacton, 2.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, beside 4.3% across England’s towns. One-person households: 34% of the total.
7.6% of households have no car or van, below 93% of UK towns
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
Households in flats make up 6.3%, against 23% across England’s towns. The wider picture: nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. On the census count, 53% of households live in a detached house.
Below 99% of UK towns: 1.8% of 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
Compared with 90% across England’s towns, 99% of residents have English as their main language here. To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (0.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.5%).
In Bacton, 98% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 99% 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: 98% of Bacton · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 42%, above 58% of UK towns. Meanwhile, 49% of residents describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 53% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 90% of UK towns: 26%
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
Compared with 44% across England’s towns, half of adults are married or in a civil partnership here. The usual figure: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 21% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 21% of adults in Bacton (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 23% (England’s towns: 18%).
2 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Bacton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacton | 977 | — | 55.5 | 31% | 17% |
| Mundesley | 2,777 | 3 mi | 58.7 | 40% | 15% |
| North Walsham | 12,829 | 4.4 mi | 50.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Stalham | 3,383 | 5.8 mi | 49 | 29% | 20% |
| Sutton | 1,026 | 6.5 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 25% |
| Badersfield | 1,490 | 8.4 mi | 37.9 | 12% | 40% |
| Cromer | 7,522 | 9.1 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 16% |
| Coltishall and Horstead | 2,255 | 9.7 mi | 51.7 | 30% | 23% |
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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 Bacton’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 Bacton’s residents
What is the population of Bacton?
The 2021 Census counted 977 people in Bacton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bacton?
The median age was 55.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bacton?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 1.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bacton?
42% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.3% didn’t answer.
Is Bacton good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bacton’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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