Photo: David Pashley · CC BY-SA 2.0More households with dependent children than 98% of UK towns: 40%
Where 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, Badersfield has 39%. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 1,490, in 385 households. Locally, 3.2% of households live in a detached house. Few places have so few unpaid carers: 4.4% here, fewer than in 99% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Badersfield’s people
A village of families
40% of Badersfield’s 385 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 98% of UK towns. 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A village people move to
16% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Badersfield’s residents are under 37.9 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 6.5% are 15 to 24 and 12% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Below 99% of UK towns: 6.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 12% in Badersfield and 18% across England’s towns. What’s more, with a median age of 37.9, Badersfield is younger than 89% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
32% women, 68% men
About 46 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. A large institution, such as a prison, barracks, boarding school, university or care home, can tilt a town’s split: the census counts the people living there as residents.
Below 99% of UK towns: 1.8% 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
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 16%, against 11% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
2.4 people per household, more than in 81% 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.
2.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.3% across England’s towns. For Badersfield, the census puts one-person households at 29%.
Badersfield: 56% of households live in a terraced house, above 99% 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
The share of households in flats is 9.8%, against 23% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns. In one household in 18 there is no car or van.
More residents born outside the UK than 68% of UK towns: 8.7%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.1%), then in Africa (2.4%). Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are scarce here: 96%, fewer than in 69% of UK towns. Against that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Since 2017: 5.5% of those born abroad, against 21% across England’s towns.
Badersfield ranks above 84% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 47%
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: 91% of Badersfield · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Badersfield has 91%. As a reference point, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Islam is the religion of 1.5% of residents.
Badersfield sits below 99% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (27%)
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 47% in Badersfield and 39% across England’s towns. For 10 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 24%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 24% of Badersfield’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 15% have no qualification (18%).
Badersfield is younger than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badersfield | 1,490 | — | 37.9 | 12% | 40% |
| Coltishall and Horstead | 2,255 | 2.3 mi | 51.7 | 30% | 23% |
| Hevingham | 1,039 | 3.8 mi | 43.8 | 18% | 33% |
| Aylsham | 7,183 | 4.4 mi | 49.9 | 31% | 25% |
| Hoveton and Wroxham | 3,620 | 4.6 mi | 56.4 | 38% | 19% |
| North Walsham | 12,829 | 4.6 mi | 50.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Spixworth | 3,418 | 5.2 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 23% |
| Horsham St Faith | 1,051 | 5.6 mi | 49.7 | 25% | 24% |
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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 Badersfield’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 Badersfield’s residents
What is the population of Badersfield?
The 2021 Census counted 1,490 people in Badersfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Badersfield?
The median age was 37.9 at the 2021 Census. 6.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 12% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Badersfield?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 8.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Badersfield?
47% said they had no religion and 39% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.5% were Muslim and 8.2% didn’t answer.
Is Badersfield good for families?
40% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Badersfield’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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