Photo: Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Barford is over 52.2, older than 92% of UK towns
4.1% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. Fewer one-person households than in 97% of UK towns: 21%. There were 222 households in Barford at the 2021 Census, home to 515 residents. Locally, 23% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 31% in Barford, more than in 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 9.1% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 9.3%.
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.
6.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 95% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students; in Barford, 4%. The share of residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns is 11%.
Barford ranks below 74% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 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 figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 2.7% in Barford and 4.3% across England’s towns. There are 2.3 people in the average household. As a yardstick, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Households in terraced houses: 1.8%, a lower share than 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 0.9%, against 23% across England’s towns. The census found that 75% of households live in a detached house in Barford. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Barford, more than in 87% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.4%) or in Africa (1.4%). As a yardstick, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born outside the UK are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of UK towns.
Above 93% of UK towns: 97% of residents describe themselves as White British
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: 97% of Barford · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (1.2%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and African (0.2%). At 40%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 58% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. 50% of residents describe themselves as Christian (England’s towns: 46%).
In Barford, 62% 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
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 8.8%, about the same as across England’s towns. The comparison figure for married adults and civil partners is 44% across England’s towns.
34% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Barford, 34%, and 17% have none, against 18%.
The towns around Barford are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barford | 515 | — | 52.2 | 31% | 25% |
| Easton | 1,436 | 2.4 mi | 45.9 | 22% | 28% |
| Hethersett | 7,018 | 2.7 mi | 42.5 | 24% | 29% |
| Little Melton | 1,049 | 2.8 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 27% |
| Wymondham | 16,334 | 3.4 mi | 43 | 21% | 29% |
| Queen's Hills | 4,465 | 3.6 mi | 30.8 | 2.8% | 44% |
| Costessey | 2,608 | 4.4 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 25% |
| Mattishall | 2,203 | 4.7 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 19% |
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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 Barford’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 Barford’s residents
What is the population of Barford?
The 2021 Census counted 515 people in Barford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Barford?
The median age was 52.2 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Barford?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 4.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Barford?
40% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 8.8% didn’t answer.
Is Barford good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Barford’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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