Photo: Richard Humphrey · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 97% of UK towns: half of Boughton is over 56.2
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 1.9% of households have no car or van here. Households in terraced houses: 5.7% of the total. Nearly two thirds of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a higher share than in 99% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put Boughton’s population at 234, in 102 households.
Boughton ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 5.6%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 18% across England’s towns, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over in Boughton. Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 2% of adults are full-time students in Boughton
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: 11%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Below 95% of UK towns: 20% of households have dependent children
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across England’s towns: 3.9%. Across the comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. The share of one-person households stands at 24%.
In Boughton, 68% of households live in a detached house, more than in 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
Residents born outside the UK: 11%, a higher share than 77% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (5.6%) and in EU countries (3.4%). The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%. Where 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Boughton has 98%.
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 91% of UK towns: 58%
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: 89% of Boughton · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 89% in Boughton and 73% across England’s towns. Typically, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. In Boughton, 33% of residents said they have no religion.
Fewer adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns: 16%
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 unpaid carers is 11% in Boughton and 8.7% across England’s towns. Typically, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 13 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week.
Among adults, 33% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 33% of its adults qualified to degree level, Boughton compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 15% hold no qualification (18%).
Boughton is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boughton | 234 | — | 56.2 | 26% | 20% |
| Stoke Ferry | 1,191 | 1.3 mi | 51.8 | 27% | 21% |
| Marham | 2,608 | 4.9 mi | 30.1 | 9.8% | 39% |
| Methwold | 1,044 | 5.1 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 28% |
| Downham Market | 11,349 | 5.5 mi | 48.2 | 30% | 22% |
| Southery | 1,258 | 6.5 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 27% |
| Feltwell | 2,919 | 7.2 mi | 38.5 | 20% | 33% |
| Narborough | 1,362 | 7.2 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 23% |
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 Boughton’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 Boughton’s residents
What is the population of Boughton?
The 2021 Census counted 234 people in Boughton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Boughton?
The median age was 56.2 at the 2021 Census. 5.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Boughton?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Boughton?
33% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Boughton good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Boughton’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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.