Mergate Hall · Photo: Michael Garlick · CC BY-SA 2.03.7% of households have no car or van, below 99% of UK towns
Here nearly a fifth of households are one person living alone, where the figure across England’s towns is 30%. Across Bracon Ash, 64% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Households in detached houses are more common here than in 98% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 477, in 188 households.
Bracon Ash ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 6.7%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 25% in Bracon Ash and 18% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The median age in the village is 48.8, higher than in nearly four fifths of UK towns.
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.
3.4% of adults are full-time students, below 96% 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%.
9.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, against 11% across England’s towns. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 89% of UK towns: 2.5 people each on average
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 share of shared households of unrelated adults trails 63% of UK towns: 2.1%. In Bracon Ash, 29% of households have dependent children.
In Bracon Ash, 3.7% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 98% 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 are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Set beside that, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 96% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in Africa (1.9%), then in EU countries (1.5%). The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are scarce here: 5.9%, fewer than in 55% of UK towns.
Bracon Ash sits above 79% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (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 Bracon Ash · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Just over half of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns. The largest groups after White British are Other White (2.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.9%) and African (0.6%). On residents with no religion, Bracon Ash sits higher than 52% of UK towns: 41%. For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%.
22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 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
Compared with 8.7% across England’s towns, 11% of residents give unpaid care here. Set beside that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 7.
37% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
15% of Bracon Ash’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 37% have one at degree level (34%).
Around Bracon Ash, 1 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bracon Ash | 477 | — | 48.8 | 25% | 29% |
| Mulbarton | 3,807 | 0.8 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 30% |
| Newton Flotman | 1,418 | 2 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 27% |
| Stoke Holy Cross | 1,237 | 3.6 mi | 42.8 | 18% | 33% |
| Cringleford | 4,686 | 3.7 mi | 40.4 | 20% | 36% |
| Hethersett | 7,018 | 3.8 mi | 42.5 | 24% | 29% |
| Wymondham | 16,334 | 4.2 mi | 43 | 21% | 29% |
| Little Melton | 1,049 | 4.5 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 27% |
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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 Bracon Ash’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 Bracon Ash’s residents
What is the population of Bracon Ash?
The 2021 Census counted 477 people in Bracon Ash’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bracon Ash?
The median age was 48.8 at the 2021 Census. 6.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bracon Ash?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 5.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bracon Ash?
41% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is Bracon Ash good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bracon Ash’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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