Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0Brookville ranks above 99% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 86%
Households without a car or van make up 3.3%, against 24% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 372 residents in Brookville, living in 155 households. Across Brookville, 1.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. On one-person households, Brookville sits lower than 98% of UK towns: 20%.
Brookville sits below 85% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.6%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 65 and over at 25%, Brookville is ahead of 72% of UK towns on that count. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Above 93% of UK towns: 13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Brookville has 31% and 21%. Measured more widely, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. In Brookville, 7.4% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bigger households than 83% of UK towns: 2.4 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 census found that 27% of households have dependent children in Brookville.
Fewer households in flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.7%
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
Brookville: 11% of residents 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
Where nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Brookville has 98%. The largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (7.8%) and in EU countries (1.6%). By way of comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Only 88% of residents describe themselves as White British in Brookville
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: 88% of Brookville · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents with no religion at 42%, Brookville is ahead of 57% of UK towns on that count. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as Christian are common here: 52%, more than in 64% of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns.
Above 98% of UK towns: 60% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
Set against 39% across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Brookville. The share of unpaid carers stands at 8%. The benchmark for married adults and civil partners across England’s towns: 44%.
Degree-level qualifications reach 28% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Brookville counts 28% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 23% have no qualification (18%). Many of the 15% whose highest qualification is A levels are students working towards a degree.
Around Brookville, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookville | 372 | — | 47.6 | 25% | 27% |
| Methwold | 1,044 | 1 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 28% |
| Stoke Ferry | 1,191 | 3.1 mi | 51.8 | 27% | 21% |
| Feltwell | 2,919 | 3.7 mi | 38.5 | 20% | 33% |
| Mundford | 1,563 | 4.4 mi | 50.7 | 26% | 24% |
| Hockwold cum Wilton | 1,303 | 4.9 mi | 47.5 | 23% | 25% |
| Weeting | 1,883 | 5.4 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 23% |
| Brandon | 9,218 | 6.9 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 23% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Brookville’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 Brookville’s residents
What is the population of Brookville?
The 2021 Census counted 372 people in Brookville’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Brookville?
The median age was 47.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Brookville?
88% 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 Brookville?
42% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Brookville good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Brookville’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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