Half of Butcher's Common is over 59.6, older than 99% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%; Butcher's Common has 64%. The village had 283 residents in 130 households at the 2021 Census. Households in flats: 3% of the total. On households without a car or van, Butcher's Common sits lower than 98% of UK towns: 5.2%.
Butcher's Common: 39% of residents are 65 or over, above 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Butcher's Common has 6.1%. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 2% of adults are full-time students in Butcher's Common
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%.
In Butcher's Common, 39% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 20% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 8.8% here.
Fewer families than 99% of UK towns: 12% of households have 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.
Households average 2.1 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. For households with dependent children, the comparison across England’s towns is 29%. Locally, 25% of households are one person living alone. Butcher's Common has more shared households of unrelated adults than 78% of UK towns, at 3.1%.
In Butcher's Common, 72% 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
One in ten households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Butcher's Common: 100% of residents have English as their main language, above 99% 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in the rest of Europe (0.7%). On average, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are scarce here: 3.5%, fewer than in 84% of UK towns.
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 97% of UK towns
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 Butcher's Common · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
56% of residents describe themselves as Christian; across England’s towns the figure is 46%. For Butcher's Common, the census puts residents with no religion at 39%. The wider picture: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Fewer adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns: 20%
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
Some 6 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Measured more widely, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Butcher's Common has more unpaid carers than 90% of UK towns, at 11%.
41% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 41% of its adults qualified to degree level, Butcher's Common compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 13% hold no qualification (18%).
The towns around Butcher's Common 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butcher's Common | 283 | — | 59.6 | 39% | 12% |
| Hoveton and Wroxham | 3,620 | 2.6 mi | 56.4 | 38% | 19% |
| Sutton | 1,026 | 3.5 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 25% |
| Stalham | 3,383 | 3.6 mi | 49 | 29% | 20% |
| Salhouse | 1,431 | 4.3 mi | 52.8 | 31% | 22% |
| Coltishall and Horstead | 2,255 | 4.6 mi | 51.7 | 30% | 23% |
| Blofield Heath | 1,430 | 5.4 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 23% |
| Rackheath | 1,761 | 5.7 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 33% |
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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 Butcher's Common’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 Butcher's Common’s residents
What is the population of Butcher's Common?
The 2021 Census counted 283 people in Butcher's Common’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Butcher's Common?
The median age was 59.6 at the 2021 Census. 6.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 39% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Butcher's Common?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Butcher's Common?
39% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Butcher's Common good for families?
12% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Butcher's Common’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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