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52.3Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Older than 93% of UK towns: half of Carbrooke is over 52.3

A fifth of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. Carbrooke’s 241 households held 555 residents at the 2021 Census. Locally, 1.7% of households live in a terraced house. On households without a car or van, Carbrooke sits lower than 97% of UK towns: 6.3%.

27%aged 65 or over 4.3%born abroad 241households

Ages

27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 82% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

CarbrookeEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.8%, against 12% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1513%

15 to 248.8%

25 to 4418%

45 to 6433%

65 and over27%

CarbrookeNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Carbrooke

England

WomenMen

About 91 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.

Students & newcomers

Carbrooke ranks below 96% of UK towns on full-time students: 3.3%

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

Full-time students3.3%

Higher managerial and professional11%

Lower managerial and professional23%

Intermediate9.3%

Small employers and self-employed14%

Supervisory and technical6.9%

Semi-routine12%

Routine14%

Never worked or long-term unemployed6.4%

CarbrookeNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Carbrooke

11%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 11%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.6× England’s share

Managerial and professional jobs take in 34% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 26% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). At 11%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is higher than in 81% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.

Households

Fewer people live alone than in 91% of UK towns: 24% of households

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 12%Living alone, under 66 12%Families with dependent children 20%Couples and families, no young children 52%Shared houses and other 3.7%

Against Norfolk’s towns and England’s towns

Carbrooke

Norfolk’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person24%

2 people45%

3 people16%

4 people9.5%

5 or more5.4%

England’s towns.

3.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, about the same as across England’s towns. Each household has 2.3 people on average. For one-person households, the comparison across England’s towns is 30%.

Homes & cars

Households in detached houses make up 68% in Carbrooke, 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

Carbrooke

Norfolk’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van6.3%

One32%

Two47%

Three or more15%

CarbrookeNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Where people were born

A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 94% of UK towns, at 99%

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%

Carbrooke

4.3%

Norfolk’s towns

10%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.7%

Another main language, little or no English0%

CarbrookeNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%). The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns. Carbrooke has fewer residents born outside the UK than 73% of UK towns, at 4.3%.

Ethnicity & religion

Carbrooke: 96% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 88% 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

CarbrookeNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White2.9%

Asian0.7%

Mixed0.2%

Black0.2%

Other0%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 96% of Carbrooke · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

CarbrookeNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion41%

Christian51%

Muslim0.4%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.4%

Other religion0.9%

Didn’t answer5.6%

0%30%60%

Where 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, Carbrooke has 51%. As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2.9%), African (0.2%) and Mixed or multiple (0.2%). The village has more residents with no religion than 53% of UK towns, at 41%.

Relationships & caring

Married adults and civil partners: 55%, a higher share than 87% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership27%

Married or civil partnership55%

Separated2.3%

Divorced9.3%

Widowed6.4%

CarbrookeNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

58residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 11%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.8%

20 to 49 hours2.2%

50 hours or more2.8%

Here 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 39%. To put it in context, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. The share of unpaid carers stands at 11%.

Qualifications

Qualified to degree level: 24% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications19%

Apprenticeship6.2%

A levels or similar19%

Degree level24%

CarbrookeNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

19% of Carbrooke’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 24% have one at degree level (34%).

Neighbours

Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than Carbrooke

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

WattonGristonSaham ToneyShipdhamAshillHinghamNectonCarbrooke

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Carbrooke	555	—	52.3	27%	20%
Watton	11,549	1.9 mi	43.1	24%	25%
Griston	1,361	2.3 mi	37.5	12%	30%
Saham Toney	1,287	2.8 mi	57.5	37%	15%
Shipdham	2,459	3.3 mi	48.6	28%	25%
Ashill	1,252	4.1 mi	57.6	39%	17%
Hingham	2,304	4.6 mi	53.2	33%	20%
Necton	1,742	6.1 mi	57.3	38%	19%

More about Carbrooke’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Carbrooke’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 Carbrooke’s residents

What is the population of Carbrooke?

The 2021 Census counted 555 people in Carbrooke’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Carbrooke?

The median age was 52.3 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Carbrooke?

96% 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 Carbrooke?

41% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.

Is Carbrooke good for families?

20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Carbrooke’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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