Photo: David Pashley · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Caston is over 55.6, older than 97% of UK towns
In Caston, just over a fifth of households have dependent children, beside 29% across England’s towns. Married adults and civil partners account for 62%. On households in terraced houses, Caston sits lower than 99% of UK towns: 3.1%. 478 residents in 194 households: that is Caston at the 2021 Census.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns: 6.4%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 70–74: 13% of residents, 2.6 times the share across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Caston, 31% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Caston, 2.5% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 99% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 40% of Caston’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 15%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Locally, 8.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
One-person households make up 17% in Caston, less than in 99% of UK towns
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.
Here 3.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, where the figure across England’s towns is 4.3%. As a yardstick, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Only 3.1% of households in Caston have no car or van
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
0.5% of households live in a flat or apartment; across England’s towns the figure is 23%. More households in detached houses than in 99% of UK towns: 73%. To put it in context, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 100%, a higher share than 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
Born outside the UK: 4.6% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.9%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.5%).
96% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 86% 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: 96% of Caston · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 46% across England’s towns, just over half of residents describe themselves as Christian in Caston. For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.5%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Indian (0.2%). Lower than in 54% of UK towns: 40% of residents said they have no religion.
21% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% 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
For 12 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 39% across England’s towns. More unpaid carers than in nearly two thirds of UK towns: 9.9%.
Among adults, 34% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
15% of Caston’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 34% have one at degree level (34%).
Caston and its 7 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caston | 478 | — | 55.6 | 31% | 21% |
| Griston | 1,361 | 1.2 mi | 37.5 | 12% | 30% |
| Watton | 11,549 | 2.7 mi | 43.1 | 24% | 25% |
| Saham Toney | 1,287 | 4.4 mi | 57.5 | 37% | 15% |
| Hingham | 2,304 | 4.9 mi | 53.2 | 33% | 20% |
| Attleborough | 11,236 | 5.9 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 26% |
| Shipdham | 2,459 | 6 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 25% |
| Ashill | 1,252 | 6 mi | 57.6 | 39% | 17% |
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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 Caston’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 Caston’s residents
What is the population of Caston?
The 2021 Census counted 478 people in Caston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Caston?
The median age was 55.6 at the 2021 Census. 6.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Caston?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 4.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Caston?
40% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.
Is Caston good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Caston’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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