Photo: Adrian S Pye · CC BY-SA 2.0Catfield sits below 99% of UK towns for households in flats (1.2%)
Here 7.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across England’s towns is 12%. At the 2021 Census Catfield was home to 710 people in 322 households. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 96% of the total. On one-person households, Catfield sits higher than 81% of UK towns: 34%.
A median age of 50.8: Catfield is older than 89% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
People aged 65 and over make up 27% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. In Hunstanton, the oldest of Norfolk’s towns by this measure, it is 44%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
2.4% 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%.
By class, a quarter of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 34% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 9.2% of the total.
Fewer families than 93% of UK towns: 21% 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.
Catfield sits close to the norm on shared households of unrelated adults: 3.4%, about the same as across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, households with dependent children come to 29%. On average, 2.2 people share a household.
In Catfield, 46% of households live in a detached house, more than in 86% 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
15% of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. Across the comparison, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Households without a car or van account for 14%.
Only 2.5% of residents were born outside the UK in Catfield
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
The figure for residents whose main language is English is 99% in Catfield and 90% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%).
Catfield sits above 70% of UK towns for residents with no religion (44%)
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 Catfield · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (1.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Indian (0.3%). Fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 77% of UK towns: 45%. Across England’s towns, residents with no religion come to 37%.
27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 85% 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 27 residents. 11% of residents give unpaid care, a higher share than in 92% of UK towns. The usual figure: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Where 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, Catfield has 48%.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 19%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
19% of Catfield’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 23% have none (18%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Catfield, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catfield | 710 | — | 50.8 | 27% | 21% |
| Sutton | 1,026 | 1.4 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 25% |
| Stalham | 3,383 | 2.1 mi | 49 | 29% | 20% |
| Martham | 3,633 | 4.7 mi | 50.4 | 29% | 24% |
| Hoveton and Wroxham | 3,620 | 5.5 mi | 56.4 | 38% | 19% |
| Salhouse | 1,431 | 6.8 mi | 52.8 | 31% | 22% |
| Acle | 2,268 | 7 mi | 54 | 34% | 18% |
| Coltishall and Horstead | 2,255 | 7.2 mi | 51.7 | 30% | 23% |
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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 Catfield’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 Catfield’s residents
What is the population of Catfield?
The 2021 Census counted 710 people in Catfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Catfield?
The median age was 50.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Catfield?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 2.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Catfield?
44% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 9.3% didn’t answer.
Is Catfield good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Catfield’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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