Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0Chedgrave is older than 98% of UK towns: a median age of 57
3.6% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. For Chedgrave, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 0.4%. Higher than in 96% of UK towns: 60% of households live in a detached house. There were 474 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 1,053 residents.
What the Census says about Chedgrave’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Chedgrave’s residents are under 57 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 39% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 65 and over make up 39% in Chedgrave, more than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
6.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 95% of UK towns, at 3.5%
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 take in nearly a third of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 27% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%. Here, 6.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Households with dependent children: 20%, a lower share than 93% 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.
Households in Chedgrave hold 2.1 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). Across England’s towns, households with dependent children come to 29%. The share of one-person households stands at 31%.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 83% of UK towns: 12%
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
24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns, against 12% in Chedgrave.
3.5% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 84% 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
Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language; in Chedgrave, 99%. Against that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%).
Chedgrave: 94% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 70% 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: 94% of Chedgrave · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
On religion, 40% answered “no religion” and 52% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Still, residents who describe themselves as Christian are more common here than in 67% of UK towns. To put it in context, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and Chinese (0.1%).
23% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 98% 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
Where 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, Chedgrave has 53%. Add to that, the village has more unpaid carers than just over four fifths of UK towns, at 11%. Adults who have never married: 39% across England’s towns, for comparison. For 31 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
26% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 26% of adults in Chedgrave, 34% across England’s towns; 26% have no qualification, against 18%.
The towns around Chedgrave 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chedgrave | 1,053 | — | 57 | 39% | 20% |
| Loddon | 2,247 | 0.7 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 26% |
| Thurlton | 1,145 | 3.4 mi | 49.4 | 24% | 27% |
| Freethorpe | 1,050 | 4.4 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 33% |
| Ditchingham | 1,997 | 5.2 mi | 51.2 | 31% | 19% |
| Lingwood | 2,368 | 5.5 mi | 48.4 | 27% | 25% |
| Brundall | 4,378 | 5.9 mi | 51 | 30% | 24% |
| Poringland | 7,105 | 6.1 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 27% |
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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 Chedgrave’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 Chedgrave’s residents
What is the population of Chedgrave?
The 2021 Census counted 1,053 people in Chedgrave’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chedgrave?
The median age was 57 at the 2021 Census. 6.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 39% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chedgrave?
94% 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 Chedgrave?
40% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Chedgrave good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chedgrave’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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