Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0Clenchwarton is older than 94% of UK towns: a median age of 53.5
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 1.5% of households live in a terraced house in Clenchwarton. Census day 2021: 2,020 residents and 879 households in the village. Locally, 62% of households live in a detached house. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are common here: 96%, more than in 90% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Clenchwarton’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Clenchwarton’s residents are under 53.5 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 32% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
236 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 97% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Clenchwarton sits below 96% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.5%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 65 and over at 32%, Clenchwarton is ahead of 93% of UK towns on that count. The wider picture: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
Full-time students make up 3.4% in Clenchwarton, less than in 96% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Clenchwarton, 27% and 30%. The census found that 6.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in the village. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Only 22% of households have dependent children in Clenchwarton
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 26% of households are one person living alone, where the figure across England’s towns is 30%. For households with dependent children, the comparison across England’s towns is 29%. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
1.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 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
The share of households without a car or van is 12%, against 24% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Only 3.1% of Clenchwarton’s residents were born outside the UK
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.4%), then in Africa (0.6%). At 99%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 94% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%.
Clenchwarton: 56% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 84% 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 Clenchwarton · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 37% across England’s towns, 36% of residents said they have no religion in Clenchwarton. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns is 46%. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (2%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Indian (0.5%).
Below 97% of UK towns: 23% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 92. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are common here: 12%, more than in 97% of UK towns. For comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership (England’s towns: 44%).
19% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Clenchwarton’s adults: 19% with a degree-level qualification and 26% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Every nearby town is younger than Clenchwarton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clenchwarton | 2,020 | — | 53.5 | 32% | 22% |
| Terrington St Clement | 2,792 | 2.4 mi | 47.7 | 27% | 27% |
| King's Lynn | 47,604 | 2.9 mi | 39.3 | 18% | 30% |
| West Winch | 2,828 | 3.8 mi | 50.6 | 28% | 26% |
| Tilney St Lawrence | 1,504 | 4.8 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 24% |
| Walpole St Peter and Walpole St Andrew | 1,574 | 5.6 mi | 46.9 | 21% | 29% |
| Watlington | 2,593 | 6 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 28% |
| Sutton Bridge | 3,912 | 7 mi | 43.7 | 23% | 26% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Clenchwarton’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 Clenchwarton’s residents
What is the population of Clenchwarton?
The 2021 Census counted 2,020 people in Clenchwarton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Clenchwarton?
The median age was 53.5 at the 2021 Census. 7.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Clenchwarton?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Clenchwarton?
36% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 7.2% didn’t answer.
Is Clenchwarton good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Clenchwarton’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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