Photo: Rodney Burton · CC BY-SA 2.0Colkirk is older than 98% of UK towns: a median age of 56.9
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. 620 residents in 283 households: that is Colkirk at the 2021 Census. Locally, 7.4% of households have no car or van. Adults who have never married: 21% here and 39% across England’s towns.
Colkirk sits above 98% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (37%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
7.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24; across England’s towns the figure is 12%. The usual figure: 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 an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Colkirk sits below 94% of UK towns for full-time students (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 account for nearly a third of Colkirk’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 23%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 9.7% in the village. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Households with dependent children make up 19% in Colkirk, less than in 96% 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.
The average household has 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. On average, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. The share of one-person households stands at 27%. Few places have as many shared households of unrelated adults: 3.2% here, more than in four fifths of UK towns.
More households in detached houses than 98% of UK towns: 65%
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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Colkirk comes in at 5.3%. Measured more widely, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 100% in Colkirk, more than in 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
Here 3.7% of residents were born outside the UK, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%. The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.8%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1%).
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 98% 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: 97% of Colkirk · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
33% of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns is 73%. In Colkirk, nearly three in five residents describe themselves as Christian.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns, at 61%
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 20. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are common here: 10%, more than in 72% of UK towns. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 28%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Colkirk’s adults: 28% with a degree-level qualification and 22% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Every nearby town is younger than Colkirk
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colkirk | 620 | — | 56.9 | 37% | 19% |
| Fakenham | 8,390 | 2.4 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 21% |
| North Elmham | 1,172 | 5.5 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 22% |
| Foulsham | 1,025 | 6.8 mi | 48.5 | 23% | 23% |
| Swanton Morley | 2,175 | 8.2 mi | 41.5 | 24% | 28% |
| Melton Constable | 1,176 | 8.8 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 27% |
| Dereham | 20,788 | 9.4 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 27% |
| Briston | 1,983 | 9.5 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 22% |
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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 Colkirk’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 Colkirk’s residents
What is the population of Colkirk?
The 2021 Census counted 620 people in Colkirk’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Colkirk?
The median age was 56.9 at the 2021 Census. 7.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 37% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Colkirk?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Colkirk?
33% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.6% didn’t answer.
Is Colkirk good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Colkirk’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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