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49.8Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Above 99% of UK towns: 98% of residents describe themselves as White British

With a median age of 49.8, Corpusty is older than 84% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Corpusty was home to 516 people in 230 households. The census found that nearly one in ten households have no car or van locally. The share of households in flats trails 95% of UK towns: 2.7%.

27%aged 65 or over 2.5%born abroad 230households

Ages

Corpusty: 27% of residents are 65 or over, above 83% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

CorpustyEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; across England’s towns the figure is 12%. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1516%

15 to 249.4%

25 to 4418%

45 to 6429%

65 and over27%

CorpustyNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

Corpusty

England

WomenMen

About 90 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.

Students & newcomers

Residents who moved in within the year: 5.5%, a lower share than 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

Full-time students5.8%

Higher managerial and professional12%

Lower managerial and professional21%

Intermediate11%

Small employers and self-employed19%

Supervisory and technical4.4%

Semi-routine10%

Routine12%

Never worked or long-term unemployed4.7%

CorpustyNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Corpusty

5.9%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 5.5%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.2× England’s share

Managerial and professional jobs account for 33% of Corpusty’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 22%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. On full-time students, Corpusty sits higher than 81% of UK towns: 5.8%. Elsewhere, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.

The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.

Households

Fewer one-person households than 79% of UK towns: 26%

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 16%Living alone, under 66 10%Families with dependent children 25%Couples and families, no young children 46%Shared houses and other 2.6%

Against Norfolk’s towns and England’s towns

Corpusty

Norfolk’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person27%

2 people41%

3 people18%

4 people11%

5 or more3.5%

England’s towns.

Households with dependent children: 25% here and 29% across England’s towns. A household here holds 2.3 people on average. Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 62% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.

Homes & cars

A village of detached houses: 60% of households live in one

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Corpusty

Norfolk’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van9.2%

One42%

Two34%

Three or more15%

CorpustyNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

The share of households in terraced houses trails 90% of UK towns: 9.4%. 2.7% of households live in a flat, less than in 95% of UK towns; 60% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.

Where people were born

Only 2.5% of residents were born outside the UK in Corpusty

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%

Corpusty

2.5%

Norfolk’s towns

10%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language100%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.2%

Another main language, little or no English0%

CorpustyNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 100% in Corpusty. Against that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%) or in Africa (0.6%).

Ethnicity & religion

Corpusty ranks above 63% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 43%

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

CorpustyNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White0.4%

Asian0.4%

Mixed0.6%

Black0.2%

Other0.2%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 98% of Corpusty · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

CorpustyNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion43%

Christian47%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0%

Other religion0.8%

Didn’t answer9.5%

0%30%60%

Against a figure of 46% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian in Corpusty comes in at 47%. The wider picture: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.

Relationships & caring

A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 79% of UK towns: 53%

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership30%

Married or civil partnership53%

Separated2.6%

Divorced7.7%

Widowed7%

CorpustyNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

52residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 11%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.1%

20 to 49 hours1.4%

50 hours or more4.1%

Some 20 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. The comparison figure for married adults and civil partners is 44% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are common here: 11%, more than in 80% of UK towns. Still, across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%; Corpusty has 30%.

Qualifications

36% of adults are qualified to degree level

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications19%

Apprenticeship5.4%

A levels or similar14%

Degree level36%

CorpustyNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Corpusty, 19%, while 36% hold one at degree level (34%).

Neighbours

Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than Corpusty

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

BristonCawstonReephamMelton ConstableAylshamHoltFoulshamCorpusty

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Corpusty	516	—	49.8	27%	25%
Briston	1,983	3.6 mi	51.7	31%	22%
Cawston	1,114	4.1 mi	47.8	23%	26%
Reepham	2,317	4.3 mi	51.4	30%	24%
Melton Constable	1,176	4.6 mi	42.8	20%	27%
Aylsham	7,183	5.4 mi	49.9	31%	25%
Holt	4,014	5.8 mi	57.5	40%	15%
Foulsham	1,025	6.1 mi	48.5	23%	23%

More about Corpusty’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
“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 Corpusty’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 Corpusty’s residents

What is the population of Corpusty?

The 2021 Census counted 516 people in Corpusty’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Corpusty?

The median age was 49.8 at the 2021 Census. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Corpusty?

98% 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 Corpusty?

43% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 9.5% didn’t answer.

Is Corpusty good for families?

25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Corpusty’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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