Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0Families with children: 36% of households, more than in 95% of UK towns
21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 60% in Cringleford. Few places have so few one-person households: 23% here, fewer than in 94% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 4,686 residents here, living in 1,838 households. Census figures put households without a car or van at 8.7% here.
What the Census says about Cringleford’s people
A town of families
36% of Cringleford’s 1,838 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 95% of UK towns. 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 96% of UK towns: 7.6%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 35–39: 8% of residents. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Half of Cringleford’s residents are under 40.4, younger than in 78% of UK towns. Set against 18% across England’s towns, 20% of residents are 65 or over here.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Cringleford, 40.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Above 79% of UK towns: 5.7% of adults are full-time students
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 11%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.5 people per household, more than in 90% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 3.5%.
Households in terraced houses make up 11% in Cringleford, less than in 87% 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
6.2% of households live in a flat or apartment; across England’s towns the figure is 23%. Across England’s towns, households in terraced houses come to 24%.
A smaller share of residents whose main language is English than 88% of UK towns: 92%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents born outside the UK are about as common here as across England’s towns: 18%. To put it in context, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
A lower White British share than 89% of UK towns: 75% of residents
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: 75% of Cringleford · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion is 41%, against 37% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as Christian at 44% in Cringleford.
More married adults and civil partners than 95% of UK towns: 58%
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
7.4% of residents give unpaid care, against 8.7% across England’s towns. For comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Across Cringleford, 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
55% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Cringleford, 55% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 9% have no qualification at all (18%).
Of 695 UK towns its size (3,000 to 6,000 people), the 102nd youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe the oldest (64.7). Nearest to Cringleford in age: Wingate (40.3), Lower Stondon (40.3), Indian Queens, Fraddon and St Columb Road (40.4) and Wynyard (40.6).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 6 are older than Cringleford
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cringleford | 4,686 | — | 40.4 | 20% | 36% |
| Little Melton | 1,049 | 2.1 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 27% |
| Hethersett | 7,018 | 2.5 mi | 42.5 | 24% | 29% |
| Norwich | 200,744 | 3.2 mi | 37.9 | 18% | 23% |
| Mulbarton | 3,807 | 3.5 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 30% |
| Costessey | 2,608 | 3.8 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 25% |
| Stoke Holy Cross | 1,237 | 3.8 mi | 42.8 | 18% | 33% |
| Easton | 1,436 | 4.5 mi | 45.9 | 22% | 28% |
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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 Cringleford’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 Cringleford’s residents
What is the population of Cringleford?
The 2021 Census counted 4,686 people in Cringleford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cringleford?
The median age was 40.4 at the 2021 Census, younger than 78% of UK towns. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cringleford?
75% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 18% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cringleford?
41% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 3.7% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Cringleford good for families?
36% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cringleford’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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