Photo: Chris Morgan · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns, at 1.2%
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 12% of households live in a terraced house in Denver. 910 residents in 403 households: that is Denver at the 2021 Census. The census found that nearly a quarter of households have dependent children here. With a median age of 49.8, Denver is older than 84% of UK towns.
Denver ranks below 95% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.7%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
26% of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
2.9% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 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
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
With residents who moved in within the year at 9.8%, Denver is ahead of 70% of UK towns on that count. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 71% 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.
Set against 30% across England’s towns, 28% of households are one person living alone in Denver. The village has fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 55% of UK towns, at 2.2%.
46% of households live in a detached house, more than in 86% 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
Households without a car or van: 10% here and 24% across England’s towns. On average, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Denver: 98% of residents have English as their main language, above 58% 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 5.8% of residents were born outside the UK, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.1%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%). The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 88% of UK towns: 57%
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: 93% of Denver · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (3.6%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Indian (0.4%). Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46% across England’s towns, for comparison. Denver has fewer residents with no religion than 78% of UK towns, at 36%. Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Denver has 93%.
Fewer adults who have never married than 79% of UK towns: 28%
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
Married adults and civil partners make up 52%, against 44% across England’s towns. Census figures put unpaid carers at 8% in Denver. The usual figure: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
23% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 23% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 24% hold no qualification (18%).
Denver and its 7 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver | 910 | — | 49.8 | 26% | 23% |
| Downham Market | 11,349 | 1 mi | 48.2 | 30% | 22% |
| Southery | 1,258 | 4.3 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 27% |
| Stoke Ferry | 1,191 | 5.5 mi | 51.8 | 27% | 21% |
| Watlington | 2,593 | 5.9 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 28% |
| Upwell and Outwell | 3,664 | 6.7 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 25% |
| Marshland St James | 1,025 | 7.7 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 24% |
| Marham | 2,608 | 8.1 mi | 30.1 | 9.8% | 39% |
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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 Denver’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 Denver’s residents
What is the population of Denver?
The 2021 Census counted 910 people in Denver’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Denver?
The median age was 49.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Denver?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 5.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Denver?
36% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Denver good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Denver’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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