Photo: Adrian S Pye · CC BY-SA 2.0Dickleburgh ranks below 99% of UK towns on households in flats: 0.4%
97% of residents describe themselves as White British (England’s towns: 73%). The 2021 Census put Dickleburgh’s population at 1,166, in 489 households. In Dickleburgh, 7.9% of households have no car or van. Few places have so few shared households of unrelated adults: 1.6% here, fewer than in 87% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Dickleburgh’s people
More with no religion than most
50% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 43% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Half of Dickleburgh is under 41.8, younger than 70% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
19% of Dickleburgh is 65 or over, against 24% across Norfolk’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. In Hunstanton, the oldest of Norfolk’s towns by this measure, it is 44%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 68% of UK towns: 4.4%
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%.
On residents who moved in within the year, 11% here is much the same as across England’s towns. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
One-person households: 21%, a lower share than 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.
At 2.4 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. One-person households: 30% across England’s towns, for comparison. The census found that 33% of households have dependent children in Dickleburgh.
8.8% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 92% 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
21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 39% in Dickleburgh. Across England’s towns, households in terraced houses come to 24%.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 98% 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
The figure for residents born outside the UK is 3.9% in Dickleburgh and 18% across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in Africa (1.3%) or in EU countries (1.1%). For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%.
In Dickleburgh, 50% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 93% 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 Dickleburgh · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 46% across England’s towns, 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian in Dickleburgh. Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion.
Above 66% of UK towns: 50% of adults are married or in 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
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 8%, about the same as across England’s towns. For Dickleburgh, the census puts adults who have never married at 33%. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%.
25% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Dickleburgh, 25%, and 19% have none, against 18%.
Every neighbour of Dickleburgh has an older population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickleburgh | 1,166 | — | 41.8 | 19% | 33% |
| Scole | 1,037 | 2.4 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 20% |
| Diss | 9,599 | 3.3 mi | 46.3 | 26% | 23% |
| Roydon (South Norfolk) | 1,117 | 4.4 mi | 52.1 | 27% | 23% |
| Harleston | 5,077 | 4.8 mi | 47.6 | 29% | 24% |
| Eye | 2,211 | 5.3 mi | 52.4 | 33% | 21% |
| Stradbroke | 1,190 | 6.6 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 20% |
| Long Stratton | 5,218 | 6.6 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 28% |
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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 Dickleburgh’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 Dickleburgh’s residents
What is the population of Dickleburgh?
The 2021 Census counted 1,166 people in Dickleburgh’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Dickleburgh?
The median age was 41.8 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Dickleburgh?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Dickleburgh?
50% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Dickleburgh good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Dickleburgh’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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