Photo: Martin Pearman · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer family households than 96% of UK towns: 19% in East Winch
With a median age of 51.4, East Winch is older than 91% of UK towns. Its 228 households held 529 residents at the 2021 Census. The census found that 52% of households live in a detached house locally. 1.3% of households live in a terraced house (England’s towns: 24%).
26% of East Winch is 65 or over, a higher share than 76% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: 9.8% of residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Locally, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns, at 1.3%
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%.
Against a figure of 11% across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year in East Winch comes in at 3.6%. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
In East Winch, 4.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, more than in 94% 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 figure for one-person households is 28% in East Winch and 30% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. Households here average 2.3 people each.
Households in flats: 0.9%, a lower share than 99% 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
The figure for households without a car or van is 10% in East Winch and 24% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
East Winch ranks below 93% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 2.8%
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
Where 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, East Winch has 99%. As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.5%) and in EU countries (0.6%).
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 94% of UK towns: 60%
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: 95% of East Winch · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, against 95% in East Winch. The census found that nearly a third of residents said they have no religion here. By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Fewer adults who have never married than 64% of UK towns: 30%
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: 50%, above 60% of UK towns. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%. The census found that nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care in East Winch.
Among adults, 16% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 16% of East Winch’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 28% have no qualification (18%).
East Winch 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Winch | 529 | — | 51.4 | 26% | 19% |
| Gayton | 1,522 | 2.5 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 27% |
| West Winch | 2,828 | 4.1 mi | 50.6 | 28% | 26% |
| Narborough | 1,362 | 4.1 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 23% |
| King's Lynn | 47,604 | 4.5 mi | 39.3 | 18% | 30% |
| Marham | 2,608 | 4.5 mi | 30.1 | 9.8% | 39% |
| Watlington | 2,593 | 5.9 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 28% |
| Clenchwarton | 2,020 | 7 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 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 East Winch’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 East Winch’s residents
What is the population of East Winch?
The 2021 Census counted 529 people in East Winch’s built-up area.
What is the average age in East Winch?
The median age was 51.4 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is East Winch?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 2.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in East Winch?
32% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is East Winch good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on East Winch’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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