Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.01.5% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 98% of UK towns
24% of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. Locally, 5.9% of households have no car or van. More married adults and civil partners than in nearly three quarters of UK towns: 52%. Easton counted 1,436 residents and 594 households at the 2021 Census.
Half of Easton is over 45.9, older than 61% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, against 22% in Easton. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 91% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A larger share of full-time students than 93% of UK towns: 7.7%
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%.
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 9.8% in Easton and 11% across England’s towns. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bigger households than 71% of UK towns: 2.4 people each on average
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.
2.5% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Locally, 28% of households have dependent children.
A larger share of households in detached houses than 94% of UK towns: 56%
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
Just over one in ten households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. For comparison, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Below 58% of UK towns: 5.6% of residents were born outside the UK
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 largest groups were born in EU countries (3.1%) and in Africa (1.1%). For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Where 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Easton has 98%.
Easton sits above 55% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (50%)
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 Easton · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
93% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 46% across England’s towns. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (3.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and African (0.8%).
Easton sits above 81% of UK towns for unpaid carers (11%)
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
31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 33. Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%.
Qualified to degree level: 27% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Easton, 27% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 17% have no qualification at all (18%). A levels are as far as 16% have gone so far, many of them students midway to a degree.
Easton and its 7 nearest towns: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easton | 1,436 | — | 45.9 | 22% | 28% |
| Queen's Hills | 4,465 | 1.3 mi | 30.8 | 2.8% | 44% |
| Costessey | 2,608 | 2.3 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 25% |
| Little Melton | 1,049 | 2.8 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 27% |
| Taverham and Drayton | 14,989 | 3 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 28% |
| Hethersett | 7,018 | 3.5 mi | 42.5 | 24% | 29% |
| Cringleford | 4,686 | 4.5 mi | 40.4 | 20% | 36% |
| Horsford | 4,396 | 4.8 mi | 38.8 | 16% | 34% |
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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 Easton’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 Easton’s residents
What is the population of Easton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,436 people in Easton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Easton?
The median age was 45.9 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Easton?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Easton?
41% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 7.9% didn’t answer.
Is Easton good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Easton’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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