Photo: Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Eccles on Sea is over 64.2, older than 99% of UK towns
91% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. Census day 2021: 279 residents and 164 households in Eccles on Sea. Households in flats account for 1.2%. At 40%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 98% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns: 48%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24; in Eccles on Sea, 1.1%. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 0.4% of adults are full-time students in Eccles on Sea
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%.
5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; across England’s towns the figure is 11%. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households with dependent children than 99% of UK towns: 1.8%
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.
Households average 1.7 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. The benchmark for households with dependent children across England’s towns: 29%.
In Eccles on Sea, 10% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 80% 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 in terraced houses are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. The comparison figure for households without a car or van is 24% across England’s towns.
Eccles on Sea ranks below 88% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 3.2%
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%) and in EU countries (0.7%). The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns. At 99%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 84% of UK towns.
Eccles on Sea sits above 80% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (95%)
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 Eccles on Sea · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.2%), Caribbean (1.1%) and Mixed or multiple (0.7%). 52% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 62% of UK towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 73% across England’s towns, for comparison. Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion; in Eccles on Sea, 39%.
More unpaid carers than 99% of UK towns: 17% of residents
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
Compared with 39% across England’s towns, 16% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here. As a reference point, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Here, 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
A degree-level qualification for 24% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 24% of Eccles on Sea’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 29% have no qualification (18%).
Eccles on Sea is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eccles on Sea | 279 | — | 64.2 | 48% | 1.8% |
| Stalham | 3,383 | 3.2 mi | 49 | 29% | 20% |
| Sutton | 1,026 | 3.5 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 25% |
| North Walsham | 12,829 | 7.4 mi | 50.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Martham | 3,633 | 7.6 mi | 50.4 | 29% | 24% |
| Mundesley | 2,777 | 7.6 mi | 58.7 | 40% | 15% |
| Hemsby | 5,724 | 9.2 mi | 57.9 | 37% | 17% |
| Hoveton and Wroxham | 3,620 | 9.3 mi | 56.4 | 38% | 19% |
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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 Eccles on Sea’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 Eccles on Sea’s residents
What is the population of Eccles on Sea?
The 2021 Census counted 279 people in Eccles on Sea’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Eccles on Sea?
The median age was 64.2 at the 2021 Census. 1.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 48% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Eccles on Sea?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Eccles on Sea?
39% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Eccles on Sea good for families?
1.8% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Eccles on Sea’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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