Photo: Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 98% of UK towns: half of Edgefield is over 57
Set against 23% across England’s towns, 1.4% of households live in a flat or apartment in Edgefield. 434 residents in 210 households: that is Edgefield at the 2021 Census. The census found that 5.7% of households have no car or van locally. Lower than in 92% of UK towns: 25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Above 95% of UK towns: 33% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 60–64: 11% of residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. On the census count, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of full-time students than 89% of UK towns, at 3.8%
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%.
11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, against 17% in Edgefield. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Only 17% of households have dependent children in Edgefield
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 share of one-person households is 32%, against 30% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. On average, 2.1 people share a household. Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than in 74% of UK towns: 1.9%.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 94% of UK towns, at 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
Households in terraced houses: 8.1%, below 93% of UK towns. For households in detached houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 21%.
Above 66% of UK towns: 98% of residents have English as their main language
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
Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.8%) or in EU countries (1.6%). The usual figure: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 5.3% of residents were born outside the UK, a lower share than in 61% of UK towns.
Edgefield ranks above 82% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 55%
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 Edgefield · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Chinese (0.9%). Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are common here: 95%, more than in nearly three quarters of UK towns. By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Here 35% of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across England’s towns is 37%.
Edgefield: 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 91% of UK towns
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 14 residents. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%. Lower than in 55% of UK towns: 9.2% of residents give unpaid care.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 32%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 32% of its adults qualified to degree level, Edgefield compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 15% hold no qualification (18%).
Edgefield is younger than 3 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgefield | 434 | — | 57 | 33% | 17% |
| Briston | 1,983 | 2.5 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 22% |
| Holt | 4,014 | 2.8 mi | 57.5 | 40% | 15% |
| Melton Constable | 1,176 | 3.3 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 27% |
| Sheringham | 7,087 | 6.4 mi | 59.3 | 40% | 17% |
| West Runton and Beeston Regis | 1,463 | 6.7 mi | 63.3 | 47% | 11% |
| Reepham | 2,317 | 7.1 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 24% |
| Cawston | 1,114 | 7.1 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 26% |
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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 Edgefield’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 Edgefield’s residents
What is the population of Edgefield?
The 2021 Census counted 434 people in Edgefield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Edgefield?
The median age was 57 at the 2021 Census. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Edgefield?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 5.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Edgefield?
35% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.3% didn’t answer.
Is Edgefield good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Edgefield’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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