Photo: Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0Felthorpe sits below 99% of UK towns for households in flats (0.8%)
Households in detached houses make up 58%, against 21% across England’s towns. 619 residents in 265 households: that is Felthorpe at the 2021 Census. Across Felthorpe, 25% of households are one person living alone. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are scarce here: 1.5%, fewer than in 92% of UK towns.
Older than 70% of UK towns: half of Felthorpe is over 47.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: 8.9% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. For Felthorpe, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.7%. At 22%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in just over half of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 80% of UK towns, at 7.3%
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%.
By class, 25% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 26% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across England’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. 4.5% of adults are full-time students.
Bigger households than 58% of UK towns: 2.3 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.
More households with dependent children than in 57% of UK towns: 28%.
Felthorpe ranks below 95% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 7.2%
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
Across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 24%; Felthorpe has 7.2%.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 77% of UK towns, at 99%
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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.8%) and in Africa (1.1%). The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%. Fewer residents born outside the UK than in just over three fifths of UK towns: 5.3%.
46% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 81% 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: 95% of Felthorpe · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.7%), African (1.6%) and Mixed or multiple (0.5%). More residents who describe themselves as White British than in 77% of UK towns: 95%. Elsewhere, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married: 29%, a lower share than 75% 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
Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 8.1%, from the figure across England’s towns. Set beside that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Just over half of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Degree-level qualifications: 23% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Felthorpe’s adults: 23% with a degree-level qualification and 20% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Felthorpe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felthorpe | 619 | — | 47.2 | 22% | 28% |
| Horsford | 4,396 | 1.7 mi | 38.8 | 16% | 34% |
| Taverham and Drayton | 14,989 | 2.2 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 28% |
| Hevingham | 1,039 | 3 mi | 43.8 | 18% | 33% |
| Queen's Hills | 4,465 | 3.6 mi | 30.8 | 2.8% | 44% |
| Horsham St Faith | 1,051 | 3.7 mi | 49.7 | 25% | 24% |
| Costessey | 2,608 | 3.9 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 25% |
| Cawston | 1,114 | 4.1 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 Felthorpe’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 Felthorpe’s residents
What is the population of Felthorpe?
The 2021 Census counted 619 people in Felthorpe’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Felthorpe?
The median age was 47.2 at the 2021 Census. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Felthorpe?
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 Felthorpe?
46% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.3% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Felthorpe good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Felthorpe’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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