Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Feltwell is younger than 87% of UK towns: a median age of 38.5
Across England’s towns, the share of one-person households is 30%; Feltwell has 24%. 2,919 residents in 1,151 households: that is Feltwell at the 2021 Census. Locally, 54% of households live in a detached house. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are common here: 57%, more than in 94% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Feltwell’s people
More born abroad than anywhere else in Norfolk
26% of residents were born outside the UK, against 10% across Norfolk’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (21%) and in EU countries (3.4%). Where people were born ↓
A town people move to
14% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Feltwell’s residents are under 38.5 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 11% are 15 to 24 and 20% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
A growing town: +10% since 2011, faster than 60% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Feltwell’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 2,800 people in 2011; 3,100 in 2024.
The 65 and over age group changed most (+40%) and the 16 to 29 least (−9%). Between mid-2020 and mid-2021 the population rose by 110, its biggest one-year gain.
Below 67% of UK towns: 20% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%, Feltwell is ahead of 84% of UK towns on that count. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Feltwell, 38.5. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 95% of UK towns don’t reach
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%.
28% of Feltwell’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The share of full-time students stands at 5.1%. Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across England’s towns, for comparison.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
More households with dependent children than 87% of UK towns: 33%
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 in Feltwell hold 2.5 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). As a reference point, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. 2.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
A lower share of households in terraced houses than 92% of UK towns, at 8.7%
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
With households without a car or van at 8%, Feltwell is behind 92% of UK towns on that count. On top of that, households in flats are rarer here than in 88% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%.
In Feltwell, 26% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 96% of UK towns
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 35%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Arrivals from 2017 on account for 76% of residents born abroad, beside 21% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Locally, 97% of residents have English as their main language.
75% of residents describe themselves as White British, below 89% 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: 75% of Feltwell · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 42%, above 58% of UK towns. As a reference point, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (15%), Mixed or multiple (4.1%) and African (0.3%). At 49%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is lower than in 55% of UK towns.
Feltwell sits below 89% of UK towns for adults who have never married (26%)
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
At 7.8%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 70 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week.
Among adults, 20% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
31% of Feltwell’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 20% have one at degree level (34%).
Of 514 UK towns its size (2,500 to 4,000 people), the 37th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Keele (20.6), the youngest, and West Chiltington (63.1), the oldest. Nearest to Feltwell in age: Tangmere (37.9), Papworth Everard (38.1), Marden (38.5) and Elsenham (38.6).
Feltwell is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feltwell | 2,919 | — | 38.5 | 20% | 33% |
| Hockwold cum Wilton | 1,303 | 1.9 mi | 47.5 | 23% | 25% |
| Methwold | 1,044 | 2.7 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 28% |
| Weeting | 1,883 | 4.1 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 23% |
| Lakenheath | 4,567 | 4.9 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 22% |
| Brandon | 9,218 | 5.1 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 23% |
| Mundford | 1,563 | 5.7 mi | 50.7 | 26% | 24% |
| Stoke Ferry | 1,191 | 5.8 mi | 51.8 | 27% | 21% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Feltwell’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Feltwell’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 3,064 people in 2021, against 2,919 in the built-up area.
- 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 Feltwell’s residents
What is the population of Feltwell?
The 2021 Census counted 2,919 people in Feltwell’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 3,100 people in mid-2024, 10% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Feltwell?
The median age was 38.5 at the 2021 Census, younger than 87% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Feltwell?
75% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 26% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Feltwell?
42% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.
Is Feltwell good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Feltwell’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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