Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0Filby is older than 92% of UK towns: a median age of 52.2
Set against 21% across England’s towns, 69% of households live in a detached house in Filby. Meanwhile, the village has fewer households in terraced houses than 97% of UK towns, at 6.2%. At the 2021 Census, 893 people lived in the village, in 351 households. On the census count, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.8% in Filby, less than in 81% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 65 and over at 27%, Filby is ahead of 79% of UK towns on that count. On average, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 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.
3.4% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 96% of UK towns
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%.
In Filby, 33% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 21% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. More residents who moved in within the year than in 84% of UK towns: 11%. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Filby ranks below 99% of UK towns on one-person households: 18%
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.
There is little gap on shared households of unrelated adults: 4.6%, about the same as across England’s towns. Average household size: 2.5 people. Fewer households with dependent children than in just over three quarters of UK towns: 25%. Elsewhere, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Only 0.3% of households live in a flat or apartment in Filby
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
The share of households without a car or van is 6.2%, against 24% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 86% of UK towns, at 3.4%
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 the Middle East and Asia (1.2%) and in EU countries (0.8%). Filby has more residents whose main language is English than 71% of UK towns, at 99%. To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Filby ranks above 91% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 96%
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: 96% of Filby · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The Muslim share of residents is 1%. By way of comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. 54% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a higher share than in 76% of UK towns. Residents with no religion make up 37%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
Filby ranks below 94% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 25%
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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 31. At 57%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 93% of UK towns. Adults who have never married: 39% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 28%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 28% of Filby’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 19% have no qualification (18%).
Around Filby, 4 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filby | 893 | — | 52.2 | 27% | 25% |
| Ormesby St Margaret | 2,741 | 1.4 mi | 52.9 | 30% | 20% |
| Caister-on-Sea | 9,095 | 2.6 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 20% |
| Hemsby | 5,724 | 2.9 mi | 57.9 | 37% | 17% |
| Martham | 3,633 | 3.3 mi | 50.4 | 29% | 24% |
| Great Yarmouth | 28,979 | 4.6 mi | 38 | 16% | 29% |
| Acle | 2,268 | 4.8 mi | 54 | 34% | 18% |
| Bradwell | 11,632 | 6 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 25% |
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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 Filby’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 Filby’s residents
What is the population of Filby?
The 2021 Census counted 893 people in Filby’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Filby?
The median age was 52.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Filby?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Filby?
37% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Filby good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Filby’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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