Photo: Keith Evans · CC BY-SA 2.03.8% of households have no car or van, below 99% of UK towns
Half of Foulden’s residents are over 51.1, older than in 90% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Foulden was home to 440 people in 181 households. Census figures put one-person households at 22% locally. Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Foulden has 96%.
Foulden: 28% of residents are 65 or over, above 86% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; across England’s towns the figure is 12%. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
Full-time students: 2.4%, a lower share than 99% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 30% of Foulden’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 27%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents who moved in within the year: 12% here, more than in 90% of UK towns. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
A lower share of households with dependent children than 81% of UK towns, at 24%
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.
In Foulden the average household is 2.4 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. Across Foulden, 6.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. The benchmark for households with dependent children across England’s towns: 29%.
In Foulden, 3.3% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 99% 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
Here 64% of households live in a detached house, where the figure across England’s towns is 21%. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns. The census found that 5.5% of households live in a flat or apartment in Foulden.
Foulden ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 100%
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.1%), then in EU countries (1.6%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%. Foulden has fewer residents born outside the UK than 76% of UK towns, at 4.1%.
Residents with no religion: 47%, a higher share than 86% 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: 96% of Foulden · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, Foulden has 45%. For comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (2.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and Caribbean (0.2%).
Foulden sits above 99% of UK towns for unpaid carers (15%)
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
16 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care. Fewer adults who have never married than in 91% of UK towns: 25%. Married adults and civil partners: 53%, above 79% of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 24% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Foulden, 24%, while 24% hold one at degree level (34%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Foulden, 2 are older
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Foulden’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 Foulden’s residents
What is the population of Foulden?
The 2021 Census counted 440 people in Foulden’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Foulden?
The median age was 51.1 at the 2021 Census. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Foulden?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 4.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Foulden?
47% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.2% didn’t answer.
Is Foulden good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Foulden’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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