Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Garboldisham is over 57.8, older than 98% of UK towns
29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, against 19% in Garboldisham. The village had 548 residents in 247 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 4.5% of households live in a terraced house. More households in detached houses than in 99% of UK towns: 69%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns: 39%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 6.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across England’s towns is 12%. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 2.6%
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%.
Set against 11% across England’s towns, 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Garboldisham. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Only 24% of households are one person living alone in Garboldisham
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 average household has 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. On average, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Across Garboldisham, 3.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
In Garboldisham, 0.8% of households live in a flat or apartment, 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 nearly one in ten households have no car or van, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. On average, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 83% of UK towns: 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2%) or in the Middle East and Asia (2%). Elsewhere, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. At 6.2%, the share of residents born outside the UK is lower than in 51% of UK towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 84% of UK towns, at 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 Garboldisham · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 53% in Garboldisham and 46% across England’s towns. For comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and African (0.4%). Fewer residents with no religion than in 67% of UK towns: 38%.
Married adults and civil partners: 58%, a higher share than 95% 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
Some 22 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%. On adults who have never married, Garboldisham sits lower than 93% of UK towns: 25%. The figure for unpaid carers is 11% in Garboldisham and 8.7% across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 29% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Garboldisham counts 29% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 22% have no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Garboldisham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garboldisham | 548 | — | 57.8 | 39% | 19% |
| East Harling | 2,490 | 2.9 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 25% |
| Rickinghall and Botesdale | 1,842 | 4.5 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 21% |
| Stanton | 2,316 | 5.5 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 28% |
| Roydon (South Norfolk) | 1,117 | 5.9 mi | 52.1 | 27% | 23% |
| Walsham le Willows | 1,258 | 6.5 mi | 49 | 25% | 25% |
| Diss | 9,599 | 7.1 mi | 46.3 | 26% | 23% |
| Gislingham | 1,172 | 7.5 mi | 50.3 | 24% | 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 Garboldisham’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 Garboldisham’s residents
What is the population of Garboldisham?
The 2021 Census counted 548 people in Garboldisham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Garboldisham?
The median age was 57.8 at the 2021 Census. 6.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 39% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Garboldisham?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 6.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Garboldisham?
38% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 7.5% didn’t answer.
Is Garboldisham good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Garboldisham’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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