Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Great Ellingham is over 53.3, older than 94% of UK towns
Compared with 23% across England’s towns, 0.3% of households live in a flat or apartment here. The 2021 Census counted 942 residents in 407 households. Here, 6.2% of households have no car or van. A fifth of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 97% of UK towns.
More residents aged 65 and over than 84% of UK towns: 28%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 12% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 in Great Ellingham. 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
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
4% of adults are full-time students, below 83% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Great Ellingham has 31% and 25%. Residents who moved in within the year are more common here than in 89% of UK towns. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%.
Great Ellingham sits below 95% of UK towns for households with dependent children (20%)
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.
At 3.7%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is in line with the figure across England’s towns. The average household has 2.3 people. Elsewhere, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
More detached houses than 96% of UK towns: 60% of households
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 in terraced houses trails 94% of UK towns: 7.7%. 0.3% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 60% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 88% 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 25%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Born outside the UK: 3.8% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. Residents whose main language is English: 90% across England’s towns, for comparison. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.4%) and in Africa (0.6%).
A higher White British share than 93% of UK towns: 97% of residents
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: 97% of Great Ellingham · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (2.3%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Chinese (0.1%). Measured more widely, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as Christian: 54% here, more than in 76% of UK towns. Where 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, Great Ellingham has 41%.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 96% of UK towns, at 58%
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
By its share of unpaid carers (11%), Great Ellingham is above 88% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Here, 25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 27%
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 Great Ellingham, 18%, while 27% hold one at degree level (34%).
Great Ellingham is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Ellingham | 942 | — | 53.3 | 28% | 20% |
| Attleborough | 11,236 | 2 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 26% |
| Besthorpe | 1,007 | 2.5 mi | 46 | 24% | 29% |
| Hingham | 2,304 | 3.4 mi | 53.2 | 33% | 20% |
| Griston | 1,361 | 5.1 mi | 37.5 | 12% | 30% |
| Watton | 11,549 | 6.4 mi | 43.1 | 24% | 25% |
| East Harling | 2,490 | 6.8 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 25% |
| Wymondham | 16,334 | 7 mi | 43 | 21% | 29% |
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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 Great Ellingham’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 Great Ellingham’s residents
What is the population of Great Ellingham?
The 2021 Census counted 942 people in Great Ellingham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Great Ellingham?
The median age was 53.3 at the 2021 Census. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Great Ellingham?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Great Ellingham?
41% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.8% didn’t answer.
Is Great Ellingham good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Great Ellingham’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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