Photo: David Pashley · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 95% of UK towns: half of Great Hockham is over 53.8
The share of households in detached houses tops 99% of UK towns: 67%. At the same time, on households in terraced houses, Great Hockham sits lower than 97% of UK towns: 6.2%. The village is home to 635 residents in 277 households, by the 2021 Census. Households with dependent children: 22% of the total.
Great Hockham sits below 98% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.3%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Great Hockham, 28% of residents are 65 or over, beside 18% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 93% of UK towns: 3.6%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 35% of Great Hockham’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 22%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 7.8%. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%.
In Great Hockham, 22% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 95% of UK towns
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 4.3%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. One-person households: 30% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Households in flats: 0.4%, a lower share than 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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Great Hockham comes in at 4.7%. The benchmark for households in flats across England’s towns: 23%.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Great Hockham, more than in 78% 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
6% of residents were born outside the UK (England’s towns: 18%). Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.3%) or in Africa (0.8%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 96% in Great Hockham, more than in 85% 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 Great Hockham · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (2.2%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Pakistani (0.3%). To put it in context, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Compared with 37% across England’s towns, 41% of residents said they have no religion here.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 90% of UK towns, at 56%
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 are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 8.6%. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. The census found that just over a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Great Hockham.
30% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Great Hockham, 30%, and 17% have none, against 18%.
Great Hockham is younger than 1 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 Hockham | 635 | — | 53.8 | 28% | 22% |
| Griston | 1,361 | 3.9 mi | 37.5 | 12% | 30% |
| East Harling | 2,490 | 4.8 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 25% |
| Watton | 11,549 | 5.4 mi | 43.1 | 24% | 25% |
| Attleborough | 11,236 | 5.9 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 26% |
| Besthorpe | 1,007 | 6.8 mi | 46 | 24% | 29% |
| Saham Toney | 1,287 | 6.9 mi | 57.5 | 37% | 15% |
| Hingham | 2,304 | 7.3 mi | 53.2 | 33% | 20% |
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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 Hockham’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 Hockham’s residents
What is the population of Great Hockham?
The 2021 Census counted 635 people in Great Hockham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Great Hockham?
The median age was 53.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Great Hockham?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Great Hockham?
41% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.1% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Great Hockham good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Great Hockham’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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