Photo: David from Colorado Springs, United States · CC BY 2.0Households without a car or van: 3.8%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Compared with 39% across England’s towns, 64% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here. On the census count, just over two in five residents describe themselves as Christian. Griston has more households in detached houses than 94% of UK towns, at 56%. The 2021 Census counted 1,361 residents in 188 households.
What the Census says about Griston’s people
A village people move to
18% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Griston’s residents are under 37.5 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 11% are 15 to 24 and 12% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Griston is younger than 91% of UK towns: a median age of 37.5
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Griston has 11%. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 95% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
19% women, 81% men
About 23 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. A large institution, such as a prison, barracks, boarding school, university or care home, can tilt a town’s split: the census counts the people living there as residents.
1.8% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 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%.
15% of Griston’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 32% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 18% of the total. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Only 22% of households are one person living alone in Griston
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.
30% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. Add to that, on shared households of unrelated adults, Griston sits higher than 65% of UK towns: 2.7%. Households average 2.5 people.
Below 99% of UK towns: 1.1% of households live in a flat or apartment
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
22% of households live in a terraced house (England’s towns: 24%). The usual figure: 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Griston sits above 74% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (10%)
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 98% in Griston. As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (3.1%) and in Africa (3.1%).
Griston ranks below 85% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 34%
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: 72% of Griston · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Mixed or multiple (7%), Other White (6.5%) and Caribbean (3.8%). Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion. Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than in 92% of UK towns: 72%.
21% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% 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
The figure for unpaid carers is 4.6% in Griston and 8.7% across England’s towns. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 19% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Griston counts 19% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 21% have no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is older than Griston
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griston | 1,361 | — | 37.5 | 12% | 30% |
| Watton | 11,549 | 1.6 mi | 43.1 | 24% | 25% |
| Saham Toney | 1,287 | 3.2 mi | 57.5 | 37% | 15% |
| Ashill | 1,252 | 4.9 mi | 57.6 | 39% | 17% |
| Shipdham | 2,459 | 5.6 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 25% |
| Hingham | 2,304 | 5.6 mi | 53.2 | 33% | 20% |
| Attleborough | 11,236 | 7 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 26% |
| Necton | 1,742 | 7.5 mi | 57.3 | 38% | 19% |
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 Griston’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 Griston’s residents
What is the population of Griston?
The 2021 Census counted 1,361 people in Griston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Griston?
The median age was 37.5 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 12% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Griston?
72% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Griston?
34% said they had no religion and 41% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 8.4% were Muslim and 12% didn’t answer.
Is Griston good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Griston’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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