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50.9Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Half of Halvergate is over 50.9, older than 89% of UK towns

The figure for one-person households is 23% in Halvergate and 30% across England’s towns. Households without a car or van account for 6.9%. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are common here: 96%, more than in 90% of UK towns. 584 residents in 243 households: that is Halvergate at the 2021 Census.

27%aged 65 or over 3.4%born abroad 243households

Ages

Above 82% of UK towns: 27% of residents are 65 or over

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

HalvergateEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; across England’s towns the figure is 12%. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1514%

15 to 2411%

25 to 4415%

45 to 6432%

65 and over27%

HalvergateNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

Halvergate

England

WomenMen

About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Halvergate sits below 97% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (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

Full-time students6.1%

Higher managerial and professional12%

Lower managerial and professional20%

Intermediate12%

Small employers and self-employed16%

Supervisory and technical6.3%

Semi-routine11%

Routine11%

Never worked or long-term unemployed5.7%

HalvergateNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Halvergate

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 6%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.2× England’s share

Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Halvergate has 32% and 22%. 6.1% of adults are full-time students, a higher share than in 85% of UK towns. The usual figure: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.

The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.

Households

Below 87% of UK towns: 23% of households have dependent children

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 13%Living alone, under 66 9.9%Families with dependent children 23%Couples and families, no young children 52%Shared houses and other 2.1%

Against Norfolk’s towns and England’s towns

Halvergate

Norfolk’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person23%

2 people45%

3 people14%

4 people12%

5 or more6.2%

England’s towns.

Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Halvergate, 2.4. Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than in nearly two thirds of UK towns: 2.1%. Elsewhere, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.

Homes & cars

Households in detached houses make up 57% in Halvergate, more than in 94% of UK towns

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Halvergate

Norfolk’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van6.9%

One32%

Two41%

Three or more20%

HalvergateNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

By its share of households in terraced houses (8.6%), Halvergate is below 92% of UK towns. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Against that, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.

Where people were born

100% of residents have English as their main language, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach

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%

Halvergate

3.4%

Norfolk’s towns

10%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language100%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.4%

Another main language, little or no English0%

HalvergateNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.4%) or in Africa (0.9%). The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%. At 3.4%, the share of residents born outside the UK is lower than in 86% of UK towns.

Ethnicity & religion

A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 62% of UK towns, at 51%

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

HalvergateNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White1.9%

Asian0.3%

Mixed1%

Black0.3%

Other0.2%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 96% of Halvergate · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

HalvergateNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion42%

Christian51%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.7%

Other religion0.2%

Didn’t answer5.5%

0%30%60%

Here just over two in five residents said they have no religion, where the figure across England’s towns is 37%. Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 46% across England’s towns. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Chinese (0.2%).

Relationships & caring

Above 96% of UK towns: 12% of residents give unpaid care

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership27%

Married or civil partnership55%

Separated2.2%

Divorced10%

Widowed6.1%

HalvergateNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

67residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 12%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week4.8%

20 to 49 hours3%

50 hours or more4.1%

Across England’s towns, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; in Halvergate, 27%. As a reference point, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Married adults and civil partners account for 55%.

Qualifications

Degree-level qualifications: held by 24% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications19%

Apprenticeship7.7%

A levels or similar20%

Degree level24%

HalvergateNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Against 34% across England’s towns, 24% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 19% hold no qualification (18%).

Neighbours

Halvergate 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.

FreethorpeAcleLingwoodBeltonThurltonBlofieldBradwellHalvergate

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Halvergate	584	—	50.9	27%	23%
Freethorpe	1,050	1.4 mi	41.5	19%	33%
Acle	2,268	2.7 mi	54	34%	18%
Lingwood	2,368	3.7 mi	48.4	27%	25%
Belton	3,603	4.5 mi	47.5	26%	26%
Thurlton	1,145	5.3 mi	49.4	24%	27%
Blofield	2,667	5.6 mi	45.3	25%	29%
Bradwell	11,632	5.7 mi	47.2	27%	25%

More about Halvergate’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
“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 Halvergate’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 Halvergate’s residents

What is the population of Halvergate?

The 2021 Census counted 584 people in Halvergate’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Halvergate?

The median age was 50.9 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Halvergate?

96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Halvergate?

42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.

Is Halvergate good for families?

23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Halvergate’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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