Photo: Bill Boaden · CC BY-SA 2.0Harling Road sits below 99% of UK towns for households without a car or van (0.8%)
The figure for households in detached houses is 53% in Harling Road and 21% across England’s towns. Few places have as many shared households of unrelated adults: 8.4% here, more than in 98% of UK towns. The village is home to 309 residents in 119 households, by the 2021 Census. For Harling Road, the census puts one-person households at 17%.
A median age of 45.6: Harling Road is older than 58% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 12% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Harling Road comes in at 10%. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 18%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 2.7%
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; Harling Road has 30% and 19%. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison. Residents who moved in within the year account for 3.6%.
Harling Road households average 2.6 people, larger than in 94% 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.
Here 27% of households have dependent children, where the figure across England’s towns is 29%.
A smaller share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.8%
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
Households in terraced houses: 13%, below nearly four fifths of UK towns. On average, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
2.6% of residents were born outside the UK, below 95% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1%). The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%. 100% of residents have English as their main language, a higher share than in 99% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents with no religion than 86% of UK towns: 47%
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: 95% of Harling Road · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Indian (0.3%). More residents who describe themselves as White British than in 78% of UK towns: 95%. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 37% across England’s towns. At 46%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is in line with the figure across England’s towns.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 87% of UK towns: 55%
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
Across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care; in Harling Road, 7.4%. The benchmark for married adults and civil partners across England’s towns: 44%. Locally, 31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
27% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 27% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 16% hold no qualification (18%).
Harling Road is younger than 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harling Road | 309 | — | 45.6 | 18% | 27% |
| East Harling | 2,490 | 1.6 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 25% |
| Attleborough | 11,236 | 6 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 26% |
| Besthorpe | 1,007 | 7 mi | 46 | 24% | 29% |
| Griston | 1,361 | 7.1 mi | 37.5 | 12% | 30% |
| Thetford | 25,502 | 7.4 mi | 38.5 | 16% | 31% |
| Watton | 11,549 | 8.7 mi | 43.1 | 24% | 25% |
| Rickinghall and Botesdale | 1,842 | 8.8 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 21% |
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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 Harling Road’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 Harling Road’s residents
What is the population of Harling Road?
The 2021 Census counted 309 people in Harling Road’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Harling Road?
The median age was 45.6 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Harling Road?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 2.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Harling Road?
47% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Harling Road good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Harling Road’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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