Photo: Michael Garlick · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 54.9: Hempnall Green is older than 97% of UK towns
85% of households live in a detached house (England’s towns: 21%). The 2021 Census put Hempnall Green’s population at 318, in 135 households. Locally, 57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. At 1.5%, the share of households in flats is lower than in 98% of UK towns.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 90% of UK towns, at 30%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: just over one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. For Hempnall Green, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 10%.
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.
Below 91% of UK towns: 6.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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%.
In Hempnall Green, 38% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 13% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across England’s towns, for comparison. Census figures put full-time students at 4.8% locally.
Households with dependent children: 24%, a lower share than 81% 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.
A household here has 2.4 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. Few places have so few one-person households: 26% here, fewer than in 81% of UK towns. Against that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 3.7% in Hempnall Green.
0.7% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 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
Households without a car or van make up 8.2%, against 24% across England’s towns.
Only 1.3% of Hempnall Green’s residents were born outside the UK
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (0.9%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.3%). 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 97% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
In Hempnall Green, 97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 93% 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: 97% of Hempnall Green · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion trails 61% of UK towns: 39%. As a reference point, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. The census found that just over half of residents describe themselves as Christian in Hempnall Green.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 94% of UK towns: 24%
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
With unpaid carers at 10%, Hempnall Green is ahead of 69% of UK towns on that count. For comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 33%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 33% of adults in Hempnall Green (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 15% (England’s towns: 18%).
Every neighbour of Hempnall Green has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hempnall Green | 318 | — | 54.9 | 30% | 24% |
| Long Stratton | 5,218 | 3.3 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 28% |
| Newton Flotman | 1,418 | 4.1 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 27% |
| Stoke Holy Cross | 1,237 | 5.4 mi | 42.8 | 18% | 33% |
| Mulbarton | 3,807 | 5.6 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 30% |
| Ditchingham | 1,997 | 5.8 mi | 51.2 | 31% | 19% |
| Poringland | 7,105 | 5.9 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Harleston | 5,077 | 6.1 mi | 47.6 | 29% | 24% |
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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 Hempnall Green’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 Hempnall Green’s residents
What is the population of Hempnall Green?
The 2021 Census counted 318 people in Hempnall Green’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hempnall Green?
The median age was 54.9 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hempnall Green?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 1.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hempnall Green?
39% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 9.1% didn’t answer.
Is Hempnall Green good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hempnall Green’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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