Photo: Sandy Gerrard · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Hempnall is over 51.9, older than 92% of UK towns
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 6.3% of households live in a terraced house in Hempnall. 0.7% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 924 residents in 410 households. Here, 23% of households have dependent children.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.9% in Hempnall, less than in 94% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 18%; Hempnall has 30%. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
6.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 94% 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%.
The share of full-time students is 4.3%, against 7.9% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
1.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 93% 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.
With one-person households at 31%, Hempnall is ahead of 64% of UK towns on that count. The usual figure: 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. The average household has 2.3 people.
10% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 81% 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 in detached houses: 42%, above four fifths of UK towns. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK: 2.6%, a lower share than 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1%) and in Africa (0.7%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. On residents whose main language is English, Hempnall sits higher than 99% of UK towns: 100%.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 98% of UK towns: 97%
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 · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Asked about religion, 40% answered none, against 37% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British. 54% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Adults who have never married make up 25% in Hempnall, less than in 92% 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
For 17 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Typically, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Hempnall has more married adults and civil partners than 87% of UK towns, at 55%. Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 9.5%.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 25% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Hempnall counts 25% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 20% have no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of Hempnall 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 | 924 | — | 51.9 | 30% | 23% |
| Long Stratton | 5,218 | 3 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 28% |
| Newton Flotman | 1,418 | 3 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 27% |
| Stoke Holy Cross | 1,237 | 4.4 mi | 42.8 | 18% | 33% |
| Mulbarton | 3,807 | 4.6 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 30% |
| Poringland | 7,105 | 5.2 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Ditchingham | 1,997 | 6.5 mi | 51.2 | 31% | 19% |
| Bungay | 5,012 | 7 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 23% |
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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’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’s residents
What is the population of Hempnall?
The 2021 Census counted 924 people in Hempnall’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hempnall?
The median age was 51.9 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hempnall?
97% 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 Hempnall?
40% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Hempnall good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hempnall’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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