Photo: Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0Hempton is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 56.1
In Hempton, 99% of residents describe themselves as White British, beside 73% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census Hempton was home to 242 people in 118 households. The share of households without a car or van stands at 8.5%. 11% of households live in a detached house, a lower share than in 93% of UK towns.
Hempton ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.1%
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%; Hempton has 32%. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 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.
Full-time students make up 3.7% in Hempton, less than in 92% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Hempton, 4.7%. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
Only 12% of households have dependent children in Hempton
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Hempton comes in at 2.5%. Across England’s towns, households with dependent children come to 29%. Locally, just over a third of households are one person living alone.
Fewer flats than 96% of UK towns: 2.5% of households
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
Few places have as many households in terraced houses: 21% here, more than in 52% of UK towns. Against that, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born abroad than 93% of UK towns: 2.9%
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
Compared with 90% across England’s towns, 100% of residents have English as their main language here. Residents born outside the UK make up 18% across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.7%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.8%).
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 81% of UK towns: 55%
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: 99% of Hempton · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: just over two fifths of the total. Set beside that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
40% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, fewer than in 90% 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
Here 31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 39%. More unpaid carers than in 91% of UK towns: 11%. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%. 7 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 14%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Hempton counts 14% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 32% have no qualification (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Hempton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hempton | 242 | — | 56.1 | 32% | 12% |
| Fakenham | 8,390 | 1.4 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 21% |
| North Elmham | 1,172 | 6.8 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 22% |
| Foulsham | 1,025 | 7.8 mi | 48.5 | 23% | 23% |
| Melton Constable | 1,176 | 8.9 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 27% |
| Wells-next-the-Sea | 2,151 | 9.5 mi | 58.5 | 39% | 16% |
| Swanton Morley | 2,175 | 9.6 mi | 41.5 | 24% | 28% |
| Briston | 1,983 | 9.7 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 22% |
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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 Hempton’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 Hempton’s residents
What is the population of Hempton?
The 2021 Census counted 242 people in Hempton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hempton?
The median age was 56.1 at the 2021 Census. 7.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hempton?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 2.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hempton?
41% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 3.3% didn’t answer.
Is Hempton good for families?
12% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hempton’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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