Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0Hevingham ranks below 99% of UK towns on households in flats: 0.5%
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 5.8% of households have no car or van here. Lower than in 93% of UK towns: 1.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Hevingham is home to 1,039 residents in 412 households, by the 2021 Census. The share of one-person households stands at 19%.
Hevingham ranks above 83% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 18%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Half of Hevingham’s residents are under 43.8, younger than in 55% of UK towns. The wider picture: 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 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Hevingham ranks below 97% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 5.9%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 31% of Hevingham’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 25%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, full-time students are common here: 5.8%, more than in four fifths of UK towns. The usual figure: 11% of 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.
Families with children: 33% of households, more than in 87% 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.
Households in Hevingham hold 2.5 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). Across the comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Hevingham ranks above 91% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 51%
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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 13% of households live in a terraced house here. Across England’s towns, 21% of households live in a detached house.
In Hevingham, 2.2% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 98% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (0.9%), then in Africa (0.8%). Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 100%, more than in 99% of UK towns. For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
A higher White British share than 99% of UK towns: 98% of residents
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: 98% of Hevingham · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Hevingham, 47% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. Typically, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Locally, 45% of residents said they have no religion.
More married adults and civil partners than 85% of UK towns: 54%
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
The figure for adults who have never married is 31% in Hevingham and 39% across England’s towns. On unpaid carers, Hevingham sits lower than nearly two thirds of UK towns: 8.8%. For comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 23 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
23% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Hevingham, 23%, and 18% have none, against 18%.
Nearby, 5 of 7 towns have older populations than Hevingham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hevingham | 1,039 | — | 43.8 | 18% | 33% |
| Horsford | 4,396 | 3 mi | 38.8 | 16% | 34% |
| Aylsham | 7,183 | 3.4 mi | 49.9 | 31% | 25% |
| Badersfield | 1,490 | 3.8 mi | 37.9 | 12% | 40% |
| Horsham St Faith | 1,051 | 3.9 mi | 49.7 | 25% | 24% |
| Cawston | 1,114 | 4.3 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 26% |
| Coltishall and Horstead | 2,255 | 4.4 mi | 51.7 | 30% | 23% |
| Taverham and Drayton | 14,989 | 4.7 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 28% |
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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 Hevingham’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 Hevingham’s residents
What is the population of Hevingham?
The 2021 Census counted 1,039 people in Hevingham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hevingham?
The median age was 43.8 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hevingham?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 2.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hevingham?
45% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 7.3% didn’t answer.
Is Hevingham good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hevingham’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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