Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0Hillington is older than 96% of UK towns: a median age of 54.2
Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children; in Hillington, 16%. 1.7% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 98% of UK towns. The village had 404 residents in 180 households at the 2021 Census. Households in detached houses: 56% of the total.
29% of residents are 65 or over, a share 89% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: 12% of residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. The census found that 8.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Hillington. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 1.9%
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%.
38% of Hillington’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 20% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Locally, 6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Only 0.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Hillington
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 average 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%. 29% of households are one person living alone.
A lower share of households in terraced houses than 99% of UK towns, at 2.2%
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
Where nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns, Hillington has 8.4%.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 94% of UK towns: 99%
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.7%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.5%). Lower than in 62% of UK towns: 5.2% of residents were born outside the UK. Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%.
Hillington ranks above 91% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 58%
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 Hillington · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.7%), Indian (0.3%) and Chinese (0.3%). Residents with no religion are rarer here than in just over four fifths of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%. Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Hillington has 95%.
A higher share of unpaid carers than 99% of UK towns, at 13%
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
19 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Higher than in 78% of UK towns: 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. The comparison figure for unpaid carers is 8.7% across England’s towns. Adults who have never married: 29%, below three quarters of UK towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 38%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Hillington, 38% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 15% have no qualification at all (18%).
Hillington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillington | 404 | — | 54.2 | 29% | 16% |
| Gayton | 1,522 | 3.9 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 27% |
| Dersingham | 4,753 | 3.9 mi | 58.6 | 41% | 17% |
| Snettisham | 2,709 | 5.8 mi | 59.1 | 41% | 17% |
| King's Lynn | 47,604 | 6.2 mi | 39.3 | 18% | 30% |
| Heacham | 3,978 | 7.9 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 13% |
| Narborough | 1,362 | 8.1 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 23% |
| West Winch | 2,828 | 8.3 mi | 50.6 | 28% | 26% |
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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 Hillington’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 Hillington’s residents
What is the population of Hillington?
The 2021 Census counted 404 people in Hillington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hillington?
The median age was 54.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hillington?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 5.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hillington?
35% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Hillington good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hillington’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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