Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0Hindolveston is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 55.1
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Hindolveston’s 256 households held 600 residents at the 2021 Census. Locally, 6.7% of households have no car or van. Compared with 30% across England’s towns, just over a fifth of households are one person living alone here.
Hindolveston ranks above 95% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 33%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 70–74 than any other five-year age: 9.5% of residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. The census found that 8% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Hindolveston. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Hindolveston sits below 92% of UK towns for full-time students (3.7%)
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%.
7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier (England’s towns: 11%). For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
In Hindolveston, 21% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 91% 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 Hindolveston hold 2.3 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). The usual figure: 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Households in detached houses make up 61% in Hindolveston, more than in 97% 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
7.3% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house.
Fewer residents born abroad than 84% of UK towns: 3.5%
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 whose main language is English: 99% here and 90% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 96% in Hindolveston, more than in 89% 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: 96% of Hindolveston · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Nearly three in five residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns. The share of residents with no religion stands at 32%. The usual figure: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 92% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Where 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, Hindolveston has 26%. 11% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 88% of UK towns. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 27.
Qualified to degree level: 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 36% of its adults qualified to degree level, Hindolveston compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 18% hold no qualification (18%).
Hindolveston and its 7 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hindolveston | 600 | — | 55.1 | 33% | 21% |
| Melton Constable | 1,176 | 2.4 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 27% |
| Briston | 1,983 | 2.5 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 22% |
| Foulsham | 1,025 | 3 mi | 48.5 | 23% | 23% |
| Reepham | 2,317 | 5.6 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 24% |
| North Elmham | 1,172 | 6.2 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 22% |
| Holt | 4,014 | 6.5 mi | 57.5 | 40% | 15% |
| Fakenham | 8,390 | 7 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 21% |
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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 Hindolveston’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 Hindolveston’s residents
What is the population of Hindolveston?
The 2021 Census counted 600 people in Hindolveston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hindolveston?
The median age was 55.1 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hindolveston?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hindolveston?
32% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.3% didn’t answer.
Is Hindolveston good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hindolveston’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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