Photo: Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0Households without a car or van: 6.5%, a lower share than 96% of UK towns
Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 88% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Hockering was home to 828 people in 335 households. Across Hockering, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone. Households in detached houses: 43% here and 21% across England’s towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.3%, a lower share than 66% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The median age in Hockering is 44.1, lower than in 53% of UK 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.
A lower share of full-time students than 86% of UK towns, at 3.9%
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 a third of Hockering’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 23%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%. Residents who moved in within the year account for 14%.
Larger households than 85% of UK towns: 2.5 people on average
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 29% across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children in Hockering comes in at 25%. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 3.3%.
8.6% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 92% 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 flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. The benchmark for households in terraced houses across England’s towns: 24%.
Hockering: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 91% 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 figure for residents born outside the UK is 3.7% in Hockering and 18% across England’s towns. As a reference point, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.5%) or in Africa (0.7%).
More residents with no religion than 84% of UK towns: 47%
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 Hockering · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Indian (0.1%). Hockering has fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than 71% of UK towns, at 46%. Against that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
More married adults and civil partners than 62% of UK towns: 50%
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
Some 21 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. On unpaid carers, Hockering sits lower than 57% of UK towns: 9.1%. With adults who have never married at 32%, Hockering is behind 51% of UK towns on that count.
27% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Hockering, 27% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 19% have no qualification at all (18%).
Nearby, 5 of 7 towns have older populations than Hockering
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hockering | 828 | — | 44.1 | 21% | 25% |
| Mattishall | 2,203 | 2.1 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 19% |
| Easton | 1,436 | 4.1 mi | 45.9 | 22% | 28% |
| Swanton Morley | 2,175 | 4.4 mi | 41.5 | 24% | 28% |
| Queen's Hills | 4,465 | 4.7 mi | 30.8 | 2.8% | 44% |
| Dereham | 20,788 | 5.3 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 27% |
| Taverham and Drayton | 14,989 | 5.9 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 28% |
| Costessey | 2,608 | 6.1 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 25% |
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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 Hockering’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 Hockering’s residents
What is the population of Hockering?
The 2021 Census counted 828 people in Hockering’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hockering?
The median age was 44.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hockering?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hockering?
47% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Hockering good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hockering’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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