Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 94% of UK towns: half of Honingham is over 52.9
5% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. The census found that 5.6% of households live in a terraced house in Honingham. At 22%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 98% of UK towns. The village had 374 residents in 160 households at the 2021 Census.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns: 6.2%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (30%), Honingham is above 91% of UK towns. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 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.
Honingham sits below 99% of UK towns for full-time students (2.8%)
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%.
Here nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across England’s towns is 11%. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Households with dependent children make up 19% in Honingham, less than in 96% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across England’s towns: 5%. 26% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 82% of UK towns. Set beside that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
A larger share of households in detached houses than 94% of UK towns: 55%
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 usual figure: 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 98% in Honingham, more than in 66% 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
Here 7.5% of residents were born outside the UK, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%. The usual figure: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.5%), then in the Middle East and Asia (3.5%).
Honingham ranks above 72% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 53%
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: 94% of Honingham · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (2.1%), Chinese (1.3%) and Mixed or multiple (1.3%). 94% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 66% of UK towns. For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%. Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion; in Honingham, 38%.
Honingham ranks above 99% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 61%
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
Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%; Honingham has 11%. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. For 6 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
32% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 32% of Honingham’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 14% have no qualification (18%).
Honingham is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honingham | 374 | — | 52.9 | 30% | 19% |
| Easton | 1,436 | 2.2 mi | 45.9 | 22% | 28% |
| Queen's Hills | 4,465 | 3 mi | 30.8 | 2.8% | 44% |
| Mattishall | 2,203 | 3.5 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 19% |
| Costessey | 2,608 | 4.3 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 25% |
| Taverham and Drayton | 14,989 | 4.5 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 28% |
| Little Melton | 1,049 | 4.6 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 27% |
| Hethersett | 7,018 | 5 mi | 42.5 | 24% | 29% |
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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 Honingham’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 Honingham’s residents
What is the population of Honingham?
The 2021 Census counted 374 people in Honingham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Honingham?
The median age was 52.9 at the 2021 Census. 6.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Honingham?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 7.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Honingham?
38% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.3% didn’t answer.
Is Honingham good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Honingham’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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