Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0Horning is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 62.1
The share of households with dependent children is 12%, against 29% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 753 residents in Horning, living in 382 households. For Horning, the census puts unpaid carers at 13%. Higher than in 88% of UK towns: 96% of residents describe themselves as White British.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns: 44%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 5.9%, against 12% across England’s towns. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 2.2% of adults are full-time students in Horning
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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Horning, 35% and 21%. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. For Horning, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 8%.
Smaller households than 99% of UK towns: 2 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.
Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in Horning, 1.8%. Locally, just over a third of households are one person living alone.
Above 91% of UK towns: 51% of households live in a detached house
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, 15% of households live in a terraced house here. Set beside that, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. In Horning, 9.3% of households have no car or van. At 4.7%, the share of households in flats is lower than in 84% of UK towns.
Horning ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 100%
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
Where 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, Horning has 3.3%. Residents whose main language is English: 90% across England’s towns, for comparison. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%).
Horning ranks above 82% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 55%
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 Horning · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Nearly two in five residents said they have no religion; across England’s towns the figure is 37%. Leading the other groups after White British: Mixed or multiple (1.6%), Other White (1.5%) and Chinese (0.3%). Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Only 21% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Horning
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
56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 37 people.
29% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Horning, 29% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 18% have no qualification at all (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Horning
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horning | 753 | — | 62.1 | 44% | 12% |
| Hoveton and Wroxham | 3,620 | 2.3 mi | 56.4 | 38% | 19% |
| Salhouse | 1,431 | 3 mi | 52.8 | 31% | 22% |
| Blofield Heath | 1,430 | 3.9 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 23% |
| Little Plumstead | 1,915 | 4.5 mi | 37.5 | 16% | 36% |
| Rackheath | 1,761 | 4.6 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 33% |
| Sutton | 1,026 | 4.7 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 25% |
| Coltishall and Horstead | 2,255 | 4.7 mi | 51.7 | 30% | 23% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Horning’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 Horning’s residents
What is the population of Horning?
The 2021 Census counted 753 people in Horning’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Horning?
The median age was 62.1 at the 2021 Census. 5.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 44% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Horning?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Horning?
39% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is Horning good for families?
12% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Horning’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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