Parish Church of All Saints · Photo: David from Colorado Springs, United States · CC BY 2.0Fewer households without a car or van than 96% of UK towns: 6.4%
Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Horsford comes in at 2.3%. This Norfolk town had 4,396 residents and 1,798 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 38.8 (younger than 86% of UK towns). Here, just over a third of households have dependent children. One-person households are rarer here than in 94% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Horsford’s people
More with no religion than most
50% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 44% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Horsford’s residents are under 38.8 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 11% are 15 to 24 and 16% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Younger than 86% of UK towns: half of Horsford is under 38.8
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
11% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. Across Horsford, 16% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Horsford, 38.8. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
5% of adults are full-time students, more than in 58% of UK towns
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%.
Set against 11% across England’s towns, 9.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Horsford. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bigger households than 84% of UK towns: 2.5 people each 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, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%; Horsford has 2%.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 93% of UK towns: 8%
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
In Horsford, 44% of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. To put it in context, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 4.1% in Horsford, less than in 76% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Since 2017: 9.5% of those born abroad, against 21% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The census found that 99% of residents have English as their main language in Horsford.
Residents with no religion: 50%, a higher share than 93% 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: 94% of Horsford · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, Horsford has 44%. The wider picture: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. The census found that 94% of residents describe themselves as White British here.
In Horsford, 7.7% of residents give unpaid care, fewer than in 90% of UK towns
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 adults who have never married is 39%; Horsford has 34%. On average, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 96 residents.
Degree-level qualifications: 25% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 25% of Horsford’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 15% have no qualification (18%).
Ranked by age, 70th youngest of 695 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe the oldest (64.7). Nearest to Horsford in age: Locking (38.7), Durrington (38.7), Odiham (38.8) and Creswell (38.9).
Horsford and its 7 nearest towns: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horsford | 4,396 | — | 38.8 | 16% | 34% |
| Taverham and Drayton | 14,989 | 1.8 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 28% |
| Horsham St Faith | 1,051 | 2 mi | 49.7 | 25% | 24% |
| Hevingham | 1,039 | 3 mi | 43.8 | 18% | 33% |
| Costessey | 2,608 | 3.1 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 25% |
| Queen's Hills | 4,465 | 3.5 mi | 30.8 | 2.8% | 44% |
| Spixworth | 3,418 | 3.6 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 23% |
| Norwich | 200,744 | 4.8 mi | 37.9 | 18% | 23% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Horsford’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 Horsford’s residents
What is the population of Horsford?
The 2021 Census counted 4,396 people in Horsford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Horsford?
The median age was 38.8 at the 2021 Census, younger than 86% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 16% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Horsford?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 4.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Horsford?
50% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Horsford good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Horsford’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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