Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 96% of UK towns: half of Ickburgh is over 54.3
The figure for households in flats is 2% in Ickburgh and 23% across England’s towns. The village’s 148 households held 349 residents at the 2021 Census. In Ickburgh, 6.7% of households have no car or van. On households with dependent children, Ickburgh sits lower than 97% of UK towns: 18%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns, at 4.6%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 65 and over at 28%, Ickburgh is ahead of 85% of UK towns on that count. As a yardstick, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
In Ickburgh, 1.7% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 99% 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%.
33% of Ickburgh’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Here, 15% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
22% of households are one person living alone, below 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.
A household here has 2.4 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. For Ickburgh, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 2.7%. One-person households make up 30% across England’s towns.
More households in detached houses than 98% of UK towns: 64%
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
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 5.4% of households live in a terraced house in Ickburgh. The comparison figure for households in detached houses is 21% across England’s towns.
More residents born outside the UK than 64% of UK towns: 8%
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
By its share of residents whose main language is English (97%), Ickburgh is below 57% of UK towns. Residents born outside the UK make up 18% across England’s towns.
Above 61% of UK towns: 93% of residents describe themselves as White British
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: 93% of Ickburgh · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, against 51% in Ickburgh. Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (5.5%), Caribbean (0.3%) and Mixed or multiple (0.3%).
Ickburgh sits below 99% of UK towns for adults who have never married (19%)
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 10. As a reference point, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 61% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a higher share than in 99% of UK towns.
26% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
26% of Ickburgh’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 22% have none (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Ickburgh
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ickburgh | 349 | — | 54.3 | 28% | 18% |
| Mundford | 1,563 | 1 mi | 50.7 | 26% | 24% |
| Weeting | 1,883 | 4.5 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 23% |
| Methwold | 1,044 | 4.9 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 28% |
| Brandon | 9,218 | 5.7 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 23% |
| Hockwold cum Wilton | 1,303 | 6.4 mi | 47.5 | 23% | 25% |
| Feltwell | 2,919 | 6.6 mi | 38.5 | 20% | 33% |
| Stoke Ferry | 1,191 | 7.4 mi | 51.8 | 27% | 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 Ickburgh’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 Ickburgh’s residents
What is the population of Ickburgh?
The 2021 Census counted 349 people in Ickburgh’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ickburgh?
The median age was 54.3 at the 2021 Census. 4.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ickburgh?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ickburgh?
41% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Ickburgh good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ickburgh’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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