Photo: Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Ingoldisthorpe is over 63.1, older than 99% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British; in Ingoldisthorpe, 97%. In Ingoldisthorpe, 14% of residents give unpaid care. Higher than in 89% of UK towns: 49% of households live in a detached house. The village counted 524 residents and 265 households at the 2021 Census.
Ingoldisthorpe sits above 99% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (47%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; in Ingoldisthorpe, 5.9%. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
A lower share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns, at 2.1%
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, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Ingoldisthorpe, 29% and 28%. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Here, 4.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Ingoldisthorpe sits below 99% of UK towns for households with dependent children (12%)
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 make up 0.8%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. For households with dependent children, the comparison across England’s towns is 29%. Households here average 2 people each.
Ingoldisthorpe ranks below 99% of UK towns on households in flats: 0.4%
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
24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 15% in Ingoldisthorpe. For Ingoldisthorpe, the census puts households without a car or van at 8.7%. Across England’s towns, households in flats come to 23%.
Ingoldisthorpe sits above 99% of UK towns for 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.5%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1%). On average, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 3.4% of residents were born outside the UK, a lower share than in 85% of UK towns.
Fewer residents with no religion than 94% of UK towns: 30%
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: 97% of Ingoldisthorpe · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (1.5%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Indian (0.4%). Higher than in 95% of UK towns: 61% of residents describe themselves as Christian. The wider picture: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
18% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% 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
The share of married adults and civil partners is 60%, against 44% across England’s towns. Typically, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. For 29 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
23% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 23% of adults in Ingoldisthorpe, 34% across England’s towns; 25% have no qualification, against 18%.
Every nearby town is younger than Ingoldisthorpe
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingoldisthorpe | 524 | — | 63.1 | 47% | 12% |
| Snettisham | 2,709 | 0.8 mi | 59.1 | 41% | 17% |
| Dersingham | 4,753 | 1.3 mi | 58.6 | 41% | 17% |
| Heacham | 3,978 | 2.9 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 13% |
| Hunstanton | 4,230 | 4.9 mi | 61.3 | 44% | 12% |
| King's Lynn | 47,604 | 8.1 mi | 39.3 | 18% | 30% |
| Gayton | 1,522 | 8.7 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 27% |
| Clenchwarton | 2,020 | 9.8 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 22% |
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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 Ingoldisthorpe’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 Ingoldisthorpe’s residents
What is the population of Ingoldisthorpe?
The 2021 Census counted 524 people in Ingoldisthorpe’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ingoldisthorpe?
The median age was 63.1 at the 2021 Census. 5.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 47% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ingoldisthorpe?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ingoldisthorpe?
30% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 8% didn’t answer.
Is Ingoldisthorpe good for families?
12% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ingoldisthorpe’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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