Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 0.9% of households live in a flat or apartment in Kenninghall
Just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 45% in Kenninghall. At the 2021 Census, 772 people lived here, in 330 households. In Kenninghall, 46% of residents said they have no religion. With a median age of 47.5, Kenninghall is older than 72% of UK towns.
Kenninghall ranks above 67% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 24%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 8.3% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 9.3%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Full-time students: 4.5%, a lower share than 64% 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%.
11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, against 9.6% in Kenninghall. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
In Kenninghall, 25% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 70% 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.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults tops 68% of UK towns: 2.7%. 28% of households are one person living alone. Set beside that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Fewer households without a car or van than 96% of UK towns: 6.9%
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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Kenninghall comes in at 17%. About one household in 15 lives without a car or van.
More residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2%) and in Africa (1.3%). Across the comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Kenninghall has fewer residents born outside the UK than 84% of UK towns, at 3.5%.
95% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 82% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 95% of Kenninghall · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who describe themselves as Christian at 47%, Kenninghall is behind just over two thirds of UK towns on that count. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (3%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Chinese (0.1%). Elsewhere, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married: 29%, a lower share than 73% 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
17 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. The usual figure: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 51% here, more than in just over two thirds of UK towns. Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 8.7%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
Among adults, 35% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Kenninghall’s adults: 35% with a degree-level qualification and 14% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Around Kenninghall, 4 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenninghall | 772 | — | 47.5 | 24% | 25% |
| East Harling | 2,490 | 2.6 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 25% |
| Roydon (South Norfolk) | 1,117 | 5.3 mi | 52.1 | 27% | 23% |
| Attleborough | 11,236 | 5.5 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 26% |
| Besthorpe | 1,007 | 6.2 mi | 46 | 24% | 29% |
| Diss | 9,599 | 6.4 mi | 46.3 | 26% | 23% |
| Rickinghall and Botesdale | 1,842 | 6.6 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 21% |
| Scole | 1,037 | 8.2 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 20% |
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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 Kenninghall’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 Kenninghall’s residents
What is the population of Kenninghall?
The 2021 Census counted 772 people in Kenninghall’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Kenninghall?
The median age was 47.5 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kenninghall?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kenninghall?
46% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Kenninghall good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kenninghall’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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