Photo: Laurie Bolt · CC BY-SA 2.0Kettlestone is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 61.6
Households with dependent children make up 16%, against 29% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census put Kettlestone’s population at 193, in 94 households. 6.2% of households have no car or van. Few places have as many households in detached houses: 64% here, more than in 98% of UK towns.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns, at 44%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 70–74 than any other five-year age: 16% of residents, 3.4 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: 2.1% of the total. Elsewhere, 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.
Full-time students: 1.8%, a lower share than 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%.
11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, against 7.3% in Kettlestone. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
1.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 99% 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.
In Kettlestone the average household is 2 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. One-person households account for 35%. Set beside that, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
Below 99% of UK towns: 1% of households live in a flat or apartment
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
The share of households in terraced houses is 8.3%, against 24% across England’s towns. Against that, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Kettlestone: 100% of residents have English as their main language, above 99% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents born abroad were most often born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.6%), then in EU countries (1%). On residents born outside the UK, Kettlestone sits lower than 62% of UK towns: 5.2%. Across the comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
96% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 86% 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: 96% of Kettlestone · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 56%, against 46% across England’s towns. Locally, just over a third of residents said they have no religion. Typically, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Fewer adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns: 15%
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
12% of residents give unpaid care (England’s towns: 8.7%). Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are common here: 66%, more than in 99% of UK towns. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 39% across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 37%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 37% of its adults qualified to degree level, Kettlestone compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 16% hold no qualification (18%).
Kettlestone is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kettlestone | 193 | — | 61.6 | 44% | 16% |
| Fakenham | 8,390 | 2.8 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 21% |
| Melton Constable | 1,176 | 5 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 27% |
| Foulsham | 1,025 | 5.9 mi | 48.5 | 23% | 23% |
| Briston | 1,983 | 5.9 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 22% |
| North Elmham | 1,172 | 7 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 22% |
| Wells-next-the-Sea | 2,151 | 8 mi | 58.5 | 39% | 16% |
| Holt | 4,014 | 8.5 mi | 57.5 | 40% | 15% |
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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 Kettlestone’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 Kettlestone’s residents
What is the population of Kettlestone?
The 2021 Census counted 193 people in Kettlestone’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Kettlestone?
The median age was 61.6 at the 2021 Census. 2.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 44% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kettlestone?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 5.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kettlestone?
35% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.
Is Kettlestone good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kettlestone’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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