Photo: David Pashley · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 97% of UK towns: half of Knapton is over 55.9
Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 94% of UK towns. There were 171 households in Knapton at the 2021 Census, home to 389 residents. Across Knapton, 18% of households have dependent children. Where nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, Knapton has 2.3%.
Knapton ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 6.8%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 30% in Knapton and 18% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
Knapton sits below 99% of UK towns for full-time students (2.7%)
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%.
Compared with 11% across England’s towns, 13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.8% in Knapton, less than in 82% 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.
27% of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, shared households of unrelated adults come to 4.3%. Households here average 2.2 people each.
More detached houses than 98% of UK towns: 64% of households
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
Households without a car or van make up 8.2%, against 24% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Across Knapton, 4.6% of households live in a terraced house.
Residents whose main language is English: 100%, a higher share than 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.8%) and in Africa (1.8%). The wider picture: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born outside the UK are rarer here than in nearly four fifths of UK towns.
Residents with no religion: 46%, a higher share than 81% 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: 97% of Knapton · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Christians make up 48% of residents, against 46% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents with no religion across England’s towns: 37%. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2.8%), Indian (0.3%) and Chinese (0.3%).
In Knapton, 12% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 95% 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
Against a figure of 44% across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners in Knapton comes in at 53%. Unpaid carers make up 8.7% across England’s towns. Adults who have never married: nearly a quarter of the total.
30% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 30% of Knapton’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 20% have no qualification (18%).
Knapton and its 7 nearest towns: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knapton | 389 | — | 55.9 | 30% | 18% |
| Mundesley | 2,777 | 1.8 mi | 58.7 | 40% | 15% |
| North Walsham | 12,829 | 2.7 mi | 50.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Cromer | 7,522 | 6.9 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 16% |
| Stalham | 3,383 | 7.1 mi | 49 | 29% | 20% |
| Badersfield | 1,490 | 7.2 mi | 37.9 | 12% | 40% |
| Sutton | 1,026 | 7.9 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 25% |
| Aylsham | 7,183 | 8.4 mi | 49.9 | 31% | 25% |
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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 Knapton’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 Knapton’s residents
What is the population of Knapton?
The 2021 Census counted 389 people in Knapton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Knapton?
The median age was 55.9 at the 2021 Census. 6.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Knapton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Knapton?
46% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is Knapton good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Knapton’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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