Photo: Graham Hardy · CC BY-SA 2.01.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 98% of UK towns
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.2% in Lenwade and 12% across England’s towns. The village is home to 542 residents in 249 households, by the 2021 Census. 96% of residents describe themselves as White British. Households in terraced houses are rarer here than in 97% of UK towns.
Lenwade is older than 75% of UK towns: a median age of 48.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. In Lenwade, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 84% of UK towns: 4%
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%.
Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, against 8.9% in Lenwade. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
23% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 83% 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.
At 2.2 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. One-person households are more common here than in two thirds of UK towns. Elsewhere, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households in flats than 90% of UK towns: 3.6%
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: 9.9%, below just over four fifths of UK towns. As a yardstick, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. In Lenwade, 45% of households live in a detached house.
In Lenwade, 100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.7%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%). As a reference point, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Lower than in 74% of UK towns: 4.2% of residents were born outside the UK.
A lower share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 58% of UK towns, at 49%
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 Lenwade · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Mixed or multiple (1.5%), Other White (1.1%) and Chinese (0.2%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%. Just over two in five residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 53% of UK towns.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 82% of UK towns, at 27%
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
21 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. By way of comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Lenwade has more married adults and civil partners than 59% of UK towns, at 49%. Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%; Lenwade has 10%.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 24%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Lenwade, 23%, while 24% hold one at degree level (34%).
A younger town than 2 of the 7 around it: Lenwade
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenwade | 542 | — | 48.2 | 26% | 23% |
| Reepham | 2,317 | 2.9 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 24% |
| Cawston | 1,114 | 4.1 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 26% |
| Swanton Morley | 2,175 | 5 mi | 41.5 | 24% | 28% |
| Queen's Hills | 4,465 | 5.1 mi | 30.8 | 2.8% | 44% |
| Taverham and Drayton | 14,989 | 5.2 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 28% |
| Easton | 1,436 | 5.4 mi | 45.9 | 22% | 28% |
| Mattishall | 2,203 | 5.5 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 19% |
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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 Lenwade’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 Lenwade’s residents
What is the population of Lenwade?
The 2021 Census counted 542 people in Lenwade’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lenwade?
The median age was 48.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lenwade?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 4.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lenwade?
41% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 8.7% didn’t answer.
Is Lenwade good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lenwade’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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