Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0In Lingwood, 1.2% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
97% of residents describe themselves as White British (England’s towns: 73%). Higher than in just over four fifths of UK towns: 27% of residents are 65 or over. The 2021 Census put Lingwood’s population at 2,368, in 1,065 households. Married adults and civil partners account for 52%.
Below 86% of UK towns: 8.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The median age in Lingwood is 48.4, higher than in 76% of UK towns. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. 70–74 is the most common age band: 7.3% of residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Lingwood ranks below 96% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 6.1%
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%.
31% of Lingwood’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 27% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Full-time students: 4% of the total.
A smaller share of households with dependent children than 71% of UK towns: 25%
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 one-person households is 28%, against 30% across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 76% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children. On average, 2.2 people share a household.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 82% of UK towns: 9.9%
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
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 13% of households live in a terraced house in Lingwood. One household in 10 has no car or van. More households in detached houses than in 78% of UK towns: 41%.
Lingwood ranks below 90% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 3.1%
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
99% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.6%) and in Africa (0.7%).
Above 65% of UK towns: 43% of residents said they have no religion
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 Lingwood · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here 49% of residents describe themselves as Christian, where the figure across England’s towns is 46%. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (1.5%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Indian (0.1%). Across England’s towns, residents with no religion come to 37%.
Lingwood sits below 84% of UK towns for adults who have never married (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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 64 residents. Measured more widely, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. The share of unpaid carers is 9.9%, against 8.7% across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 22% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
20% of Lingwood’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 22% have one at degree level (34%).
Median age: 4 of the 7 towns around Lingwood 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lingwood | 2,368 | — | 48.4 | 27% | 25% |
| Blofield | 2,667 | 1.9 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 29% |
| Brundall | 4,378 | 2.4 mi | 51 | 30% | 24% |
| Blofield Heath | 1,430 | 2.8 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 23% |
| Acle | 2,268 | 2.9 mi | 54 | 34% | 18% |
| Little Plumstead | 1,915 | 3.5 mi | 37.5 | 16% | 36% |
| Freethorpe | 1,050 | 3.6 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 33% |
| Salhouse | 1,431 | 4.8 mi | 52.8 | 31% | 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 Lingwood’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 Lingwood’s residents
What is the population of Lingwood?
The 2021 Census counted 2,368 people in Lingwood’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lingwood?
The median age was 48.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lingwood?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lingwood?
43% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Lingwood good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lingwood’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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