Photo: Hugh Venables · CC BY-SA 2.0Younger than 91% of UK towns: half of Little Plumstead is under 37.5
In Little Plumstead, 5.6% of households have no car or van, beside 24% across England’s towns. The village counted 1,915 residents and 752 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 2% of households live in a flat or apartment. A fifth of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 98% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Little Plumstead’s people
A village of families
36% of Little Plumstead’s 752 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 94% of UK towns. 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Little Plumstead’s residents are under 37.5 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 9.3% are 15 to 24 and 16% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
More with no religion than most
50% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 43% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 89% of UK towns: 16%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.3%, Little Plumstead is behind nearly two thirds of UK towns on that count. No age band is larger than 30–34: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share 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.
Little Plumstead sits below 73% of UK towns for full-time students (4.3%)
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%.
Here nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across England’s towns is 11%. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
A higher share of households with dependent children than 94% of UK towns, at 36%
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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Little Plumstead, 2.5. For comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Locally, 2.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Above 81% of UK towns: 42% of households live in a detached house
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
24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 13% in Little Plumstead. Typically, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Above 70% of UK towns: 98% of residents have English as their main language
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.4%) and in Africa (1.6%). For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%. 5.5% of residents were born outside the UK; across England’s towns the figure is 18%.
Little Plumstead sits above 93% of UK towns for residents with no religion (50%)
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: 94% of Little Plumstead · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Little Plumstead, 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British account for 94%.
Adults who have never married make up 34% in Little Plumstead, more than in 60% 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 Little Plumstead comes in at 49%. Set beside that, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 51 residents.
Degree-level qualifications reach 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Little Plumstead, 31% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 14% have no qualification at all (18%).
Every nearby town is older than Little Plumstead
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Plumstead | 1,915 | — | 37.5 | 16% | 36% |
| Blofield Heath | 1,430 | 1.2 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 23% |
| Blofield | 2,667 | 1.6 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 29% |
| Brundall | 4,378 | 1.8 mi | 51 | 30% | 24% |
| Rackheath | 1,761 | 1.9 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 33% |
| Salhouse | 1,431 | 2 mi | 52.8 | 31% | 22% |
| Thorpe End | 1,173 | 2.1 mi | 53.2 | 29% | 23% |
| Lingwood | 2,368 | 3.5 mi | 48.4 | 27% | 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 Little Plumstead’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 Little Plumstead’s residents
What is the population of Little Plumstead?
The 2021 Census counted 1,915 people in Little Plumstead’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Little Plumstead?
The median age was 37.5 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 16% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Little Plumstead?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 5.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Little Plumstead?
50% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Little Plumstead good for families?
36% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Little Plumstead’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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