Photo: Michael Garlick · CC BY-SA 2.0In Loddon, 48% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 88% of UK towns
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 2%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Census figures put adults who have never married at 36% in Loddon. Few places have as many one-person households: 33% here, more than in 72% of UK towns. Its 1,025 households held 2,247 residents at the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Loddon’s people
A village people move to
15% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
More with no religion than most
48% 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).
A young village: 11% of residents are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 54% of UK towns: 22%. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. With a median age of 44.2, Loddon is younger than 52% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year: 15%, a higher share than 96% 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%.
Full-time students: 5% here and 7.9% across England’s towns. For comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Smaller households than 76% of UK towns: 2.2 people on average
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 households with dependent children is 26%, against 29% across England’s towns.
More car-free households than 67% of UK towns: 19% in Loddon
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
Here 11% of households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across England’s towns is 23%. 34% of households live in a detached house. Every 5th household or so has no car or van.
Only 5.1% of Loddon’s residents were born outside the UK
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.3%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.4%). As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Loddon has more residents whose main language is English than nearly two thirds of UK towns, at 98%. Recent arrivals (2017 or later) make up a tenth of those born abroad (England’s towns: 21%).
Loddon sits below 85% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (43%)
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 Loddon · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who describe themselves as White British at 94%, Loddon is ahead of 64% of UK towns on that count. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (3.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Chinese (0.6%). To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
42% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, fewer than in 84% 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 54 residents. The comparison figure for married adults and civil partners is 44% across England’s towns. Loddon has fewer unpaid carers than two thirds of UK towns, at 8.8%.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 28%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Loddon counts 28% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 20% have no qualification (18%).
Loddon and its 7 nearest towns: 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loddon | 2,247 | — | 44.2 | 22% | 26% |
| Chedgrave | 1,053 | 0.7 mi | 57 | 39% | 20% |
| Thurlton | 1,145 | 3.4 mi | 49.4 | 24% | 27% |
| Ditchingham | 1,997 | 4.5 mi | 51.2 | 31% | 19% |
| Freethorpe | 1,050 | 4.9 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 33% |
| Bungay | 5,012 | 5.8 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 23% |
| Poringland | 7,105 | 6.2 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Lingwood | 2,368 | 6.2 mi | 48.4 | 27% | 25% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Loddon’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 Loddon’s residents
What is the population of Loddon?
The 2021 Census counted 2,247 people in Loddon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Loddon?
The median age was 44.2 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Loddon?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 5.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Loddon?
48% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 7.6% didn’t answer.
Is Loddon good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Loddon’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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