Photo: James Allan · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in flats make up 2.1% in Long Stratton, less than in 97% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%; Long Stratton has 41%. The 2021 Census put the town’s population at 5,218, in 2,201 households. Here, 46% of residents said they have no religion. At 2%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is lower than in 70% of UK towns.
Long Stratton is younger than 59% of UK towns: a median age of 43.3
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 7.2% of residents. 21% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 58% of UK towns. In Hunstanton, the oldest of Norfolk’s towns by this measure, it is 44%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Long Stratton, 43.3. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
4.5% of adults are full-time students, below 66% 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%.
By class, nearly a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 27% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 8.9%.
28% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 69% 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.
Households average 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. On top of that, more households with dependent children than in 60% of UK towns: 28%. Across England’s towns, the share of one-person households is 30%.
15% of households live in a terraced house, below 72% of UK towns
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 just over one in ten households have no car or van, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%.
Only 5.2% of Long Stratton’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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.1%) and in Africa (1.3%). Long Stratton has more residents whose main language is English than 64% of UK towns, at 98%. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK. 15% of the town’s residents born abroad came in 2017 or later, set against 21% across England’s towns.
Above 78% of UK towns: 95% of residents describe themselves as White British
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: 95% of Long Stratton · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Chinese (0.2%). Long Stratton has fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than 75% of UK towns, at 46%. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns.
31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 56% 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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 107. At 8.4%, the share of unpaid carers is lower than in 77% of UK towns. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%. Where 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, Long Stratton has 48%.
Qualified to degree level: 26% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 26% of adults in Long Stratton, 34% across England’s towns; 18% have no qualification, against 18%.
Ranked by age, 160th youngest of 516 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Bailrigg (18.9) and the oldest Barton on Sea (65.3). Nearest to Long Stratton in age: Peasedown St John (43.2), Measham (43.3), Knebworth (43.3) and Pontyclun (43.3).
3 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Long Stratton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Stratton | 5,218 | — | 43.3 | 21% | 28% |
| Newton Flotman | 1,418 | 3.5 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 27% |
| Mulbarton | 3,807 | 4.6 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 30% |
| Stoke Holy Cross | 1,237 | 6.1 mi | 42.8 | 18% | 33% |
| Dickleburgh | 1,166 | 6.6 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 33% |
| Harleston | 5,077 | 6.7 mi | 47.6 | 29% | 24% |
| Poringland | 7,105 | 7.4 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Wymondham | 16,334 | 7.6 mi | 43 | 21% | 29% |
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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 Long Stratton’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 Long Stratton’s residents
What is the population of Long Stratton?
The 2021 Census counted 5,218 people in Long Stratton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Long Stratton?
The median age was 43.3 at the 2021 Census, younger than 59% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Long Stratton?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 5.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Long Stratton?
46% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.
Is Long Stratton good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Long Stratton’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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