Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 1.9% of households live in a flat or apartment in Melton Constable
Where nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns, Melton Constable has 10%. At the 2021 Census, 1,176 people lived locally, in 521 households. The census found that 95% of residents describe themselves as White British locally. Few places have as many adults who have never married: 36% here, more than in 70% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Melton Constable’s people
More with no religion than most
49% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 46% 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 median age of 42.8: Melton Constable is younger than 63% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 8.2% of residents. Lower than in 64% of UK towns: 20% of residents are 65 or over. With residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.4%, Melton Constable is behind 62% of UK towns on that count.
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.
3.5% of adults are full-time students, below 94% 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%.
In Melton Constable, 12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 11% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 3.1% in Melton Constable, more than in 78% 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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Melton Constable, 2.3. At 31%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 57% of UK towns. For shared households of unrelated adults, the comparison across England’s towns is 4.3%. Households with dependent children: 27% of the total.
A village of terraces: 44% of households live in one
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
The figure for households in detached houses is 19% in Melton Constable and 21% across England’s towns. Households in terraced houses: 24% across England’s towns, for comparison.
In Melton Constable, 5.4% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 61% 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (4.1%) and in Africa (0.6%). As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 98% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 54% of UK towns.
A higher share of residents with no religion than 91% 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: 95% of Melton Constable · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (3%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Indian (0.2%). Residents who describe themselves as Christian are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of UK towns. The share of residents with no religion across England’s towns is 37%.
A higher share of unpaid carers than 78% of UK towns, at 10%
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 41 residents. The wider picture: 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Melton Constable has fewer married adults and civil partners than 73% of UK towns, at 44%.
24% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Melton Constable, 24%, and 18% have none, against 18%.
The towns around Melton Constable are all older
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Melton Constable’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 Melton Constable’s residents
What is the population of Melton Constable?
The 2021 Census counted 1,176 people in Melton Constable’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Melton Constable?
The median age was 42.8 at the 2021 Census. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Melton Constable?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 5.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Melton Constable?
49% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 4.2% didn’t answer.
Is Melton Constable good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Melton Constable’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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