Church of St Mary · Photo: David from Colorado Springs, United States · CC BY 2.0Fewer households with dependent children than 95% of UK towns: 20%
29% of residents are 65 or over (England’s towns: 18%). Compared with other places, households in flats are scarce here: 1.3%, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. Middleton is home to 906 residents in 395 households, by the 2021 Census. Here, 23% of households are one person living alone.
Half of Middleton is over 50.7, older than 88% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 60–64: 8.6% of residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 9.9%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Full-time students make up 3.2% in Middleton, less than in 98% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 28% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 27% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across Middleton, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, more than in 94% 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.
The typical household size is 2.3 people.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 97% of UK towns: 6.1%
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
Where nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns, Middleton has 9.4%. Households in detached houses: 57% of the total.
More residents whose main language is English than 96% of UK towns: 99%
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
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK in Middleton comes in at 3.4%. The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%. The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in Africa (0.7%).
Above 89% of UK towns: 96% 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: 96% of Middleton · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (3.1%), African (0.3%) and Pakistani (0.1%). On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. At 55%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is higher than in 78% of UK towns. By contrast, the share of residents with no religion is 40%, against 37% across England’s towns.
A higher share of unpaid carers than 97% of UK towns, at 12%
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 28. Against that, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Fewer adults who have never married than in three quarters of UK towns: 29%. At the same time, 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 20% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
21% of Middleton’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 20% have one at degree level (34%).
1 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Middleton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middleton | 906 | — | 50.7 | 29% | 20% |
| West Winch | 2,828 | 2.2 mi | 50.6 | 28% | 26% |
| King's Lynn | 47,604 | 3.3 mi | 39.3 | 18% | 30% |
| Gayton | 1,522 | 4.1 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 27% |
| Watlington | 2,593 | 4.4 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 28% |
| Marham | 2,608 | 5.3 mi | 30.1 | 9.8% | 39% |
| Clenchwarton | 2,020 | 5.4 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 22% |
| Narborough | 1,362 | 5.7 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 23% |
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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 Middleton’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 Middleton’s residents
What is the population of Middleton?
The 2021 Census counted 906 people in Middleton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Middleton?
The median age was 50.7 at the 2021 Census. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Middleton?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Middleton?
40% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Middleton good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Middleton’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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