Photo: Michael Garlick · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of UK towns: 7.4%
With households without a car or van at 8.9%, Mulbarton is behind 88% of UK towns on that count. Census day 2021: 3,807 residents and 1,627 households in the town. One-person households: just over a quarter of the total. 44% of households live in a detached house, more than in 83% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Mulbarton’s people
More with no religion than most
48% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 45% 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) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
A change of +4% since 2011 leaves Mulbarton behind 66% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Mulbarton’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 3,700 people in 2011; 3,800 in 2024.
By age, the 65 and over group changed most (+61%) and the 16 to 29 group least (−25%). The largest rise in a single year came from mid-2011 to mid-2012: 90 people.
Younger than 64% of UK towns: half of Mulbarton is under 42.7
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 65 and over at 21%, Mulbarton is behind 56% of UK towns on that count. In Hunstanton, the oldest of Norfolk’s towns by this measure, it is 44%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Mulbarton, 42.7. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
In Mulbarton, 3.9% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 88% 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%.
7.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier (England’s towns: 11%). Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Mulbarton households average 2.3 people, larger than in 65% 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.
In Mulbarton, 2.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, beside 4.3% across England’s towns. Still, households with dependent children are more common here than in 73% of UK towns.
In Mulbarton, 13% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 80% 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 nearly one in ten households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across England’s towns is 23%. Set beside that, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 70% of UK towns: 4.5%
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
Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 20%. Few places have as many residents whose main language is English: 99% here, more than in 72% of UK towns. Against that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in Africa (0.8%).
Above 88% of UK towns: 48% of residents said they have no religion
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 Mulbarton · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
95% of residents describe themselves as White British (England’s towns: 73%). Mulbarton has fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than 77% of UK towns, at 45%. Elsewhere, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and African (0.1%).
Married adults and civil partners: 53%, a higher share than 79% 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
For 96 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. 30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a lower share than in 68% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers make up 8.8%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 34% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 34% of its adults qualified to degree level, Mulbarton compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 14% hold no qualification (18%).
530 UK towns of 3,000 to 5,000 people: this is the 113th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Milford on Sea the oldest (64.6). Nearest to Mulbarton in age: Datchet (42.6), Rhymney (42.6), Lakenheath (42.7) and Sutton (42.7).
Of the 7 towns nearest Mulbarton, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mulbarton | 3,807 | — | 42.7 | 21% | 30% |
| Newton Flotman | 1,418 | 1.5 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 27% |
| Stoke Holy Cross | 1,237 | 2.9 mi | 42.8 | 18% | 33% |
| Cringleford | 4,686 | 3.5 mi | 40.4 | 20% | 36% |
| Hethersett | 7,018 | 4.1 mi | 42.5 | 24% | 29% |
| Long Stratton | 5,218 | 4.6 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 28% |
| Little Melton | 1,049 | 4.6 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 27% |
| Poringland | 7,105 | 4.7 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 27% |
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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 Mulbarton’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Mulbarton’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 3,704 people in 2021, against 3,807 in the built-up area.
- 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 Mulbarton’s residents
What is the population of Mulbarton?
The 2021 Census counted 3,807 people in Mulbarton’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 3,800 people in mid-2024, 4% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Mulbarton?
The median age was 42.7 at the 2021 Census, younger than 64% of UK towns. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Mulbarton?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Mulbarton?
48% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Mulbarton good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Mulbarton’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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