Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households in flats than 96% of UK towns: 2.4%
47% of households live in a detached house; across England’s towns the figure is 21%. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 7.8%, fewer than in 94% of UK towns. Newton Flotman counted 1,418 residents and 598 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here.
What the Census says about Newton Flotman’s people
More with no religion than most
51% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 42% 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).
Half of Newton Flotman is over 47.2, older than 70% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 8% of residents. A quarter of residents are 65 or over, a higher share than in 70% of UK towns. In Hunstanton, the oldest of Norfolk’s towns by this measure, it is 44%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
Only 3.7% of adults are full-time students in Newton Flotman
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 account for 31% of Newton Flotman’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 25%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The village has fewer residents who moved in within the year than 64% of UK towns, at 8%. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Newton Flotman sits below 79% of UK towns for one-person households (26%)
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.
2.5% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Households here average 2.3 people each. The benchmark for one-person households across England’s towns: 30%.
8.2% of households have no car or van, below 91% 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
Nearly a fifth of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. In one household in 12 there is no car or van.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 79% 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
The figure for residents born outside the UK is 4.5% in Newton Flotman and 18% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.6%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.7%).
A higher share of residents with no religion than 95% of UK towns, at 51%
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 Newton Flotman · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (2.8%), Indian (0.4%) and Mixed or multiple (0.4%). The usual figure: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 89% of UK towns: 42%. 96% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners make up 53% in Newton Flotman, more than in 80% 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
The share of unpaid carers stands at 9.2%. 27% of Newton Flotman’s adults have never married or formed a civil partnership and 53% are married, against 39% and 44% across England’s towns.
Among adults, 26% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 26% of adults in Newton Flotman, 34% across England’s towns; 19% have no qualification, against 18%.
1 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Newton Flotman
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Flotman | 1,418 | — | 47.2 | 25% | 27% |
| Mulbarton | 3,807 | 1.5 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 30% |
| Stoke Holy Cross | 1,237 | 2.7 mi | 42.8 | 18% | 33% |
| Long Stratton | 5,218 | 3.5 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 28% |
| Poringland | 7,105 | 4.3 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Cringleford | 4,686 | 4.8 mi | 40.4 | 20% | 36% |
| Hethersett | 7,018 | 5.6 mi | 42.5 | 24% | 29% |
| Little Melton | 1,049 | 6.1 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 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 Newton Flotman’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 Newton Flotman’s residents
What is the population of Newton Flotman?
The 2021 Census counted 1,418 people in Newton Flotman’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Newton Flotman?
The median age was 47.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Newton Flotman?
96% 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 Newton Flotman?
51% said they had no religion and 42% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Newton Flotman good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Newton Flotman’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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