Photo: Chris Wood ( User:chris_j_wood ). · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 98% of UK towns: half of North Creake is over 56.9
By its share of households in terraced houses (9.7%), North Creake is below 90% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 325 residents in the village, living in 155 households. 1.3% of households live in a flat or apartment. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
North Creake ranks above 97% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 35%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 12% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in North Creake comes in at 7.4%. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
Full-time students: 3.2%, a lower share than 97% 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%.
28% of North Creake’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The census found that 14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in the village. Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer family households than 95% of UK towns: 20% in North Creake
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 2.1 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. The share of one-person households stands at 30%. Against that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
North Creake ranks below 98% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 5.7%
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
28% of households live in a detached house; across England’s towns the figure is 21%. Households without a car or van make up 24% across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 97% of UK towns don’t reach
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 largest groups were born in EU countries (3.1%) and in Africa (1.8%). Against that, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Here 5.5% of residents were born outside the UK, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%.
North Creake: 53% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 71% of UK towns
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: 92% of North Creake · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion; in North Creake, 42%. For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 92% of the total.
North Creake: 17% of residents give unpaid care, above 99% 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
44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 50% in North Creake. The benchmark for unpaid carers across England’s towns: 8.7%. Locally, 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 29%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 29% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 17% hold no qualification (18%).
North Creake sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Creake | 325 | — | 56.9 | 35% | 20% |
| Wells-next-the-Sea | 2,151 | 5.2 mi | 58.5 | 39% | 16% |
| Fakenham | 8,390 | 6.7 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 21% |
| Snettisham | 2,709 | 10.9 mi | 59.1 | 41% | 17% |
| Heacham | 3,978 | 11 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 13% |
| Hunstanton | 4,230 | 11.1 mi | 61.3 | 44% | 12% |
| Dersingham | 4,753 | 11.3 mi | 58.6 | 41% | 17% |
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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 North Creake’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 North Creake’s residents
What is the population of North Creake?
The 2021 Census counted 325 people in North Creake’s built-up area.
What is the average age in North Creake?
The median age was 56.9 at the 2021 Census. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is North Creake?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 5.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in North Creake?
42% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is North Creake good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on North Creake’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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