Photo: Richard Humphrey · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of North Runcton is over 56.8, older than 98% of UK towns
Against a figure of 39% across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married in North Runcton comes in at 20%. There were 122 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 297 residents. The share of households without a car or van stands at 3.4%. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 93% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of UK towns: 37%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: just over one in ten residents, 2.3 times the share across England’s towns. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.6% of the total.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
2.3% of adults are full-time students, below 99% 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%.
4.4% of residents lived at another address a year before the Census, against 11% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 0.8%, a lower share than 99% 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.
A household here has 2.4 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. Still, 16% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. Against that, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
A village of detached houses: 89% 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
Households in terraced houses are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, households in detached houses come to 21%. Locally, 0.8% of households live in a flat or apartment.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns, at 100%
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
Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%; North Runcton has 5.7%. Measured more widely, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in Africa (2.4%) and in EU countries (1.7%).
64% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 98% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 94% of North Runcton · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
94% of residents describe themselves as White British (England’s towns: 73%). Few places have so few residents with no religion: 30% here, fewer than in 93% of UK towns. On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2%), African (2%) and Indian (1.7%).
Married adults and civil partners: 63%, a higher share than 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
The figure for unpaid carers is 11% in North Runcton and 8.7% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for married adults and civil partners is 44% across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 32%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
32% of North Runcton’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 18% have none (18%).
Every neighbour of North Runcton has a younger population
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 Runcton | 297 | — | 56.8 | 37% | 20% |
| West Winch | 2,828 | 1.1 mi | 50.6 | 28% | 26% |
| King's Lynn | 47,604 | 3 mi | 39.3 | 18% | 30% |
| Watlington | 2,593 | 3.5 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 28% |
| Clenchwarton | 2,020 | 4.5 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 22% |
| Gayton | 1,522 | 5.2 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 27% |
| Marham | 2,608 | 6 mi | 30.1 | 9.8% | 39% |
| Tilney St Lawrence | 1,504 | 6.5 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 24% |
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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 Runcton’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 Runcton’s residents
What is the population of North Runcton?
The 2021 Census counted 297 people in North Runcton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in North Runcton?
The median age was 56.8 at the 2021 Census. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 37% were 65 or over.
How diverse is North Runcton?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 5.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in North Runcton?
30% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4% didn’t answer.
Is North Runcton good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on North Runcton’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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