Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 64.9: Overstrand is older than 99% of UK towns
18% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership (England’s towns: 39%). At the 2021 Census Overstrand was home to 997 people in 498 households. Census figures put households in terraced houses at 5.9% in the village. More households in detached houses than in 98% of UK towns: 66%.
50% of Overstrand is 65 or over, a higher share than 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 5.7%, against 12% across England’s towns. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
Overstrand ranks below 99% of UK towns on full-time students: 2.2%
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 35% of Overstrand’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 22%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The census found that 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in the village. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
Below 99% of UK towns: 10% of households have dependent children
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.
Across England’s towns, the share of one-person households is 30%; Overstrand has 37%. 1.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 94% of UK towns. For households with dependent children, the comparison across England’s towns is 29%. The average household has 1.9 people.
Households in flats make up 5.7% in Overstrand, less than in 79% 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
13% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. On average, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 97% of UK towns
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 share of residents born outside the UK is 3.6%, against 18% across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%) or in EU countries (1.3%). By way of comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 97% in Overstrand, more than in 98% 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: 97% of Overstrand · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 30% in Overstrand and 37% across England’s towns. On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Locally, 63% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
In Overstrand, 57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 93% 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
11% of residents give unpaid care, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 32 people. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 28% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
21% of Overstrand’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 28% have one at degree level (34%).
The towns around Overstrand are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overstrand | 997 | — | 64.9 | 50% | 10% |
| Cromer | 7,522 | 1.7 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 16% |
| Mundesley | 2,777 | 4.4 mi | 58.7 | 40% | 15% |
| West Runton and Beeston Regis | 1,463 | 5 mi | 63.3 | 47% | 11% |
| Sheringham | 7,087 | 5.7 mi | 59.3 | 40% | 17% |
| North Walsham | 12,829 | 6.9 mi | 50.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Aylsham | 7,183 | 9.5 mi | 49.9 | 31% | 25% |
| Holt | 4,014 | 10.2 mi | 57.5 | 40% | 15% |
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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 Overstrand’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 Overstrand’s residents
What is the population of Overstrand?
The 2021 Census counted 997 people in Overstrand’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Overstrand?
The median age was 64.9 at the 2021 Census. 5.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 50% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Overstrand?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Overstrand?
30% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Overstrand good for families?
10% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Overstrand’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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