Photo: Golda Conneely · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 52.4: Postwick is older than 93% of UK towns
5.4% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. There were 165 households in Postwick at the 2021 Census, home to 400 residents. Married adults and civil partners account for 59%. Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 98% of UK towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8% in Postwick, less than in 93% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: just over one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are common here: 28%, more than in 86% of UK towns. The wider picture: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 3.8% of adults are full-time students in Postwick
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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Postwick, 51% and 14%. 8.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a lower share than in 52% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
22% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 95% 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.
Households with dependent children: 26% here and 29% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. There are 2.3 people in the average household. Higher than in 55% of UK towns: 2.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
66% of households live in a detached house, a share 98% of UK towns don’t reach
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 quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 3% in Postwick. Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 74% of UK towns: 4.3%
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.8%) and in EU countries (1.5%). Higher than in 77% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK.
In Postwick, 96% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 82% 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: 96% of Postwick · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents with no religion at 44%, Postwick is ahead of 72% of UK towns on that count. Typically, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Locally, 51% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns, at 21%
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
In Postwick, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care, beside 8.7% across England’s towns. For 10 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. On average, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
43% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Postwick, 9.9%, while 43% hold one at degree level (34%).
Postwick sits below 3 of its 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postwick | 400 | — | 52.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Brundall | 4,378 | 1.7 mi | 51 | 30% | 24% |
| Little Plumstead | 1,915 | 2.1 mi | 37.5 | 16% | 36% |
| Thorpe End | 1,173 | 2.4 mi | 53.2 | 29% | 23% |
| Blofield | 2,667 | 2.6 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 29% |
| Blofield Heath | 1,430 | 3 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 23% |
| Rackheath | 1,761 | 3.1 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 33% |
| Salhouse | 1,431 | 3.9 mi | 52.8 | 31% | 22% |
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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 Postwick’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 Postwick’s residents
What is the population of Postwick?
The 2021 Census counted 400 people in Postwick’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Postwick?
The median age was 52.4 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Postwick?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 4.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Postwick?
44% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.5% didn’t answer.
Is Postwick good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Postwick’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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