A median age of 30.8: Queen's Hills is younger than 99% of UK towns
Households in flats: 20% here and 23% across England’s towns. Lower than in 90% of UK towns: 24% of households are one person living alone. Queen's Hills had 4,465 residents in 1,716 households at the 2021 Census. Across Queen's Hills, 5.3% of households have no car or van.
What the Census says about Queen's Hills’s people
A town of families
44% of Queen's Hills’s 1,716 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 99% of UK towns and the highest share in Norfolk. 27% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Queen's Hills’s residents are under 30.8 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 10% are 15 to 24 and 2.8% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Queen's Hills at 1,700 in 2011 and 4,300 in 2024, up 153%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 99% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
More with no religion than most
57% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 35% 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) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Queen's Hills’s population changed by +153% since 2011, more than in 99% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Queen's Hills’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 1,700 people in 2011; 4,300 in 2024.
Mid-2016 to mid-2017 brought the biggest yearly rise, 330 people. The 65 and over age group moved most (+306%); the 16 to 29 group moved least (+38%).
Only 2.8% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 10%, against 12% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Queen's Hills, 30.8. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
15% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 96% 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%.
7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns, against 6.5% in Queen's Hills. Across England’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Queen's Hills: 44% of households have dependent children, above 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.
At 2.6 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Higher than in 93% of UK towns: 4.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Measured more widely, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Above 75% of UK towns: 27% of households live in a terraced house
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
Nothing unusual on households in detached houses: 21%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%.
In Queen's Hills, 17% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 89% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
15% of the town’s residents born abroad came in 2017 or later, set against 21% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents whose main language is English: 91% of the total.
57% said they have no religion, more than in 99% 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: 78% of Queen's Hills · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Islam is the religion of 1% of residents. Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%. Lower than in 86% of UK towns: 78% of residents describe themselves as White British. What’s more, 35% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns.
Queen's Hills ranks above 96% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 44%
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
43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 44%. Across England’s towns, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. The census found that 6.2% of residents give unpaid care in Queen's Hills.
Degree-level qualifications: 40% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 40% of adults in Queen's Hills (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 7.7% (England’s towns: 18%). Many of the 23% whose highest qualification is A levels are students working towards a degree.
7th youngest of 695 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe the oldest (64.7). Nearest to Queen's Hills in age: Bulford (28.4), Cranbrook (30.5), Red Lodge (30.9) and Beck Row (31.4).
Every nearby town is older than Queen's Hills
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen's Hills | 4,465 | — | 30.8 | 2.8% | 44% |
| Easton | 1,436 | 1.3 mi | 45.9 | 22% | 28% |
| Costessey | 2,608 | 1.4 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 25% |
| Taverham and Drayton | 14,989 | 1.7 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 28% |
| Little Melton | 1,049 | 3.4 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 27% |
| Horsford | 4,396 | 3.5 mi | 38.8 | 16% | 34% |
| Hethersett | 7,018 | 4.3 mi | 42.5 | 24% | 29% |
| Horsham St Faith | 1,051 | 4.6 mi | 49.7 | 25% | 24% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Queen's Hills’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Queen's Hills’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 4,109 people in 2021, against 4,465 in the built-up area.
- 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 Queen's Hills’s residents
What is the population of Queen's Hills?
The 2021 Census counted 4,465 people in Queen's Hills’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 4,300 people in mid-2024, 153% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Queen's Hills?
The median age was 30.8 at the 2021 Census, younger than 99% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 2.8% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Queen's Hills?
78% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 17% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Queen's Hills?
57% said they had no religion and 35% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Queen's Hills good for families?
44% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Queen's Hills’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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