Photo: Hugh Venables · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 99% of UK towns: half of Ringstead is over 60.5
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Ringstead comes in at 2.1%. At the 2021 Census Ringstead was home to 291 people in 140 households. 13% of households have dependent children. On residents who describe themselves as Christian, Ringstead sits higher than 86% of UK towns: 57%.
37% of Ringstead is 65 or over, a higher share than 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 12% across England’s towns, 5.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Ringstead. To put it in context, 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 92 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.
3.1% of adults are full-time students, below 98% 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%.
In Ringstead, 38% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 21% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Locally, 8.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
One-person households: 36%, a higher share than 93% 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 2.1 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. On average, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Ringstead ranks below 95% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 7.1%
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 detached houses: 54%, above 93% of UK towns. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 99% of UK towns: 1.7%
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in Africa (0.7%), then in EU countries (0.3%). As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 100% of residents have English as their main language; across England’s towns the figure is 90%.
Above 99% of UK towns: 98% of residents describe themselves as White British
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: 98% of Ringstead · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
34% of residents said they have no religion; across England’s towns the figure is 37%. As a reference point, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 93% of UK towns: 25%
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
At 8.5%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Married adults and civil partners: 55% of the total.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 33% of adults
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 Ringstead, 19%, while 33% hold one at degree level (34%).
1 in 4 nearby towns have a higher median age than Ringstead
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ringstead | 291 | — | 60.5 | 37% | 13% |
| Hunstanton | 4,230 | 2.1 mi | 61.3 | 44% | 12% |
| Heacham | 3,978 | 2.9 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 13% |
| Snettisham | 2,709 | 4.4 mi | 59.1 | 41% | 17% |
| Dersingham | 4,753 | 6.3 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 Ringstead’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 Ringstead’s residents
What is the population of Ringstead?
The 2021 Census counted 291 people in Ringstead’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ringstead?
The median age was 60.5 at the 2021 Census. 5.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 37% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ringstead?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 1.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ringstead?
34% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.9% didn’t answer.
Is Ringstead good for families?
13% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ringstead’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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