Photo: Bernd Jatzwauk Pommes104 · CC BY-SA 3.0A larger share of unpaid carers than 99% of UK towns: 13%
96% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 7.9% here, fewer than in 94% of UK towns. Roughton had 593 residents and 249 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 50.2. For Roughton, the census puts households in detached houses at 48%.
A median age of 50.2: Roughton is older than 86% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
People aged 65 and over make up 27% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. In Hunstanton, the oldest of Norfolk’s towns by this measure, it is 44%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Roughton ranks below 97% of UK towns on full-time students: 3.2%
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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Roughton, 25% and 27%. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison. Residents who moved in within the year: 6.1% of the total.
In Roughton, 22% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 89% 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.
Nothing unusual on shared households of unrelated adults: 4.4%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Roughton has fewer one-person households than 77% of UK towns, at 27%. By way of comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Each household has 2.3 people on average.
Fewer flats than 90% of UK towns: 3.6% of households
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
With households without a car or van at 13%, Roughton is behind 66% of UK towns on that count. Against that, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Across Roughton, one in ten households live in a terraced house.
99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 91% of UK towns don’t reach
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 outside the UK: 3.7% here and 18% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.3%) or in Africa (1.2%).
No religion: 43% of residents, a higher share than 61% 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 Roughton · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and Indian (0.5%). Half of residents describe themselves as Christian, a higher share than in 52% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Roughton ranks below 91% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 26%
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
Against a figure of 44% across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners in Roughton comes in at 54%. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 39% across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 19% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 19% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 24% hold no qualification (18%).
Roughton and its 7 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roughton | 593 | — | 50.2 | 27% | 22% |
| Cromer | 7,522 | 2.8 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 16% |
| West Runton and Beeston Regis | 1,463 | 4.7 mi | 63.3 | 47% | 11% |
| Sheringham | 7,087 | 5.3 mi | 59.3 | 40% | 17% |
| Mundesley | 2,777 | 5.5 mi | 58.7 | 40% | 15% |
| North Walsham | 12,829 | 5.7 mi | 50.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Aylsham | 7,183 | 6.6 mi | 49.9 | 31% | 25% |
| Holt | 4,014 | 8.5 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 Roughton’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 Roughton’s residents
What is the population of Roughton?
The 2021 Census counted 593 people in Roughton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Roughton?
The median age was 50.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Roughton?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Roughton?
43% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Roughton good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Roughton’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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