Photo: Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 94% of UK towns: half of Salhouse is over 52.8
The share of households in detached houses tops 97% of UK towns: 63%. In 2021, the Census found 1,431 residents in Salhouse, living in 628 households. Households in terraced houses: 5.7% of the total. Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 98% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Salhouse’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Salhouse’s residents are under 52.8 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 31% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
162 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 96% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
6.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 31%, above 93% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Salhouse ranks below 99% of UK towns on full-time students: 3%
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 take in just over a third of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 19% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 7.1%.
Below 93% of UK towns: 23% of households are one person living alone
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.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults is 2.9%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone. Locally, 22% of households have dependent children.
A lower share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns, at 0.5%
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 without a car or van make up 5.8%, against 24% across England’s towns. The benchmark for households in flats across England’s towns: 23%.
Salhouse sits below 95% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (2.7%)
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
Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language; in Salhouse, 100%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%) and in Africa (0.6%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%.
55% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 80% 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 Salhouse · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 38% in Salhouse. The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Salhouse sits below 97% of UK towns for adults who have never married (23%)
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
Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, against 12% in Salhouse. Across Salhouse, 58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. The wider picture: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 28% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
18% of Salhouse’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 28% have one at degree level (34%).
Nearby, 3 of 7 towns have older populations than Salhouse
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salhouse | 1,431 | — | 52.8 | 31% | 22% |
| Rackheath | 1,761 | 1.6 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 33% |
| Little Plumstead | 1,915 | 2 mi | 37.5 | 16% | 36% |
| Blofield Heath | 1,430 | 2.1 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 23% |
| Hoveton and Wroxham | 3,620 | 2.4 mi | 56.4 | 38% | 19% |
| Thorpe End | 1,173 | 2.6 mi | 53.2 | 29% | 23% |
| Blofield | 2,667 | 3.1 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 29% |
| Brundall | 4,378 | 3.7 mi | 51 | 30% | 24% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Salhouse’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 Salhouse’s residents
What is the population of Salhouse?
The 2021 Census counted 1,431 people in Salhouse’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Salhouse?
The median age was 52.8 at the 2021 Census. 6.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Salhouse?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 2.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Salhouse?
38% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Salhouse good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Salhouse’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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