Photo: Stavros1 · CC BY 3.0Below 99% of UK towns: 16% of households have dependent children
Across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%; Salthouse has 7.3%. Half of the village’s residents are over 53.3, older than in 94% of UK towns. The village counted 155 residents and 69 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 51% of households live in a detached house.
35% of residents are 65 or over, a share 97% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: 13% of residents, 2.7 times the share across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The census found that 7.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Salthouse.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 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.
A lower share of full-time students than 98% of UK towns, at 3.1%
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 17%, against 11% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Salthouse sits below 79% of UK towns for one-person households (26%)
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.
There are 2.3 people in the average household. Set beside that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Salthouse sits below 97% of UK towns for households without a car or van (5.9%)
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 terraced houses: 10% here and 24% across England’s towns. In Salthouse, 2.9% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Salthouse sits above 73% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (9.6%)
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
Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (3.2%) or in Africa (2.6%). The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%. At 98%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 57% of UK towns.
A higher White British share than 62% of UK towns: 94% of residents
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: 94% of Salthouse · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Mixed or multiple (2.6%), Other White (1.3%) and Indian (0.7%). For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%. At 37%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in three quarters of UK towns. 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, against 48% in Salthouse.
60% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 98% of UK towns
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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 2. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison. Lower than in 93% of UK towns: 25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Set against 8.7% across England’s towns, 11% of residents give unpaid care in Salthouse.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Salthouse’s adults: 36% with a degree-level qualification and 24% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
5 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Salthouse
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salthouse | 155 | — | 53.3 | 35% | 16% |
| Holt | 4,014 | 3.1 mi | 57.5 | 40% | 15% |
| Sheringham | 7,087 | 5.2 mi | 59.3 | 40% | 17% |
| West Runton and Beeston Regis | 1,463 | 5.9 mi | 63.3 | 47% | 11% |
| Melton Constable | 1,176 | 6.8 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 27% |
| Briston | 1,983 | 6.9 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 22% |
| Cromer | 7,522 | 9.2 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 16% |
| Wells-next-the-Sea | 2,151 | 9.7 mi | 58.5 | 39% | 16% |
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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 Salthouse’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 Salthouse’s residents
What is the population of Salthouse?
The 2021 Census counted 155 people in Salthouse’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Salthouse?
The median age was 53.3 at the 2021 Census. 7.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Salthouse?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 9.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Salthouse?
37% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.3% were Muslim and 9.7% didn’t answer.
Is Salthouse good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Salthouse’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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