Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0Saxlingham Nethergate is older than 95% of UK towns: a median age of 53.8
Households in flats make up 0.7%, against 23% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 701 people lived in Saxlingham Nethergate, in 293 households. On the census count, 60% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Compared with other places, households in detached houses are common here: 68%, more than in 99% of UK towns.
31% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: 9.1% of residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.7% in Saxlingham Nethergate. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns: 5.3%
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%.
7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns, against 4.3% in Saxlingham Nethergate. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across England’s towns is 11%.
Only 24% of households are one person living alone in Saxlingham Nethergate
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.
With shared households of unrelated adults at 1.7%, Saxlingham Nethergate is behind 84% of UK towns on that count. As a reference point, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Here, just over a quarter of households have dependent children.
Only 5.1% of households in Saxlingham Nethergate have no car or van
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
The share of households in terraced houses is 7.1%, against 24% across England’s towns. About one household in 20 lives without a car or van.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 77% of UK towns, at 99%
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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%). 4.8% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 66% of UK towns. The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%.
96% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 88% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Saxlingham Nethergate · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents with no religion at 36%, Saxlingham Nethergate is behind 78% of UK towns on that count. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as Christian at 55% locally. Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married make up 19% in Saxlingham Nethergate, less than in 99% 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
The share of unpaid carers stands at 9.5%. Across England’s towns, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Degree-level qualifications reach 41% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Saxlingham Nethergate’s adults: 41% with a degree-level qualification and 15% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Every neighbour of Saxlingham Nethergate has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saxlingham Nethergate | 701 | — | 53.8 | 31% | 26% |
| Newton Flotman | 1,418 | 1.4 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 27% |
| Stoke Holy Cross | 1,237 | 2.8 mi | 42.8 | 18% | 33% |
| Mulbarton | 3,807 | 2.9 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 30% |
| Long Stratton | 5,218 | 3.5 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 28% |
| Poringland | 7,105 | 4 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Cringleford | 4,686 | 5.8 mi | 40.4 | 20% | 36% |
| Hethersett | 7,018 | 6.9 mi | 42.5 | 24% | 29% |
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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 Saxlingham Nethergate’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 Saxlingham Nethergate’s residents
What is the population of Saxlingham Nethergate?
The 2021 Census counted 701 people in Saxlingham Nethergate’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Saxlingham Nethergate?
The median age was 53.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Saxlingham Nethergate?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Saxlingham Nethergate?
36% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.
Is Saxlingham Nethergate good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Saxlingham Nethergate’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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