Photo: Rjm at sleepers · CC BY-SA 3.0Shared households of unrelated adults make up 0.8% in Sculthorpe, less than in 99% of UK towns
24% of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 291 people lived in Sculthorpe, in 122 households. Across Sculthorpe, nearly one in ten households have no car or van. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 92% of UK towns.
9.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 64% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 35–39: one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The median age in Sculthorpe is 45.4, higher than in 57% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students: 3.4%, a lower share than 96% 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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year is 3.8%, against 11% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
2.5 people per household, more than in 86% 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.
Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children; in Sculthorpe, 26%.
Sculthorpe: 37% of households live in a detached house, above 71% of UK towns
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
Where 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, Sculthorpe has 19%. Across England’s towns, 21% of households live in a detached house. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
100% of residents have English as their main language, a share 99% 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
3.1% of residents were born outside the UK, against 10% across Norfolk’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in Africa (1.7%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.7%).
A higher White British share than 99% of UK towns: 99% 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: 99% of Sculthorpe · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 46% across England’s towns, 54% of residents describe themselves as Christian here. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns. Census figures put residents with no religion at 41% in Sculthorpe.
Fewer adults who have never married than 87% of UK towns: 27%
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
In Sculthorpe, 6.8% of residents give unpaid care, beside 8.7% across England’s towns. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns. For Sculthorpe, the census puts married adults and civil partners at 54%.
24% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 24% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 20% hold no qualification (18%).
Sculthorpe is younger than 5 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sculthorpe | 291 | — | 45.4 | 30% | 26% |
| Fakenham | 8,390 | 1.8 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 21% |
| Wells-next-the-Sea | 2,151 | 7.7 mi | 58.5 | 39% | 16% |
| North Elmham | 1,172 | 8.8 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 22% |
| Melton Constable | 1,176 | 9.3 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 27% |
| Foulsham | 1,025 | 9.3 mi | 48.5 | 23% | 23% |
| Briston | 1,983 | 10.2 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 22% |
| Swanton Morley | 2,175 | 11.5 mi | 41.5 | 24% | 28% |
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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 Sculthorpe’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 Sculthorpe’s residents
What is the population of Sculthorpe?
The 2021 Census counted 291 people in Sculthorpe’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Sculthorpe?
The median age was 45.4 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sculthorpe?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Sculthorpe?
41% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4.1% didn’t answer.
Is Sculthorpe good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sculthorpe’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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