Photo: Bernd Jatzwauk Pommes104 · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 56.4: Sedgeford is older than 98% of UK towns
16% of households have dependent children (England’s towns: 29%). At 0.4%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is lower than in 99% of UK towns. Sedgeford had 564 residents in 261 households at the 2021 Census. Across Sedgeford, 1.5% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Residents aged 65 and over: 33%, a higher share than 95% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, Sedgeford has 9.6%. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
2.6% of adults are full-time students, below 99% 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%.
Set against 11% across England’s towns, 6.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Sedgeford. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 93% 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.
In Sedgeford, 26% of households are one person living alone, beside 30% across England’s towns.
Only 7.3% of households in Sedgeford 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
Across England’s towns, 24% of households live in a terraced house; in Sedgeford, 9.5%. Locally, 48% of households live in a detached house.
Sedgeford sits above 73% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (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 largest groups were born in EU countries (2.8%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%). Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are scarce here: 5.1%, fewer than in 63% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 97%, a higher share than 94% 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 Sedgeford · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 58%, against 46% across England’s towns. Residents with no religion account for 36%. Typically, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Sedgeford sits below 94% of UK towns for adults who have never married (25%)
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
Married adults and civil partners: 57%, above 94% of UK towns. For 15 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Sedgeford has fewer unpaid carers than 62% of UK towns, at 8.9%. Across the comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 34% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
15% of Sedgeford’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 34% have one at degree level (34%).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than Sedgeford
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sedgeford | 564 | — | 56.4 | 33% | 16% |
| Heacham | 3,978 | 2.3 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 13% |
| Snettisham | 2,709 | 2.5 mi | 59.1 | 41% | 17% |
| Hunstanton | 4,230 | 3.2 mi | 61.3 | 44% | 12% |
| Dersingham | 4,753 | 4.1 mi | 58.6 | 41% | 17% |
| Gayton | 1,522 | 10.9 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 27% |
| King's Lynn | 47,604 | 11.1 mi | 39.3 | 18% | 30% |
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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 Sedgeford’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 Sedgeford’s residents
What is the population of Sedgeford?
The 2021 Census counted 564 people in Sedgeford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Sedgeford?
The median age was 56.4 at the 2021 Census. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sedgeford?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 5.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Sedgeford?
36% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Sedgeford good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sedgeford’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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