Photo: Bernd Jatzwauk Pommes104 · CC BY-SA 3.0More detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 68% of households
5.1% of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. At 22%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 96% of UK towns. Seething is home to 384 residents in 157 households, by the 2021 Census. On the census count, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care.
Residents aged 65 and over: 27%, a higher share than 83% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 40–44 than any other five-year age: 10% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 8.6%, fewer than in 83% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Seething, 5.5% of adults are full-time students, more than in 74% 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%.
41% of Seething’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 19% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 8.9% locally. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 83% of UK towns: 2.4 people on average
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 is little gap on households with dependent children: 29%, about the same as across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in three fifths of UK towns.
Only 5.2% of households in Seething 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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. In one household in 19 there is no car or van.
Seething: 100% of residents have English as their main language, above 99% of UK towns
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 Africa (2.6%) or in the Middle East and Asia (2.3%). 6.4% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 51% of UK towns. Set beside that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Above 75% of UK towns: 95% of residents describe themselves as White British
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: 95% of Seething · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents with no religion at 45%, Seething is ahead of 74% of UK towns on that count. As a reference point, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Mixed or multiple (2.1%), Other White (1.8%) and African (0.8%). 49% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a lower share than in 52% of UK towns.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 98% of UK towns, at 22%
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 care takes 50 hours a week or more for 12 people. At 60%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 98% of UK towns. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%.
Qualified to degree level: 41% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Seething, 41% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 15% have no qualification at all (18%).
4 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Seething
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seething | 384 | — | 47.3 | 27% | 29% |
| Loddon | 2,247 | 2.5 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 26% |
| Chedgrave | 1,053 | 2.8 mi | 57 | 39% | 20% |
| Ditchingham | 1,997 | 4.3 mi | 51.2 | 31% | 19% |
| Poringland | 7,105 | 4.3 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Bungay | 5,012 | 5.5 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 23% |
| Stoke Holy Cross | 1,237 | 5.5 mi | 42.8 | 18% | 33% |
| Thurlton | 1,145 | 5.9 mi | 49.4 | 24% | 27% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Seething’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 Seething’s residents
What is the population of Seething?
The 2021 Census counted 384 people in Seething’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Seething?
The median age was 47.3 at the 2021 Census. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Seething?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 6.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Seething?
45% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is Seething good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Seething’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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