Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.04.2% of households have no car or van, below 99% of UK towns
1.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Lower than in 85% of UK towns: 8.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24. At the 2021 Census, 190 people lived in Setchey, in 70 households. The share of one-person households stands at 19%.
Setchey: 24% of residents are 65 or over, above 69% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
35–39 is the most common age band: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The median age in Setchey is 45, higher than in 54% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Setchey sits below 98% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (5.9%)
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%.
Against a figure of 7.9% across England’s towns, the share of full-time students in Setchey comes in at 5.1%. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A family village: 33% of households have dependent children
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.
Here 5.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, where the figure across England’s towns is 4.3%. By way of comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. There are 2.6 people in the average household.
Households in detached houses: 57%, a higher share than 95% 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
By its share of households in terraced houses (14%), Setchey is below 76% of UK towns. The wider picture: 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 14% in Setchey, more than in 84% 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
Here just over nine in ten residents have English as their main language, where the figure across England’s towns is 90%. Against that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (6.3%) and in EU countries (3.7%).
In Setchey, 84% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 80% 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: 84% of Setchey · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
47% of residents describe themselves as Christian; across England’s towns the figure is 46%. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British. The share of residents with no religion stands at 37%.
Above 86% of UK towns: 54% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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: 6. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 29%, fewer than in 71% of UK towns. At the same time, by its share of unpaid carers (9.9%), Setchey is above 66% of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 25% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Setchey’s adults: 25% with a degree-level qualification and 23% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Setchey is younger than 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Setchey | 190 | — | 45 | 24% | 33% |
| West Winch | 2,828 | 1.4 mi | 50.6 | 28% | 26% |
| Watlington | 2,593 | 2 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 28% |
| King's Lynn | 47,604 | 4.3 mi | 39.3 | 18% | 30% |
| Clenchwarton | 2,020 | 5.1 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 22% |
| Marham | 2,608 | 5.7 mi | 30.1 | 9.8% | 39% |
| Tilney St Lawrence | 1,504 | 5.8 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 24% |
| Gayton | 1,522 | 6.4 mi | 47.2 | 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 Setchey’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 Setchey’s residents
What is the population of Setchey?
The 2021 Census counted 190 people in Setchey’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Setchey?
The median age was 45 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Setchey?
84% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 14% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Setchey?
37% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 9% didn’t answer.
Is Setchey good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Setchey’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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