Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 99% of UK towns: half of Shotesham is over 58.4
Across England’s towns, the share of one-person households is 30%; Shotesham has 22%. In 2021, the Census found 242 residents here, living in 108 households. Households without a car or van: 5.4% of the total. Few places have so few households in flats: 2.8% here, fewer than in 94% of UK towns.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns, at 4.5%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 35% here and 18% across England’s towns. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Full-time students make up 2.9% in Shotesham, less than in 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%.
58% of Shotesham’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 7.6% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Here, 7.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Shotesham ranks below 94% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 20%
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 Shotesham the average household is 2.2 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.9% of the total.
Households in detached houses: 72%, a higher share than 99% 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
Terraced houses are home to 10% of households, against 24% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s 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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.1%). The wider picture: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Shotesham has fewer residents born outside the UK than 56% of UK towns, at 5.8%.
Above 90% of UK towns: 96% 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: 96% of Shotesham · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 54% in Shotesham and 46% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White British come to 73%. Residents with no religion: just over two fifths of the total.
67% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more 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
Against a figure of 39% across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married in Shotesham comes in at 17%. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers: just over a tenth of the total.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 58%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Shotesham, 58% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 7.6% have no qualification at all (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Shotesham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shotesham | 242 | — | 58.4 | 35% | 20% |
| Stoke Holy Cross | 1,237 | 1.7 mi | 42.8 | 18% | 33% |
| Poringland | 7,105 | 2.4 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Newton Flotman | 1,418 | 2.4 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 27% |
| Mulbarton | 3,807 | 3.4 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 30% |
| Long Stratton | 5,218 | 5.1 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 28% |
| Cringleford | 4,686 | 5.4 mi | 40.4 | 20% | 36% |
| Norwich | 200,744 | 6.7 mi | 37.9 | 18% | 23% |
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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 Shotesham’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 Shotesham’s residents
What is the population of Shotesham?
The 2021 Census counted 242 people in Shotesham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Shotesham?
The median age was 58.4 at the 2021 Census. 4.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Shotesham?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 5.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Shotesham?
41% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Shotesham good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Shotesham’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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