Photo: Michael Garlick · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer households with dependent children than 95% of UK towns: 20%
66% of households live in a detached house; across England’s towns the figure is 21%. Lower than in 99% of UK towns: 0.7% of households live in a flat or apartment. Stibbard had 356 residents in 153 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put one-person households at 25% here.
Older than 88% of UK towns: half of Stibbard is over 50.7
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 10%, Stibbard is ahead of 61% of UK towns on that count. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 21%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Stibbard sits below 73% of UK towns for full-time students (4.3%)
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 35% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 21% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The census found that one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier in Stibbard.
Above 83% of UK towns: 3.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home
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.
The average household has 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. On average, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
In Stibbard, 5.3% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 98% 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
The figure for households in terraced houses is 7.9% in Stibbard and 24% across England’s towns. About one household in 19 lives without a car or van.
Residents whose main language is English make up 100% in Stibbard, more than in 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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.8%) and in Africa (1.4%). Measured more widely, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 5.4% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 61% of UK towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 96% in Stibbard, more than in 88% 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: 96% of Stibbard · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents with no religion at 42%, Stibbard is ahead of 58% of UK towns on that count. Residents who describe themselves as Christian account for 51%. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns: 73%.
57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 94% 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
Where 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, Stibbard has 6.8%. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Adults who have never married account for 28%.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 33%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 33% of adults in Stibbard (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 12% (England’s towns: 18%).
3 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Stibbard
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stibbard | 356 | — | 50.7 | 21% | 20% |
| Fakenham | 8,390 | 3.8 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 21% |
| Foulsham | 1,025 | 3.8 mi | 48.5 | 23% | 23% |
| Melton Constable | 1,176 | 4.9 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 27% |
| North Elmham | 1,172 | 4.9 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 22% |
| Briston | 1,983 | 5.5 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 22% |
| Swanton Morley | 2,175 | 7.3 mi | 41.5 | 24% | 28% |
| Reepham | 2,317 | 8.1 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 24% |
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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 Stibbard’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 Stibbard’s residents
What is the population of Stibbard?
The 2021 Census counted 356 people in Stibbard’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stibbard?
The median age was 50.7 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stibbard?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 5.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stibbard?
42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Stibbard good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stibbard’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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