Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 91% of UK towns: half of Stoke Ferry is over 51.8
55% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 1,191 people lived in Stoke Ferry, in 513 households. Households without a car or van account for 8.2%. The village has more residents with no religion than 73% of UK towns, at 44%.
What the Census says about Stoke Ferry’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Stoke Ferry’s residents are under 51.8 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 27% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Only 8.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Stoke Ferry
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 27% in Stoke Ferry.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Stoke Ferry, 3.1% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 98% 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%.
In Stoke Ferry, 25% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 29% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 8.9% here.
21% of households have dependent children, below 91% 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.
Households average 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Census figures put one-person households at 27% in Stoke Ferry. Few places have as many shared households of unrelated adults: 4.7% here, more than in 95% of UK towns. As a reference point, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Fewer flats than 96% of UK towns: 2.3% of households
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
Here nearly one in ten households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. Across the comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Stoke Ferry: 98% of residents have English as their main language, above 61% 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 share of residents born outside the UK tops 53% of UK towns: 6.7%. As a yardstick, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.7%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.8%).
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 63% of UK towns: 94%
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: 94% of Stoke Ferry · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
46% of residents describe themselves as Christian, about the same as across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (4%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Chinese (0.3%).
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 62% of UK towns, at 50%
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
The figure for adults who have never married is 31% in Stoke Ferry and 39% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for married adults and civil partners is 44% across England’s towns. Locally, 9.4% of residents give unpaid care.
A degree-level qualification for 20% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Stoke Ferry, 28%, while 20% hold one at degree level (34%).
Every nearby town is younger than Stoke Ferry
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke Ferry | 1,191 | — | 51.8 | 27% | 21% |
| Methwold | 1,044 | 3.8 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 28% |
| Southery | 1,258 | 5.8 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 27% |
| Feltwell | 2,919 | 5.8 mi | 38.5 | 20% | 33% |
| Downham Market | 11,349 | 6 mi | 48.2 | 30% | 22% |
| Marham | 2,608 | 6.1 mi | 30.1 | 9.8% | 39% |
| Mundford | 1,563 | 7.3 mi | 50.7 | 26% | 24% |
| Hockwold cum Wilton | 1,303 | 7.5 mi | 47.5 | 23% | 25% |
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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 Stoke Ferry’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 Stoke Ferry’s residents
What is the population of Stoke Ferry?
The 2021 Census counted 1,191 people in Stoke Ferry’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stoke Ferry?
The median age was 51.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stoke Ferry?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 6.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stoke Ferry?
44% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 7.6% didn’t answer.
Is Stoke Ferry good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stoke Ferry’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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