Photo: Michael Garlick · CC BY-SA 2.0Strumpshaw is older than 96% of UK towns: a median age of 54.3
Nearly three in five adults are married or in a civil partnership (England’s towns: 44%). Census day 2021: 466 residents and 205 households in Strumpshaw. For Strumpshaw, the census puts households without a car or van at 2.5%. Lower than in 92% of UK towns: 21% of households have dependent children.
In Strumpshaw, 30% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
10% of residents are aged 15 to 24 (England’s towns: 12%). As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
In Strumpshaw, 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 76% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 44% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 14% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The share of full-time students stands at 4.8%. The wider picture: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Only 21% of households are one person living alone in Strumpshaw
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 2%, below 72% of UK towns. The benchmark for one-person households across England’s towns: 30%. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
A larger share of households in detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 81%
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
With households in flats at 3%, Strumpshaw is behind 93% of UK towns on that count. For households in detached houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 21%. Census figures put households in terraced houses at 2% here.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 79% of UK towns: 3.9%
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
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, above 77% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in Africa (1.3%) and in EU countries (1.1%).
96% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 84% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Strumpshaw · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (3%), African (0.6%) and Indian (0.4%). On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. More residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 63% of UK towns: 52%. By contrast, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 38% in Strumpshaw.
More unpaid carers than 99% of UK towns: 14%
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
In Strumpshaw, 24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, beside 39% across England’s towns. For unpaid carers, the comparison across England’s towns is 8.7%.
Degree-level qualifications: 38% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 38% of adults in Strumpshaw, 34% across England’s towns; 9.3% have no qualification, against 18%.
Older than Strumpshaw: 1 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strumpshaw | 466 | — | 54.3 | 30% | 21% |
| Lingwood | 2,368 | 0.9 mi | 48.4 | 27% | 25% |
| Blofield | 2,667 | 1.6 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 29% |
| Brundall | 4,378 | 1.6 mi | 51 | 30% | 24% |
| Blofield Heath | 1,430 | 2.6 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 23% |
| Little Plumstead | 1,915 | 3.1 mi | 37.5 | 16% | 36% |
| Acle | 2,268 | 3.8 mi | 54 | 34% | 18% |
| Freethorpe | 1,050 | 4.1 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 33% |
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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 Strumpshaw’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 Strumpshaw’s residents
What is the population of Strumpshaw?
The 2021 Census counted 466 people in Strumpshaw’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Strumpshaw?
The median age was 54.3 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Strumpshaw?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Strumpshaw?
38% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.8% didn’t answer.
Is Strumpshaw good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Strumpshaw’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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