Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0Tacolneston ranks below 99% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 2.5%
Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%; Tacolneston has 76%. Meanwhile, on shared households of unrelated adults, Tacolneston sits lower than 98% of UK towns: 1.2%. The village had 792 residents and 323 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 49.1. Locally, 18% of households are one person living alone.
A median age of 49.1: Tacolneston is older than 80% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 45–49, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Here, a quarter of residents are 65 or over. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 8.9%, fewer than in 76% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
7.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 68% 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%.
By class, 43% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 18% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The share of residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns is 11%. The census found that 4.9% of adults are full-time students in Tacolneston.
Tacolneston households average 2.5 people, larger than in 88% 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 with dependent children: 27%, below 54% of UK towns.
Below 99% of UK towns: 1.3% of households live in a terraced house
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
Tacolneston: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 78% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.5%) or in Africa (1%). The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%. Few places have so few residents born outside the UK: 4.8% here, fewer than in 66% of UK towns.
In Tacolneston, 94% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 65% 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: 94% of Tacolneston · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (3.3%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and African (0.9%). At 51%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is higher than in just over three fifths of UK towns. The wider picture: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. With residents with no religion at 42%, Tacolneston is ahead of 56% of UK towns on that count.
60% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 98% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Adults who have never married: 25% here and 39% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. The census found that 8.7% of residents give unpaid care in Tacolneston.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 34%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Tacolneston counts 34% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 15% have no qualification (18%).
Tacolneston is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tacolneston | 792 | — | 49.1 | 25% | 27% |
| Long Stratton | 5,218 | 3.5 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 28% |
| Mulbarton | 3,807 | 4.9 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 30% |
| Newton Flotman | 1,418 | 5 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 27% |
| Wymondham | 16,334 | 5.1 mi | 43 | 21% | 29% |
| Besthorpe | 1,007 | 5.2 mi | 46 | 24% | 29% |
| Attleborough | 11,236 | 5.9 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 26% |
| Hethersett | 7,018 | 6.9 mi | 42.5 | 24% | 29% |
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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 Tacolneston’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 Tacolneston’s residents
What is the population of Tacolneston?
The 2021 Census counted 792 people in Tacolneston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tacolneston?
The median age was 49.1 at the 2021 Census. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tacolneston?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tacolneston?
42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Tacolneston good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tacolneston’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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