Photo: Tony Bennett · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer flats than 99% of UK towns: 1.1% of households
96% of residents describe themselves as White British; across England’s towns the figure is 73%. Tilney St Lawrence has more households in detached houses than 85% of UK towns, at 46%. At the 2021 Census Tilney St Lawrence was home to 1,504 people in 641 households. Residents aged 65 and over: just over a quarter of the total.
Tilney St Lawrence is older than 66% of UK towns: a median age of 46.7
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 7.5% of residents. In Hunstanton, the oldest of Norfolk’s towns by this measure, it is 44%.
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.
Only 3.3% of adults are full-time students in Tilney St Lawrence
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 10%, above nearly four fifths of UK towns. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison.
A smaller share of households with dependent children than 76% of UK towns: 24%
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.
4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, against 2.7% in Tilney St Lawrence. A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Few places have so few one-person households: 28% here, fewer than in 67% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Tilney St Lawrence sits below 82% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (12%)
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
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 10% of households have no car or van in Tilney St Lawrence.
Only 3.6% of residents were born outside the UK in Tilney St Lawrence
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%). At 98%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in just over three fifths of UK towns. Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Tilney St Lawrence ranks above 62% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 52%
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 Tilney St Lawrence · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 37% across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Tilney St Lawrence comes in at 42%. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as Christian come to 46%. The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.4%), Indian (0.9%) and Mixed or multiple (0.7%).
Fewer adults who have never married than 61% of UK towns: 31%
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
44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 49% in Tilney St Lawrence. Here, one in ten residents give unpaid care. As a yardstick, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 19% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 19% of Tilney St Lawrence’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 26% have no qualification (18%).
Nearby, 5 of 7 towns have older populations than Tilney St Lawrence
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tilney St Lawrence | 1,504 | — | 46.7 | 26% | 24% |
| Marshland St James | 1,025 | 2.8 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 24% |
| Walpole St Peter and Walpole St Andrew | 1,574 | 3 mi | 46.9 | 21% | 29% |
| Terrington St Clement | 2,792 | 3.9 mi | 47.7 | 27% | 27% |
| Clenchwarton | 2,020 | 4.8 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 22% |
| Watlington | 2,593 | 5 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 28% |
| Wisbech | 26,800 | 5.2 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 28% |
| Elm and Emneth | 4,555 | 5.5 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 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 Tilney St Lawrence’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 Tilney St Lawrence’s residents
What is the population of Tilney St Lawrence?
The 2021 Census counted 1,504 people in Tilney St Lawrence’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tilney St Lawrence?
The median age was 46.7 at the 2021 Census. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tilney St Lawrence?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tilney St Lawrence?
42% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Tilney St Lawrence good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tilney St Lawrence’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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