Photo: Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0A village of terraces: 39% of households live in one
Just over half of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns. Census day 2021: 883 residents and 416 households in Trowse Newton. Here, 8.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24. At 6.8%, the share of unpaid carers is lower than in 97% of UK towns.
Only 19% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 72% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: 8.4% of residents. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Half of Trowse Newton’s residents are over 44.8, older than in 52% of UK towns. In Hunstanton, the oldest of Norfolk’s towns by this measure, it is 44%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Above 95% of UK towns: 14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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 Trowse Newton, 56% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 12% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. The share of full-time students stands at 4.7%.
Trowse Newton households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 90% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.6%, above 64% of UK towns. One-person households: a third of the total. Trowse Newton has fewer households with dependent children than 67% of UK towns, at 25%.
Households in flats: 7.2%, a lower share than 71% 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
Where just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, Trowse Newton has 25%. What’s more, the village has fewer households without a car or van than 64% of UK towns, at 13%. As a yardstick, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK: 8.7%, a higher share than 68% 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
98% of residents have English as their main language; across England’s towns the figure is 90%. Against that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.4%) and in Africa (2.3%).
A smaller share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 93% of UK towns: 40%
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: 90% of Trowse Newton · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
90% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (5.2%), Mixed or multiple (2.5%) and Chinese (0.8%). For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%.
Adults who have never married make up 34% in Trowse Newton, more than in 62% 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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 7 people. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns. Trowse Newton has fewer married adults and civil partners than just over three quarters of UK towns, at 44%.
53% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Trowse Newton’s adults: 53% with a degree-level qualification and 9.3% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Median age: 2 of the 7 towns around Trowse Newton are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trowse Newton | 883 | — | 44.8 | 19% | 25% |
| Norwich | 200,744 | 2.4 mi | 37.9 | 18% | 23% |
| Poringland | 7,105 | 2.9 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Stoke Holy Cross | 1,237 | 3.3 mi | 42.8 | 18% | 33% |
| Thorpe End | 1,173 | 3.3 mi | 53.2 | 29% | 23% |
| Cringleford | 4,686 | 3.6 mi | 40.4 | 20% | 36% |
| Rackheath | 1,761 | 4.4 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 33% |
| Little Plumstead | 1,915 | 4.6 mi | 37.5 | 16% | 36% |
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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 Trowse Newton’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 Trowse Newton’s residents
What is the population of Trowse Newton?
The 2021 Census counted 883 people in Trowse Newton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Trowse Newton?
The median age was 44.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Trowse Newton?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 8.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Trowse Newton?
51% said they had no religion and 40% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.
Is Trowse Newton good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Trowse Newton’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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