Photo: David Pashley · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Trunch is over 64.1, older than 99% of UK towns
With unpaid carers at 12%, Trunch is ahead of 94% of UK towns on that count. The village had 900 residents in 450 households at the 2021 Census. Across Trunch, 98% of residents describe themselves as White British. 8.1% of households live in a terraced house, a lower share than in 93% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns: 49%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Trunch has 6.1%. By way of comparison, 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 92 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.
Full-time students: 2.8%, a lower share than 99% 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%.
Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, against 6.6% in Trunch. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer families than 99% of UK towns: 14% of households have children
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.
By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (2.7%), Trunch is above 65% of UK towns. To put it in context, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. There are 2 people in the average household. Fewer one-person households than in 53% of UK towns: 30%.
Only 0.9% of households live in a flat or apartment in Trunch
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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%; Trunch has 64%. Meanwhile, fewer households without a car or van than in 67% of UK towns: 12%. The comparison figure for households in flats is 23% across England’s towns.
Trunch ranks below 97% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 2.3%
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: 100% here and 90% across England’s towns. For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (0.8%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.8%).
Trunch sits above 96% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (62%)
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: 98% of Trunch · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
31% of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns. For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Below 99% of UK towns: 17% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
Compared with 44% across England’s towns, three in five adults are married or in a civil partnership here. Across the comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Some 41 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
Among adults, 25% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Trunch’s adults: 25% with a degree-level qualification and 26% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Every neighbour of Trunch has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trunch | 900 | — | 64.1 | 49% | 14% |
| Mundesley | 2,777 | 2 mi | 58.7 | 40% | 15% |
| North Walsham | 12,829 | 2.7 mi | 50.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Cromer | 7,522 | 5.9 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 16% |
| Badersfield | 1,490 | 7.2 mi | 37.9 | 12% | 40% |
| Aylsham | 7,183 | 7.6 mi | 49.9 | 31% | 25% |
| Stalham | 3,383 | 8.1 mi | 49 | 29% | 20% |
| West Runton and Beeston Regis | 1,463 | 8.7 mi | 63.3 | 47% | 11% |
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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 Trunch’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 Trunch’s residents
What is the population of Trunch?
The 2021 Census counted 900 people in Trunch’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Trunch?
The median age was 64.1 at the 2021 Census. 6.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 49% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Trunch?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 2.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Trunch?
31% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Trunch good for families?
14% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Trunch’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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