Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 57.8: Upton is older than 98% of UK towns
In Upton, 5.8% of households have no car or van, beside 24% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 684 residents in 295 households. The census found that 0.3% of households live in a flat or apartment here. On married adults and civil partners, Upton sits higher than 95% of UK towns: 58%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 97% of UK towns: 36%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.2%, against 12% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 89% of UK towns, at 3.8%
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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Upton has 34% and 24%. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. On the census count, 5.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
A smaller share of households with dependent children than 97% of UK towns: 18%
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.
Here nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone, where the figure across England’s towns is 30%. The benchmark for households with dependent children across England’s towns: 29%. On average, 2.2 people share a household. Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 52% of UK towns.
In Upton, 2.7% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 99% 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
Two thirds of households live in a detached house; across England’s towns the figure is 21%. Households in terraced houses: 24% across England’s towns, for comparison.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 99% of UK towns, at 1.8%
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (0.9%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.6%). Measured more widely, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Compared with 90% across England’s towns, 100% of residents have English as their main language here.
Upton sits above 99% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (98%)
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 Upton · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 42% in Upton and 37% across England’s towns. For Upton, the census puts residents who describe themselves as Christian at 52%. To put it in context, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
21% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 99% 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 carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 32. On unpaid carers, Upton sits higher than 94% of UK towns: 12%. To put it in context, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 30% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 30% of adults in Upton, 34% across England’s towns; 18% have no qualification, against 18%.
No nearby town is as old as Upton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upton | 684 | — | 57.8 | 36% | 18% |
| Acle | 2,268 | 1.2 mi | 54 | 34% | 18% |
| Lingwood | 2,368 | 3.4 mi | 48.4 | 27% | 25% |
| Blofield Heath | 1,430 | 4.3 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 23% |
| Blofield | 2,667 | 4.3 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 29% |
| Martham | 3,633 | 4.9 mi | 50.4 | 29% | 24% |
| Freethorpe | 1,050 | 4.9 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 33% |
| Brundall | 4,378 | 5.3 mi | 51 | 30% | 24% |
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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 Upton’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 Upton’s residents
What is the population of Upton?
The 2021 Census counted 684 people in Upton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Upton?
The median age was 57.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Upton?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 1.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Upton?
42% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Upton good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Upton’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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