Photo: Bob Danylec · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 61.7: Walcott is older than 99% of UK towns
In Walcott, 7.4% of households have dependent children, beside 29% across England’s towns. 520 residents in 298 households: that is Walcott at the 2021 Census. Here, 98% of residents describe themselves as White British. On households in detached houses, Walcott sits higher than 90% of UK towns: 51%.
39% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 60–64: 16% of residents, 2.9 times the share across England’s towns. At 4.8%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 99% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Walcott, 1.2% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 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%.
Where 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, Walcott has 6.5%. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%.
45% of households are one person living alone, more than in 99% 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: 3%, above just over three quarters of UK towns. One-person households: 30% across England’s towns, for comparison. Households here average 1.7 people each.
Fewer households in flats than 99% of UK towns: 1.4%
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
The share of households in terraced houses is 15%, against 24% across England’s towns. On the census count, 9.7% of households have no car or van. The benchmark for households in flats across England’s towns: 23%.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Walcott, more than in 98% 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
Where 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, Walcott has 4%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%). Set beside that, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Above 81% of UK towns: 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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 Walcott · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion trails 77% of UK towns: 36%. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as Christian come to 46%.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 98% of UK towns: 22%
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
In Walcott, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care, beside 8.7% across England’s towns. Across Walcott, nearly half of adults are married or in a civil partnership. On average, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 20% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Walcott, 27%, while 20% hold one at degree level (34%).
Walcott 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walcott | 520 | — | 61.7 | 39% | 7.4% |
| Mundesley | 2,777 | 4.5 mi | 58.7 | 40% | 15% |
| Stalham | 3,383 | 4.6 mi | 49 | 29% | 20% |
| North Walsham | 12,829 | 5.2 mi | 50.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Sutton | 1,026 | 5.3 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 25% |
| Badersfield | 1,490 | 8.7 mi | 37.9 | 12% | 40% |
| Hoveton and Wroxham | 3,620 | 9.6 mi | 56.4 | 38% | 19% |
| Coltishall and Horstead | 2,255 | 9.7 mi | 51.7 | 30% | 23% |
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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 Walcott’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 Walcott’s residents
What is the population of Walcott?
The 2021 Census counted 520 people in Walcott’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Walcott?
The median age was 61.7 at the 2021 Census. 4.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 39% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Walcott?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Walcott?
36% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.3% didn’t answer.
Is Walcott good for families?
7.4% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Walcott’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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