Photo: stavros1 · CC BY 3.0Above 99% of UK towns: 78% of households live in a detached house
Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%; Walton Highway has 1.2%. Households with dependent children account for 33%. The village has fewer one-person households than 97% of UK towns, at 21%. The 2021 Census counted 871 residents in 338 households.
A higher share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 92% of UK towns, at 12%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 8.6% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Lower than in 61% of UK towns: 20% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
6.4% of adults are full-time students, more than in 88% 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%.
At 11%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is in line with the figure across England’s towns. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Walton Highway households average 2.6 people, larger than in 95% 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.
By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (2.7%), Walton Highway is above nearly two thirds of UK towns.
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
Households without a car or van make up 5%, against 24% across England’s towns.
Below 66% of UK towns: 4.8% of residents were born outside the UK
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.5%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.4%). Measured more widely, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. In Walton Highway, 98% of residents have English as their main language, beside 90% across England’s towns.
More residents with no religion than 82% of UK towns: 46%
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: 93% of Walton Highway · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (4.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Chinese (0.9%). For comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. 93% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns.
Above 75% of UK towns: 52% of adults are married or in 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
The share of adults who have never married is 30%, against 39% across England’s towns. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 33 people. More unpaid carers than in nearly two thirds of UK towns: 10%. On average, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
22% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Walton Highway counts 22% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 20% have no qualification (18%). 21% have A levels as their highest qualification, many of them still studying for a degree.
Of the 7 towns nearest Walton Highway, 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walton Highway | 871 | — | 44.2 | 20% | 33% |
| Wisbech | 26,800 | 2.4 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 28% |
| Walpole St Peter and Walpole St Andrew | 1,574 | 2.4 mi | 46.9 | 21% | 29% |
| Marshland St James | 1,025 | 2.9 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 24% |
| Leverington | 1,694 | 3.1 mi | 47.2 | 29% | 25% |
| Tilney St Lawrence | 1,504 | 3.2 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 24% |
| Elm and Emneth | 4,555 | 3.7 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 25% |
| Gorefield | 1,070 | 4.6 mi | 50.2 | 29% | 24% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Walton Highway’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 Walton Highway’s residents
What is the population of Walton Highway?
The 2021 Census counted 871 people in Walton Highway’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Walton Highway?
The median age was 44.2 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Walton Highway?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Walton Highway?
46% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Walton Highway good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Walton Highway’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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