Photo: Sandy Gerrard · CC BY-SA 2.0Weeting sits above 95% of UK towns for households in detached houses (58%)
3.9% of households live in a flat or apartment (England’s towns: 23%). Higher than in 83% of UK towns: 46% of residents said they have no religion. There were 872 households in Weeting at the 2021 Census, home to 1,883 residents. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 26%.
Older than 79% of UK towns: half of Weeting is over 48.9
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, against 8.9% in Weeting. The largest age band is 55–59: nearly one in ten residents.
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.
Full-time students make up 3.7% in Weeting, less than in 91% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in nearly a quarter of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 31% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). On residents who moved in within the year, Weeting sits higher than 53% of UK towns: 8.9%. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer households with dependent children than 84% of UK towns: 23%
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.
Households average 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Few places have so few shared households of unrelated adults: 2.1% here, fewer than in 66% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. In Weeting, 30% of households are one person living alone.
Households in terraced houses make up 7.3% in Weeting, less than in 94% 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
The share of households without a car or van trails four fifths of UK towns: 10%. As a reference point, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
In Weeting, 10% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 74% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among those born abroad, the share arriving in 2017 or later is 34% (England’s towns: 21%). By way of comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (4.4%) and in EU countries (4.1%). Fewer residents whose main language is English than in 62% of UK towns: 97%.
Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than 69% of UK towns: 88%
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: 88% of Weeting · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 46% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian in Weeting comes in at 48%. Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (6.6%), Mixed or multiple (2.4%) and Indian (0.4%).
Fewer adults who have never married than 76% of UK towns: 29%
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 Weeting, just over half of adults are married or in a civil partnership, beside 44% across England’s towns. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%. Locally, 10% of residents give unpaid care.
Degree-level qualifications: 19% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 19% of its adults qualified to degree level, Weeting compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 26% hold no qualification (18%).
1 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Weeting
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeting | 1,883 | — | 48.9 | 26% | 23% |
| Brandon | 9,218 | 1.5 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 23% |
| Hockwold cum Wilton | 1,303 | 2.7 mi | 47.5 | 23% | 25% |
| Mundford | 1,563 | 3.5 mi | 50.7 | 26% | 24% |
| Feltwell | 2,919 | 4.1 mi | 38.5 | 20% | 33% |
| Methwold | 1,044 | 4.7 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 28% |
| Lakenheath | 4,567 | 5.2 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 22% |
| Little Eriswell | 4,120 | 6.1 mi | 23.9 | 0.7% | 54% |
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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 Weeting’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 Weeting’s residents
What is the population of Weeting?
The 2021 Census counted 1,883 people in Weeting’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Weeting?
The median age was 48.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Weeting?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Weeting?
46% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Weeting good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Weeting’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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