Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0A higher share of households in detached houses than 99% of UK towns, at 78%
Here 1.5% of households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across England’s towns is 23%. Census figures put one-person households at 22% in West Winch. The town has fewer adults who have never married than 95% of UK towns, at 24%. 2,828 residents in 1,192 households: that is West Winch at the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about West Winch’s people
Older than most towns
Half of West Winch’s residents are under 50.6 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 28% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
West Winch is older than 88% of UK towns: a median age of 50.6
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across England’s towns is 12%. Few places have as many residents aged 65 and over: 28% here, more than in 86% of UK towns. More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 8% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ West Winch, 50.6. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
3.4% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 96% 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 account for nearly a third of West Winch’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 24%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The census found that 9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here.
Bigger households than 75% of UK towns: 2.4 people each on average
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.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults is 2.7%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Households with dependent children: 26% of the total.
A lower share of households in terraced houses than 95% of UK towns, at 7.3%
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
Here 9.5% of households have no car or van, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%.
Above 69% of UK towns: 8.8% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Of residents born abroad, 11% arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns. 96% of residents have English as their main language. The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%.
West Winch ranks above 79% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 55%
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: 91% of West Winch · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (5%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Chinese (0.6%). Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 78% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Against a figure of 73% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British in West Winch comes in at 91%.
West Winch ranks above 96% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 58%
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 unpaid carers tops nearly three quarters of UK towns: 10%. 89 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 23% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
West Winch’s adults: 23% with a degree-level qualification and 22% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Among 514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people, the 107th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 20.6 in Keele to 63.1 in West Chiltington. Nearest to West Winch in age: Barrow upon Humber (50.6), Holton le Clay (50.6), Badsey (50.7) and Capel St Mary (50.7).
1 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than West Winch
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Winch | 2,828 | — | 50.6 | 28% | 26% |
| King's Lynn | 47,604 | 3 mi | 39.3 | 18% | 30% |
| Watlington | 2,593 | 3.1 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 28% |
| Clenchwarton | 2,020 | 3.8 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 22% |
| Tilney St Lawrence | 1,504 | 5.5 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 24% |
| Terrington St Clement | 2,792 | 5.7 mi | 47.7 | 27% | 27% |
| Gayton | 1,522 | 6.2 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 27% |
| Marham | 2,608 | 6.7 mi | 30.1 | 9.8% | 39% |
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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 West Winch’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 West Winch’s residents
What is the population of West Winch?
The 2021 Census counted 2,828 people in West Winch’s built-up area.
What is the average age in West Winch?
The median age was 50.6 at the 2021 Census, older than 88% of UK towns. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is West Winch?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 8.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in West Winch?
36% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 7.4% didn’t answer.
Is West Winch good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on West Winch’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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