Photo: Adrian S Pye · CC BY-SA 2.0Wicklewood sits above 99% of UK towns for households in detached houses (76%)
18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, against 28% in Wicklewood. Across Wicklewood, 20% of households are one person living alone. At 6.3%, the share of households without a car or van is lower than in 97% of UK towns. The village had 744 residents and 303 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 51.
A median age of 51: Wicklewood is older than 89% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 9.7% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Locally, 9.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 87% of UK towns: 3.9% of adults are full-time students
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 just over two fifths of Wicklewood’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 19%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 9.4%.
2.4 people per household, more than in 82% 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 make up 3%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. For Wicklewood, the census puts households with dependent children at 26%.
Wicklewood sits below 98% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (4.3%)
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. On average, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 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, Wicklewood has 4.6%. Residents born abroad were most often born in Africa (1.4%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%). The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 96%, a higher share than 87% of UK towns
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: 96% of Wicklewood · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 43% here and 37% across England’s towns. Across Wicklewood, 51% of residents describe themselves as Christian. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns: 73%.
Wicklewood: 60% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 98% 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
The figure for adults who have never married is 24% in Wicklewood and 39% across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 22. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 34%
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 Wicklewood, 14%, while 34% hold one at degree level (34%).
Nearby, 2 of 7 towns have older populations than Wicklewood
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wicklewood | 744 | — | 51 | 28% | 26% |
| Wymondham | 16,334 | 2.7 mi | 43 | 21% | 29% |
| Hingham | 2,304 | 3.1 mi | 53.2 | 33% | 20% |
| Besthorpe | 1,007 | 4.2 mi | 46 | 24% | 29% |
| Attleborough | 11,236 | 5 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 26% |
| Hethersett | 7,018 | 5.2 mi | 42.5 | 24% | 29% |
| Mattishall | 2,203 | 5.5 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 19% |
| Little Melton | 1,049 | 5.9 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 27% |
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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 Wicklewood’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 Wicklewood’s residents
What is the population of Wicklewood?
The 2021 Census counted 744 people in Wicklewood’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wicklewood?
The median age was 51 at the 2021 Census. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wicklewood?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 4.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wicklewood?
43% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Wicklewood good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wicklewood’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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