Photo: Bernd Jatzwauk Pommes104 · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Woodton is over 52.1, older than 92% of UK towns
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 97%, against 73% across England’s towns. Census day 2021: 714 residents and 306 households in Woodton. Here, 7.9% of households have no car or van. At 9.2%, the share of households in terraced houses is lower than in 91% of UK towns.
Woodton sits above 76% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (26%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 11% of residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. On the census count, one in ten 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.
Woodton sits below 96% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (6.1%)
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%.
Compared with 7.9% across England’s towns, 5% of adults are full-time students here. Measured more widely, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
One-person households make up 24% in Woodton, less than in 90% 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.
A household here has 2.3 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. Here, 25% of households have dependent children. Woodton has fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 71% of UK towns, at 2%. Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 97% of UK towns, at 63%
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
By its share of households in flats (3.3%), Woodton is below 92% of UK towns. The comparison figure for households in detached houses is 21% across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 91% of UK towns: 99%
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
Compared with 18% across England’s towns, 4.9% of residents were born outside the UK here. Residents whose main language is English: 90% across England’s towns, for comparison. The largest groups were born in EU countries (2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1%).
52% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 64% 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: 97% of Woodton · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (1.8%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and Indian (0.3%). Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46% across England’s towns, for comparison. Two in five residents said they have no religion (England’s towns: 37%).
Woodton ranks above 99% of UK towns on unpaid carers: 12%
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
Here 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 39%. The comparison figure for unpaid carers is 8.7% across England’s towns. The census found that 53% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Woodton.
Degree-level qualifications reach 32% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
32% of Woodton’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 14% have none (18%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Woodton, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodton | 714 | — | 52.1 | 26% | 25% |
| Ditchingham | 1,997 | 3.5 mi | 51.2 | 31% | 19% |
| Bungay | 5,012 | 4.2 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 23% |
| Loddon | 2,247 | 5 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 26% |
| Poringland | 7,105 | 5.5 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Chedgrave | 1,053 | 5.5 mi | 57 | 39% | 20% |
| Newton Flotman | 1,418 | 5.7 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 27% |
| Stoke Holy Cross | 1,237 | 5.8 mi | 42.8 | 18% | 33% |
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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 Woodton’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 Woodton’s residents
What is the population of Woodton?
The 2021 Census counted 714 people in Woodton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Woodton?
The median age was 52.1 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Woodton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 4.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Woodton?
40% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.
Is Woodton good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Woodton’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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