Photo: Adrian Cable · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Wortwell is over 56.5, older than 98% of UK towns
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Wortwell comes in at 5.7%. The village had 559 residents in 262 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, nearly a fifth of households have dependent children. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are common here: 59%, more than in 97% of UK towns.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns, at 7%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 34% in Wortwell and 18% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
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.
Wortwell sits below 98% of UK towns for full-time students (3.1%)
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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Wortwell has 30% and 26%. 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a higher share than in 77% of UK towns. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 85% 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.
With one-person households at 26%, Wortwell is behind 78% of UK towns on that count. Few places have as many shared households of unrelated adults: 2.7% here, more than in 65% of UK towns.
Only 3.1% of households live in a terraced house in Wortwell
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
1.5% of households live in a flat or apartment (England’s towns: 23%). Wortwell has more households in detached houses than 96% of UK towns, at 59%. Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%.
2.5% born outside the UK, fewer than in 96% 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 nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Wortwell has 100%. Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%) and in EU countries (0.5%).
Wortwell: 99% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 99% 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: 99% of Wortwell · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
At 37%, the share of residents with no religion is in line with the figure across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Fewer adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns: 21%
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
14 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. The usual figure: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. More unpaid carers than in 64% of UK towns: 9.9%.
28% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 28% of Wortwell’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 22% have no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Wortwell
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wortwell | 559 | — | 56.5 | 34% | 19% |
| Harleston | 5,077 | 2.1 mi | 47.6 | 29% | 24% |
| Bungay | 5,012 | 4.9 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 23% |
| Ditchingham | 1,997 | 5.7 mi | 51.2 | 31% | 19% |
| Dickleburgh | 1,166 | 6.8 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 33% |
| Long Stratton | 5,218 | 7 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 28% |
| Stradbroke | 1,190 | 7.4 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 20% |
| Laxfield | 1,004 | 7.9 mi | 52.3 | 28% | 19% |
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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 Wortwell’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 Wortwell’s residents
What is the population of Wortwell?
The 2021 Census counted 559 people in Wortwell’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wortwell?
The median age was 56.5 at the 2021 Census. 7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wortwell?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 2.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wortwell?
37% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Wortwell good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wortwell’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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