Photo: Bikeboy · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 99% of UK towns: half of Norton is over 62.9
27% of households have dependent children across Wales’s towns, against 12% in Norton. There were 180 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 377 residents. In Norton, 4.5% of households have no car or van. Few places have so few one-person households: 24% here, fewer than in 90% of UK towns.
44% of residents are 65 or over, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 12% across Wales’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Norton comes in at 4%. Set beside that, 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Below 99% of UK towns: 1.2% 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%.
Across Wales’s towns, 29% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 27% in routine or semi-routine work; Norton has 40% and 18%. More residents who moved in within the year than in 94% of UK towns: 13%. The comparison figure for full-time students is 8% across Wales’s towns.
1.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 99% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Powys’ towns and Wales’s towns
People per household
Wales’s towns.
The average household has 2.1 people, against 2.3 across Wales’s towns. For shared households of unrelated adults, the comparison across Wales’s towns is 3.1%.
Households in detached houses make up 81% in Norton, more than in 99% 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
7.4% of households live in a terraced house, against 29% across Wales’s towns. The wider picture: 24% of households live in a detached house across Wales’s towns.
Fewer residents whose main language is English than 58% of UK towns: 97%
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 10%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.5%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.3%). Across the comparison, 96% of residents have English as their main language across Wales’s towns. Few places have as many residents born outside the UK: 6.7% here, more than in 53% of UK towns.
In Norton, 4.6% of residents can speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Across Welsh towns, 16% of residents can speak Welsh; here 17 people, 4.6% of those aged 3 and over, said they can: fewer than in 99% of Welsh towns. Within Powys, Ystradgynlais has the largest share, 32%.
Norton sits below 81% of UK towns for residents with no religion (35%)
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: 95% of Norton · Powys’ towns 94% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
Christians make up 53% of residents, against 43% across Wales’s towns. As a reference point, 47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns. In Norton, 95% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Unpaid carers: 17%, a higher share than 99% 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
Across Wales’s towns, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; in Norton, 17%. Measured more widely, one in ten residents give unpaid care across Wales’s towns. The share of married adults and civil partners stands at 64%.
37% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
37% of Norton’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 31% across Wales’s towns; 15% have none (20%).
The towns around Norton are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norton | 377 | — | 62.9 | 44% | 12% |
| Presteigne | 1,929 | 2 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 20% |
| Knighton | 2,911 | 3.3 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 19% |
| Kington | 2,423 | 6.4 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 20% |
| Weobley | 1,273 | 11.6 mi | 56.2 | 36% | 20% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Powys’ towns” and “Wales’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Powys (or Wales), summed the same way as Norton’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 Norton’s residents
What is the population of Norton?
The 2021 Census counted 377 people in Norton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Norton?
The median age was 62.9 at the 2021 Census. 4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 44% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Norton?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 94% across Powys’ towns. 6.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Norton?
35% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 10% didn’t answer.
Is Norton good for families?
12% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Norton’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Norton?
17 residents aged 3 and over, 4.6%, said they can speak Welsh at the 2021 Census, against 16% across Welsh towns.
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, TS032). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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