Photo: Nick Chipchase · CC BY-SA 2.0Norton sub Hamdon is older than 96% of UK towns: a median age of 54.4
1.8% of households live in a flat or apartment; across England’s towns the figure is 23%. Census day 2021: 730 residents and 326 households in Norton sub Hamdon. Residents who describe themselves as White British account for 97%. Fewer households without a car or van than in 89% of UK towns: 8.6%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 34% in Norton sub Hamdon, more than in 96% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Norton sub Hamdon has 8.8%. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
A student village: 5.1% of adults study full-time
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 11%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 98% of UK towns: 1.2%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Somerset’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
One-person households: 24% here and 30% across England’s towns. On average, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. Across Norton sub Hamdon, 22% of households have dependent children.
46% of households live in a detached house, more than in 85% 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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 27% of households live in a terraced house here. On top of that, 1.8% of households live in a flat, less than in 97% of UK towns; 46% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Norton sub Hamdon, more than in 88% 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
By its share of residents born outside the UK (4.2%), Norton sub Hamdon is below nearly three quarters of UK towns. The usual figure: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
In Norton sub Hamdon, 57% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 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: 97% of Norton sub Hamdon · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (1.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Pakistani (0.1%). Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Norton sub Hamdon has fewer residents with no religion than 83% of UK towns, at 35%.
Norton sub Hamdon ranks above 95% 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
Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 8.6%, close to the figure across England’s towns. At 25%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 94% of UK towns. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Some 10 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Norton sub Hamdon’s adults: 36% with a degree-level qualification and 16% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Norton sub Hamdon is older than every town around it
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 sub Hamdon | 730 | — | 54.4 | 34% | 22% |
| Stoke sub Hamdon | 1,360 | 1 mi | 51.2 | 27% | 22% |
| Martock | 4,079 | 2.3 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 20% |
| South Petherton | 3,096 | 2.4 mi | 53.5 | 35% | 22% |
| Merriott | 2,068 | 2.8 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 23% |
| Crewkerne | 7,067 | 4.5 mi | 49.6 | 28% | 22% |
| Misterton | 1,037 | 4.8 mi | 50.4 | 27% | 21% |
| Yeovil | 50,170 | 5 mi | 40 | 19% | 28% |
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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.
- “Somerset’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Somerset (or England), summed the same way as Norton sub Hamdon’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 sub Hamdon’s residents
What is the population of Norton sub Hamdon?
The 2021 Census counted 730 people in Norton sub Hamdon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Norton sub Hamdon?
The median age was 54.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Norton sub Hamdon?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 4.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Norton sub Hamdon?
35% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is Norton sub Hamdon good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Norton sub Hamdon’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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