Photo: Bob Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Norton sits below 99% of UK towns for households without a car or van (1.9%)
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 97%, against 73% across England’s towns. With a median age of 51.1, Norton is older than 90% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 278 residents in 106 households. The share of one-person households stands at 14%.
Norton sits below 82% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.7%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
People aged 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Norton sits below 89% of UK towns for full-time students (3.8%)
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%.
52% of Norton’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 17% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents who moved in within the year: 16% here, more than in 97% of UK towns. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 97% of UK towns: 2.7 people each on average
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Suffolk’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Set against 4.3% across England’s towns, 2.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Norton. For Norton, the census puts households with dependent children at 30%.
Households in detached houses: 81%, a higher share than 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
1.9% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. For comparison, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 100% in Norton, more than in 99% 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in Africa (1.8%) and in EU countries (1.4%). Measured more widely, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 4.7% of residents were born outside the UK, a lower share than in 68% of UK towns.
Norton ranks above 96% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 62%
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 · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion is 36%, against 37% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Norton sits above 99% of UK towns for unpaid carers (14%)
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
9 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Few places have so few adults who have never married: 21% here, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. Against a figure of 44% across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners in Norton comes in at 64%.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 40% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 40% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 12% hold no qualification (18%).
Norton is younger than 2 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 | 278 | — | 51.1 | 19% | 30% |
| Elmswell | 4,446 | 2.3 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Woolpit | 1,838 | 2.4 mi | 52 | 31% | 21% |
| Thurston | 3,009 | 2.5 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 25% |
| Ixworth | 2,296 | 3.4 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 26% |
| Great Barton | 1,848 | 4.1 mi | 54.2 | 35% | 23% |
| Walsham le Willows | 1,258 | 4.5 mi | 49 | 25% | 25% |
| Stanton | 2,316 | 4.9 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 28% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Suffolk’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Suffolk (or England), 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 278 people in Norton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Norton?
The median age was 51.1 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Norton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 4.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Norton?
36% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 1.4% didn’t answer.
Is Norton good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Norton’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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