Area type
Non-metropolitan District
Population Density
105
Population growth
-0.1%
Gender ratio
0.96 male to female
english main language
96%
birth rate
8.8
death rate
13.1
Major religion
66% Christian
Urbanisation
41%
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The population of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk is 151,245 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. King’s Lynn and West Norfolk's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was -0.1% per year. King’s Lynn and West Norfolk covers an area of 1,439 square kilometres (556 square miles) and has a population density of 105 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020.
According to the latest 2011 census, the population in King’s Lynn and West Norfolk is predominantly white (97%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 3% of the population.
The median average age in King’s Lynn and West Norfolk in 2019 was 47.8, with over 18s representing 82.4% of the population. The sex ratio was 95.7 males to every 100 females. Compare average age by area.
In 2011, the urban population of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk was approximately 60,663 or 41%, while the rural population was around 86,788 or 59%.
The largest religious group in King’s Lynn and West Norfolk is Christians who account for 66% of the population.
English is spoken as the main language by 96.0% of people in King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, and spoken either well or very well by 3% of the remaining population. 1.0% reported having poor English language skills, and the remaining 0.2% spoke no English at all.
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The population of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk is 151,245 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. In the year between mid-2019 and mid-2020, the population in King’s Lynn and West Norfolk grew by an estimated -138 people, and in the ten years before mid-2020, the population grew by 3,309.
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was -0.1%, which is 0.3% lower than the average population growth rate in King’s Lynn and West Norfolk for the ten years before mid-2020 (0.2%).
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk covers an area of 1,439 square kilometres (556 square miles) and has a population density of 105 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020. That figure has increased by 2 people per km2 over the past decade.
According to mid-year population estimates published by the ONS in 2019, males account for 48.9% of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk's 151,245 population, while females made up 51.1% of the total.
The sex ratio (the number of males for each female in a population) was 95.694 males to every 100 females in 2011. In England as a whole, the gender ratio was 98 males to every 100 females in 2011.
Age statistics collected by the ONS show the adult population of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, that is how many people there are over the age of 18, is 124,680.
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk's age structure shows the working-age population to be 84,753 which is 56.0% of the population. People under the age of 16 represent 17.6% of the population, and over 65s represent 26.4% of the population. The percentage of the population that is of working-age has decreased over the last 10 years from 60.2% to 58.9%.
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk's age pyramid shows how the population is distributed by age and gender.
The median average age of someone in King’s Lynn and West Norfolk was 47.8 years in 2019. Split by gender, the average female age is 49.0 years, and the average male is 46.5 years.
Of the King’s Lynn and West Norfolk population over the age of 90, girls outnumber boys by 2.0 to 1.
The life expectancy of someone born today in King’s Lynn and West Norfolk is 82 years. Split by gender, a girl born today in King’s Lynn and West Norfolk has a life expectancy of 84 years, and a boy has a life expectancy of 79 years. Compare life expectancy by area.
As a comparison, in England as a whole, current life expectancy at birth is 81 years, for females that rises to 83 years and for males it falls to 79 years.
The life expectancy for someone born in King’s Lynn and West Norfolk has risen by 2 years over the past decade, from a life expectancy of 79 years to a life expectancy of 82 years. In England as a whole, life expectancies have risen by 3 years.
Age | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00-01 | 79.4 | 83.7 | 81.6 |
| 01-04 | 78.9 | 82.9 | 80.9 |
| 05-09 | 75.0 | 79.0 | 77.0 |
| 10-14 | 70.0 | 74.0 | 72.0 |
| 15-19 | 65.0 | 69.0 | 67.0 |
| 20-24 | 60.2 | 64.0 | 62.1 |
| 25-29 | 55.4 | 59.1 | 57.3 |
| 30-34 | 50.5 | 54.2 | 52.4 |
| 35-39 | 45.8 | 49.3 | 47.6 |
| 40-44 | 41.0 | 44.4 | 42.7 |
According to the latest 2011 census, the population in King’s Lynn and West Norfolk is predominantly white (97.3%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 2.7% of the population.
Asian people were the largest minority group in King’s Lynn and West Norfolk accounting for 1.3% of the population.
561 or 0% of the King’s Lynn and West Norfolk population are black according to the latest 2011 census.
In England more broadly the portion of the population that is white is 85.4%. 7.8% are Asian and 3.5% are Black.
Estimates of personal wellbeing in the UK are published by the ONS annually, with scores for anxiety, happiness, life satisfaction, and feeling that life is worthwhile. Overall scores are based on surveying a representative sample of the population and are scored out of 10 (.e.g for happiness 0 is 'not at all happy' and 10 is 'completely happy').
Levels of reported Anxiety in King’s Lynn and West Norfolk were 3.2 in 2012 and 2.9 in 2021. In the rest of England levels of Anxiety are currently 3.1.
Reported levels of Happiness in 2021 were 7.6, and 7.3 in 2012. In England, the average happiness indicator is currently 7.5. Of the 363 areas in England, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk is the 129 th happiest area in England.
Life satisfaction scores for 2021 are 7.8 and were 7.5 in 2012. For the feeling that things done in life are worthwhile the 2021 level is 8.0 and was 7.6 in 2012.
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According to the latest 2011 census, the most populous religious group within King’s Lynn and West Norfolk is Christians, accounting for 66.4% of the population.
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk has a Muslim population of 544 which is 0.4% of the population.
Compared to England as a whole, in England circa 59% of the population is Christian, 5% is Muslim, 2% is Hindu, and Buddhists, Sikhs and Jews each is around 1%. The remainder is split between people with no religion and those who decided not to identify a religion.
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. Data sources: ONS Local statistics