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The population of North Norfolk is 103,257 according to mid-2021 population figures published by the ONS. North Norfolk's population growth rate between mid-2020 and mid-2021 was 0.3% per year. North Norfolk covers an area of 963 square kilometres (372 square miles) and has a population density of 107 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2021.
According to the latest 2021 census, the population in North Norfolk is predominantly white (98%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 2% of the population.
The median average age in North Norfolk in 2021 was 54.9, with over 18s representing 87.6% of the population. The sex ratio was 95.4 males to every 100 females. Compare average age by area.
In 2021, the urban population of North Norfolk was approximately 12,463 or 12%, while the rural population was around 89,036 or 88%.
The largest religious group in North Norfolk is Christians who account for 52% of the population.
English is spoken as the main language by 98.7% of people in North Norfolk, and spoken either well or very well by 1% of the population. 0.2% reported having poor English language skills.
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The population of North Norfolk is 103,257 according to mid-2021 population figures published by the ONS. In the year between mid-2020 and mid-2021, the population in North Norfolk grew by an estimated -1,910 people, and in the ten years before mid-2021, the population grew by .
North Norfolk's population growth rate between mid-2020 and mid-2021 was 0.3%, which is 0.2% higher than the average population growth rate in North Norfolk for the ten years before mid-2021 (0.2%).
North Norfolk covers an area of 963 square kilometres (372 square miles) and has a population density of 107 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2021. That figure has by people per km2 over the past decade.
According to mid-year population estimates published by the ONS in 2019, males account for 48.8% of North Norfolk's 103,257 population, while females made up 51.2% of the total.
The sex ratio (the number of males for each female in a population) was 95.426 males to every 100 females in 2021. In England as a whole, the gender ratio was 96 males to every 100 females in 2021.
Age statistics collected by the ONS show the adult population of North Norfolk, that is how many people there are over the age of 18, is 90,443.
North Norfolk's age structure shows the working-age population to be 55,673 which is 53.9% of the population. People under the age of 16 represent 12.4% of the population, and over 65s represent 33.7% of the population. The percentage of the population that is of working-age has decreased over the last 10 years from to .
North Norfolk's age pyramid shows how the population is distributed by age and gender.
The median average age of someone in North Norfolk was 54.9 years in 2019.
Of the North Norfolk population over the age of 90, girls outnumber boys by 1.8 to 1.
The life expectancy of someone born today in North Norfolk is 83 years. Split by gender, a girl born today in North Norfolk has a life expectancy of 85 years, and a boy has a life expectancy of 81 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 North Norfolk has risen by 2 years over the past decade, from a life expectancy of 80 years to a life expectancy of 83 years. In England as a whole, life expectancies have risen by 3 years.
Age | Male | Female | Total |
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00-01 | 80.6 | 84.8 | 82.7 |
01-04 | 79.8 | 84.0 | 81.9 |
05-09 | 75.8 | 80.0 | 77.9 |
10-14 | 70.8 | 75.0 | 72.9 |
15-19 | 65.8 | 70.0 | 67.9 |
20-24 | 61.0 | 65.2 | 63.1 |
25-29 | 56.2 | 60.3 | 58.3 |
30-34 | 51.2 | 55.3 | 53.3 |
35-39 | 46.7 | 50.4 | 48.6 |
40-44 | 41.9 | 45.6 | 43.8 |
According to the latest 2021 census, the population in North Norfolk is predominantly white (98.1%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 1.9% of the population.
Mixed people were the largest minority group in North Norfolk accounting for 0.9% of the population.
183 or 0% of the North Norfolk population are black according to the latest 2021 census.
In England more broadly the portion of the population that is white is 81%. 10% are Asian and 4% 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').
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According to the latest 2021 census, the most populous religious group within North Norfolk is Christians, accounting for 52.3% of the population.
North Norfolk has a Muslim population of 173 which is 0.2% of the population.
Compared to England as a whole, in England circa 46% of the population is Christian, 7% 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 2023. Data sources: ONS Local statistics