Norfolk Population Statistics and Demographics

It is essential to understand population size and characteristics in order to effectively plan and deliver services such as education, transport and healthcare. This section displays the latest population estimates and projections for Norfolk.

Population estimates are produced using a variety of data sources and statistical models, including some statistical disclosure control methods, and small estimates should not be taken to refer to particular individuals. The estimated resident population of an area includes all those people who usually live there, regardless of nationality. Arriving international migrants are included in the usually resident population if they remain in the UK for at least a year. Emigrants are excluded if they remain outside the UK for at least a year. Armed forces stationed outside of the UK are excluded. Students are taken to be usually resident at their term time address.

Population estimates for all persons by broad age group for 2018

	Norfolk		East of England		England
	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
Persons aged 0 - 15	152,987	16.9	1,200,983	19.4	10,748,458	19.2
Persons aged 16 - 64	531,433	58.8	3,781,756	61	35,049,467	62.6
Persons aged 65+	219,260	24.3	1,218,475	19.7	10,179,253	18.2

Population estimates for all persons by 5-year age group for 2018

	Norfolk		East of England		England
	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
0 - 4	46,256	5.1	372,157	6	3,346,727	6
5 - 9	50,533	5.6	395,350	6.4	3,523,866	6.3
10 - 14	47,458	5.3	366,209	5.9	3,274,119	5.9
15 - 19	46,210	5.1	332,849	5.4	3,096,575	5.5
20 - 24	53,223	5.9	341,072	5.5	3,512,654	6.3
25 - 29	51,314	5.7	374,273	6	3,815,924	6.8
30 - 34	52,017	5.8	393,402	6.3	3,787,597	6.8
35 - 39	50,563	5.6	402,459	6.5	3,717,483	6.6
40 - 44	47,591	5.3	381,207	6.2	3,390,584	6.1
45 - 49	58,555	6.5	427,928	6.9	3,799,242	6.8
50 - 54	63,410	7	444,915	7.2	3,915,451	7
55 - 59	60,793	6.7	403,533	6.5	3,573,329	6.4
60 - 64	56,497	6.3	347,385	5.6	3,044,374	5.4
65 - 69	57,515	6.4	328,146	5.3	2,822,593	5
70 - 74	60,357	6.7	330,259	5.3	2,724,800	4.9
75 - 79	40,474	4.5	220,423	3.6	1,863,126	3.3
80 - 84	30,594	3.4	170,099	2.7	1,403,756	2.5
85+	30,320	3.4	169,548	2.7	1,364,978	2.4

Population by nationality - UK and non-UK

	Norfolk	East of England	England
UK nationals	821,000	92.5	5,587,000	90.9	49,775,000	90
Non-UK nationals	67,000	7.5	555,000	9	5,489,000	9.9

Population by nationality (excluding UK)

	Norfolk		East of England		England
	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
European Union	45,000	5.1	375,000	6.1	3,246,000	5.9
Non-EU European	1,000	0.1	12,000	0.2	176,000	0.3
Middle and East Central Asian	N/A	N/A	12,000	0.2	178,000	0.3
East Asian	2,000	0.2	11,000	0.2	175,000	0.3
South Asian	9,000	1	55,000	0.9	680,000	1.2
South East Asian	2,000	0.2	16,000	0.3	139,000	0.3
Sub Saharan African	3,000	0.3	35,000	0.6	410,000	0.7
North African	N/A	N/A	1,000	0	47,000	0.1
North American	2,000	0.2	21,000	0.3	165,000	0.3
Central and South American	2,000	0.2	8,000	0.1	162,000	0.3
Oceanian	N/A	N/A	10,000	0.2	111,000	0.2
Rest of the World	7,000	0.8	74,000	1.2	896,000	1.6

Population by country of birth - UK and non-UK

	Norfolk	East of England	England
UK	807,000	90.9	5,363,000	87.3	49,775,000	90
Non-UK	81,000	9.1	780,000	12.7	5,489,000	9.9

Population by country of birth (excluding UK)

	Norfolk		East of England		England
	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
European Union	45,000	5.1	364,000	5.9	3,246,000	5.9
Non-EU European	2,000	0.2	26,000	0.4	176,000	0.3
Middle and East Central Asia	2,000	0.2	23,000	0.4	178,000	0.3
East Asia	3,000	0.3	24,000	0.4	175,000	0.3
South Asia	8,000	0.9	126,000	2.1	680,000	1.2
South East Asia	7,000	0.8	38,000	0.6	139,000	0.3
Sub Saharan Africa	4,000	0.5	94,000	1.5	410,000	0.7
North Africa	N/A	N/A	5,000	0.1	47,000	0.1
North America	5,000	0.6	30,000	0.5	165,000	0.3
Central and South America	3,000	0.3	28,000	0.5	162,000	0.3
Oceania	N/A	N/A	22,000	0.4	111,000	0.2
Rest of the World	14,000	1.6	179,000	2.9	896,000	1.6

The projections below take population estimates as their starting point. The projected local authority populations for each year are calculated by ageing on the population from the previous year, applying local fertility and mortality rates to calculate the number of projected births and deaths, and then adjusting for migration into and out of each local authority. Fertility, mortality and migration assumptions are derived using values estimated using data from the five years before the base projection year, and do not take into account any known policy or demographic changes.

Population projections for all persons by year

	Norfolk	East of England	England
2018	902,800	6,221,700	55,997,700
2019	908,300	6,269,300	56,357,500
2020	913,600	6,316,300	56,704,700
2021	918,800	6,362,300	57,030,500
2026	944,100	6,573,400	58,505,600
2031	966,400	6,755,100	59,789,800
2036	985,200	6,915,600	60,905,500
2041	1,002,300	7,068,100	61,952,100

Population projections for all persons by broad age group for 2041

	Norfolk	East of England	England
0 - 15	156,220	15.6	1,238,939	17.5	10,838,105	17.5
16 - 64	540,091	53.9	3,993,349	56.5	36,120,420	58.3
65 +	305,976	30.5	1,835,816	26	14,993,591	24.2

Projections for all persons by 5-year age group for 2041

	Norfolk		East of England		England
	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
0 - 4	47,500	4.7	379,300	5.4	3,379,500	5.5
5 - 9	48,300	4.8	384,100	5.4	3,351,400	5.4
10 - 14	50,100	5	394,700	5.6	3,410,900	5.5
15 - 19	52,700	5.3	394,400	5.6	3,531,100	5.7
20 - 24	54,400	5.4	364,000	5.1	3,705,700	6
25 - 29	54,300	5.4	399,600	5.7	3,944,800	6.4
30 - 34	53,900	5.4	407,600	5.8	3,904,900	6.3
35 - 39	48,700	4.9	380,100	5.4	3,485,700	5.6
40 - 44	51,100	5.1	397,700	5.6	3,530,600	5.7
45 - 49	56,200	5.6	430,800	6.1	3,755,100	6.1
50 - 54	59,600	5.9	450,500	6.4	3,841,800	6.2
55 - 59	60,200	6	437,200	6.2	3,685,400	5.9
60 - 64	59,300	5.9	412,400	5.8	3,431,800	5.5
65 - 69	62,900	6.3	399,400	5.7	3,306,300	5.3
70 - 74	69,200	6.9	413,800	5.9	3,434,300	5.5
75 - 79	64,400	6.4	380,800	5.4	3,137,100	5.1
80 - 84	48,900	4.9	288,100	4.1	2,356,300	3.8
85 - 89	33,300	3.3	193,500	2.7	1,540,400	2.5
90 +	27,300	2.7	160,200	2.3	1,219,200	2

Broad ethnicity groups

	Norfolk		East of England		England
	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
Asian/Asian British	13,017	1.5	278,372	4.8	4,143,403	7.8
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British	4,609	0.5	117,442	2	1,846,614	3.5
Minority Ethnic - Total	64,802	7.6	860,795	14.7	10,733,220	20.2
Mixed/multiple ethnic groups	10,027	1.2	112,116	1.9	1,192,879	2.3
Other ethnic group	2,217	0.3	28,841	0.5	548,418	1
White	828,018	96.5	5,310,194	90.8	45,281,142	85.4

Detailed ethnicity groups

	Norfolk		East of England		England
	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
Asian/Asian British: Bangladeshi	933	0.1	32,992	0.6	436,514	0.8
Asian/Asian British: Chinese	3,208	0.4	33,503	0.6	379,503	0.7
Asian/Asian British: Indian	4,043	0.5	86,736	1.5	1,395,702	2.6
Asian/Asian British: Other Asian	4,133	0.5	58,871	1	819,402	1.5
Asian/Asian British: Pakistani	700	0.1	66,270	1.1	1,112,282	2.1
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British: African	3,096	0.4	69,925	1.2	977,741	1.8
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British: Caribbean	905	0.1	33,614	0.6	591,016	1.1
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British: Other Black	608	0.1	13,903	0.2	277,857	0.5
Mixed/multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian	2,979	0.3	32,226	0.6	332,708	0.6
Mixed/multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African	1,905	0.2	15,388	0.3	161,550	0.3
Mixed/multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean	2,493	0.3	37,222	0.6	415,616	0.8
Mixed/multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed	2,650	0.3	27,280	0.5	283,005	0.5
Other ethnic group: Arab	963	0.1	10,367	0.2	220,985	0.4
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group	1,254	0.1	18,474	0.3	327,433	0.6
White: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British	793,086	92.4	4,986,170	85.3	42,279,236	79.8
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller	922	0.1	8,165	0.1	54,895	0.1
White: Irish	3,677	0.4	55,573	1	517,001	1
White: Other White	30,333	3.5	260,286	4.5	2,430,010	4.6

Household composition breakdown

	Norfolk		East of England		England
	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
One family only: All aged 65 and over	43,050	11.6	226,812	9.4	1,789,465	8.1
One family only: Cohabiting couple	40,015	10.8	248,034	10.2	2,172,438	9.8
One family only: Cohabiting couple: All children non-dependent	1,948	0.5	12,568	0.5	108,486	0.5
One family only: Cohabiting couple: Dependent children	16,576	4.5	103,744	4.3	890,780	4
One family only: Cohabiting couple: No children	21,491	5.8	131,722	5.4	1,173,172	5.3
One family only: Lone parent	31,625	8.5	227,648	9.4	2,339,824	10.6
One family only: Lone parent: All children non-dependent	10,648	2.9	76,941	3.2	766,569	3.5
One family only: Lone parent: Dependent children	20,977	5.6	150,707	6.2	1,573,255	7.1
One family only: Married or same-sex civil partnership couple	125,607	33.8	873,687	36.1	7,329,455	33.2
One family only: Married or same-sex civil partnership couple: All children non-dependent	19,619	5.3	141,766	5.9	1,234,355	5.6
One family only: Married or same-sex civil partnership couple: Dependent children	50,131	13.5	404,171	16.7	3,375,890	15.3
One family only: Married or same-sex civil partnership couple: No children	55,857	15	327,750	13.5	2,719,210	12.3
One person household: Aged 65 and over	53,297	14.3	306,941	12.7	2,725,596	12.4
One person household: Other	55,837	15	382,769	15.8	3,940,897	17.9
Other household types: All aged 65 and over	1,429	0.4	6,901	0.3	61,715	0.3
Other household types: All full-time students	1,488	0.4	6,802	0.3	124,285	0.6
Other household types: Other	13,245	3.6	89,454	3.7	995,677	4.5
Other household types: With dependent children	6,492	1.7	53,987	2.2	584,016	2.6

Main language breakdown

	Norfolk		East of England		England
	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
English (English or Welsh if in Wales)	799,019	96.3	5,317,554	94.5	46,936,780	92
Welsh/Cymraeg (in England only)	57	0	534	0	8,248	0
Other UK language	65	0	364	0	4,637	0
French	591	0.1	8,474	0.2	145,026	0.3
Portuguese	3,924	0.5	14,887	0.3	131,002	0.3
Spanish	720	0.1	7,784	0.1	118,554	0.2
Other European language (EU)	14,658	1.8	125,483	2.2	1,155,972	2.3
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU)	21	0	232	0	2,878	0
Other European language (non EU)	388	0	4,974	0.1	64,985	0.1
Other European language (non-national)	3	0	36	0	4,600	0
Russian	1,327	0.2	6,917	0.1	66,271	0.1
Turkish	467	0.1	5,620	0.1	98,083	0.2
Arabic	798	0.1	7,012	0.1	152,490	0.3
West/Central Asian language	455	0.1	8,003	0.1	181,424	0.4
South Asian language	2,391	0.3	73,074	1.3	1,281,168	2.5
East Asian language	3,732	0.4	31,793	0.6	374,013	0.7
Oceanic/Australian language	8	0	150	0	1,729	0
North/South American language	2	0	34	0	1,022	0
Caribbean Creole	2	0	37	0	506	0
African language	791	0.1	12,708	0.2	240,572	0.5
Other languages	135	0	1,366	0	17,675	0
Sign language	226	0	1,988	0	20,853	0

Marital and civil partnership status breakdown

	Norfolk		East of England		England
	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
Divorced or formerly in a same-sex civil partnership which is now legally dissolved	71,974	10.1	437,738	9.2	3,857,137	9
In a registered same-sex civil partnership	1,600	0.2	8,696	0.2	100,288	0.2
Married	356,297	50	2,363,201	49.9	20,029,369	46.6
Separated (but still legally married or still legally in a same-sex civil partnership)	16,511	2.3	120,118	2.5	1,141,196	2.7
Single (never married or never registered a same-sex civil partnership)	210,067	29.5	1,475,171	31.1	14,889,928	34.6
Widowed or surviving partner from a same-sex civil partnership	56,454	7.9	333,409	7	2,971,702	6.9

Religion breakdown

	Norfolk		East of England		England
	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
Buddhist	2,901	0.3	22,273	0.4	238,626	0.5
Christian	523,163	61	3,488,063	59.7	31,479,876	59.4
Hindu	2,295	0.3	54,010	0.9	806,199	1.5
Jewish	983	0.1	34,830	0.6	261,282	0.5
Muslim	5,021	0.6	148,341	2.5	2,660,116	5
Sikh	461	0.1	18,213	0.3	420,196	0.8
Other religion	3,933	0.5	24,981	0.4	227,825	0.4
No religion	254,240	29.6	1,631,572	27.9	13,114,232	24.7

Population

Norfolk - Population - UTLA

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