King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Census 2001 and Access to Services Focus on Rural Areas King’s Lynn and West Norfolk is in the East of England Government Office Region 1 Map of the Government Office Region showing Authority boundaries and shaded by Output Area according to the urban / rural definition. - 2 - Population In King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 67.4% of people live in rural areas, compared with 31% in the Government Office Region. Within the rural areas 31% live in sparse rural areas. King’s Lynn and West Norfolk East of England Male Female Total Male Female Total Urban 21,374 22,815 44,189 1,812,091 1,904,428 3,716,519 Rural 44,443 46,713 91,156 826,244 845,377 1,671,621 Less Sparse 30,716 32,342 63,058 785,328 801,861 1,587,189 Town 8,836 9,965 18,801 359,564 375,106 734,670 Village 17,851 18,393 36,244 320,104 322,590 642,694 Dispersed 4,029 3,984 8,013 105,660 104,165 209,825 Sparse 13,727 14,371 28,098 40,916 43,516 84,432 Town 5,707 6,676 12,383 20,159 22,619 42,778 Village 7,119 6,782 13,901 17,315 17,330 34,645 Dispersed 901 913 1,814 3,442 3,567 7,009 Total 65,817 69,528 135,345 2,638,335 2,749,805 5,388,140 Percentage rural 67.5 67.2 67.4 31.3 30.7 31.0 Source table from the Census: UV03 Gender Proportion of the population of the Authority living in rural towns, villages and dispersed areas compared with the Government Office Region and England. King’s Lynn and West Norfolk East of England England Dispersed Village Rural type Town 0 102030405060 Percentage Source table from the Census: UV03 Gender 3 Age In King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 6.9% of the population live in rural areas and are under 10 years old. 14.1% of the Authority's population live in rural areas and are under 19 years of age. 11.4% are aged 70 or over and live in rural areas. Total population within the Authority, broken down by age. Total Totals Rural breakdown Towns Villages Dispersed Age % Rural Urban Rural Less Less Less Sparse Sparse Sparse sparse sparse sparse Under 10 14,802 5,468 9,334 1,981 1,141 3,969 1,272 822 149 63.1 10 to 19 15,538 5,768 9,770 1,839 1,078 4,184 1,546 944 179 62.9 20 to 29 13,221 5,160 8,061 1,630 1,051 3,053 1,470 711 146 61.0 30 to 39 18,414 6,570 11,844 2,424 1,363 4,927 1,749 1,138 243 64.3 40 to 49 17,401 5,900 11,501 2,157 1,231 5,035 1,719 1,151 208 66.1 50 to 59 19,162 5,580 13,582 2,454 1,693 5,772 2,084 1,254 325 70.9 60 to 69 16,085 4,352 11,733 2,573 1,729 4,412 1,777 981 261 72.9 70 to 79 13,694 3,466 10,228 2,539 1,923 3,358 1,582 628 198 74.7 80 to 89 6,145 1,758 4,387 1,035 1,042 1,358 604 281 67 71.4 90 and over 1,071 294 777 202 189 207 108 49 22 72.5 135,533 44,316 91,217 18,834 12,440 36,275 13,911 7,959 1,798 67.3 Source table from the Census: UV04 Age Age of the population in urban/rural parts of the Authority and totals for the Government Office Region. 1800 100000 1600 90000 1400 80000 1200 70000 60000 1000 50000 800 40000 Authority 600 30000 400 20000 Number of people in the 200 10000 Number of people in the GOR 0 0 Under 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 1 Age and over Rural King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Urban King’s Lynn and West Norfolk East of England Source table from the Census: UV04 Age 4 Proportion of children under 5 split by the urban rural definition, for the Authority and the Government Office Region Authority: Government Office Region: King’s Lynn and West Norfolk East of England Number of under 5's: 7,000 Number of under 5's: 321,800 Urban Less Sparse Rural Town Less Sparse Rural Village Less Sparse Rural Dispersed Sparse Rural Town Sparse Rural Village Sparse Rural Dispersed Source table from the Census: UV04 Age 5 Marital Status The ‘Marital Status’ table (UV07) classifies all people (i.e. from babies upwards) according to their marital status. To create the following table it has been assumed that all people aged under 16 would be in the “single – never married” category. All people under 16 years of age have been deducted from the original “single – never married” figures on the marital status to estimated figures on the marital status of people aged 16 or over. Estimated number of people in the Authority and Government Office Region aged 16 or over, by marital status Single Married (first Re-married Separated Divorced Widowed (never marriage) (but still legally married) married) King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Urban 9,469 14,942 3,241 827 3,618 3,072 Rural 15,323 38,155 7,787 1,297 5,744 7,372 Less Sparse 10,186 26,847 5,316 897 3,917 4,610 Town 2,755 8,087 1,630 263 1,165 1,752 Village 5,983 15,452 3,019 506 2,214 2,368 Dispersed 1,448 3,308 667 128 538 490 Sparse 5,137 11,308 2,471 400 1,827 2,762 Town 1,876 5,032 1,103 136 846 1,559 Village 2,957 5,503 1,200 237 856 1,048 Dispersed 304 773 168 27 125 155 Total 24,792 53,097 11,028 2,124 9,362 10,444 East of England Urban 862,966 1,308,517 222,193 71,158 250,994 240,260 Rural 304,904 678,852 129,621 27,105 101,174 107,957 Total 1,167,870 1,987,369 351,814 98,263 352,168 348,217 Source tables from the Census: UV04 Age and UV07 Marital Status Estimated proportions of people aged 16 or over in rural parts of the Authority, by marital status. 10% Single (never 20% married) 8% Married (first 2% marriage) Re-married 10% Separated (but still legally married) Divorced Widowed 50% Source tables from the Census: UV04 Age and UV07 Marital Status 6 Household composition In King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 67.2% of households are in rural areas. 26.3% of rural households are single person households. 6.1% of rural households are lone parent family households. Number of households, by composition of the household Urban Rural % rural Total Total Less sparse Sparse Town Village Dispersed Town Village Dispersed Total number of households 19,158 39,228 8,492 15,007 3,295 5,736 5,903 795 67.2 One person household 5,946 10,309 2,406 3,322 717 1,976 1,668 220 63.4 pensioner 2,881 6,453 1,616 1,960 383 1,391 973 130 69.1 other 3,065 3,856 790 1,362 334 585 695 90 55.7 All pensioner family 1,965 6,147 1,557 2,063 399 1,093 927 108 75.8 Married couple family 6,716 15,893 3,174 6,780 1,495 1,831 2,278 335 70.3 no children 2,591 7,031 1,405 2,919 655 850 1,039 163 73.1 with one dependent child 1,070 2,426 515 1,015 228 278 342 48 69.4 with two or more dependent children 2,046 4,109 842 1,809 370 470 558 60 66.8 all children non-dependent 1,009 2,327 412 1,037 242 233 339 64 69.8 Cohabiting couple family 1,754 2,803 578 1,175 313 295 397 45 61.5 no children 958 1,611 332 669 178 174 231 27 62.7 with one dependent child 337 548 106 219 72 57 88 6 61.9 two or more dependent children 369 514 94 242 48 55 66 9 58.2 all children non-dependent 90 130 46 45 15 9 12 3 59.1 Lone parent family 1,937 2,397 521 958 192 294 394 38 55.3 with one dependent child 757 764 172 273 70 106 132 11 50.2 with two or more dependant children 647 701 170 314 50 72 84 11 52.0 all children non-dependent 533 932 179 371 72 116 178 16 63.6 Other households 840 1,679 256 709 179 247 239 49 66.7 with one dependent child 120 280 43 105 39 43 39 11 70.0 with two or more dependent children 132 258 33 113 30 40 33 9 66.2 all student 9 3 - 3 - - - - 25.0 all pensioner 64 221 56 93 9 30 30 3 77.5 other 515 917 124 395 101 134 137 26 64.0 Source table from the Census: UV65 Household Composition (households) A dependent child is a person in a household aged 0 to 15 (whether or not in a family) or a person aged 16 to 18 who is a full-time student in a family with parent(s).