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Population numbers
[edit]As with many geographical articles here on Wikipedia, Scottow is not quite what it seems.
Scottow to the average person is a small village in Norfolk, just to one side of the B1150, with a population of maybe 250 (my estimate). But the parish of Scottow is another thing entirely. Those boundaries are far less visible to the naked eye, although it is not unusual in rural areas for small isolated farms and cottages to be gathered under a larger title for such purposes as election wards. So the population becomes swollen by those numbers. But Scottow has something else besides. At one point it was RAF Coltishall, home to a fair few RAF servicemen (& women). Now the RAF have moved out, it is home to HMP Bure, a prison for adult males.
So the census details for 2021 shows Scottow (village?, parish?) at around 1400 in total. What it doesn't say is that the numbers break down to around 1000 males, and just 400 females. Did I mention the prison was full of male prisoners? And what exact value is this information in reality? BTW - it isn't just Wikipedia's fault; Norfolk County Council and their agencies make a big thing of breaking out every conceivable piece of data about ethnicity, nationality, gender, religion, crime rates and much more. But their site is impossible to navigate, leaving me still confused as to where the boundaries start and stop, and the context that explains the curious numbers is somehow forgotten in their desperation to provide every kind of statistic, without actually providing anything useful. Unfortunately, this Wikipedia article is seemingly following that trend too.
So, if anybody is able to navigate their way around - https://www.norfolkinsight.org.uk/ and come up with meaningful answers, please ping me and let me know where I am going wrong.