Photo: My another account · CC0Households in flats make up 2.3% in Blunham, less than in 96% of UK towns
57% of households live in a detached house; across England’s towns the figure is 21%. Blunham’s 563 households held 1,391 residents at the 2021 Census. One-person households account for 23%. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 87% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Blunham’s people
A village people move to
14% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Blunham: 23% of residents are 65 or over, above 61% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 7.5% of residents. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 62% of UK towns: 9.4%. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Caddington, the oldest of Bedfordshire’s towns by this measure, it is 28%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 14% in Blunham, more than in 96% of UK towns
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
4.7% of adults are full-time students, against 7.9% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across England’s towns.
Larger households than 87% of UK towns: 2.5 people on average
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Bedfordshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
With shared households of unrelated adults at 2.7%, Blunham is ahead of 65% of UK towns on that count. 30% of households have dependent children.
Blunham ranks below 86% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 9.2%
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
The share of households in terraced houses trails 63% of UK towns: 17%. Across England’s towns, households without a car or van come to 24%.
Blunham: 98% of residents have English as their main language, above 61% of UK towns
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.8%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.2%). Measured more widely, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 14%.
Blunham sits below 65% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (90%)
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 90% of Blunham · Bedfordshire’s towns 61% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (4.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and African (1.1%). The wider picture: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Christians make up 51% of residents, against 46% across England’s towns.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 83% of UK towns, at 54%
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 34. On average, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers: 9.5%, near enough the figure across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 33%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 33% of adults in Blunham, 34% across England’s towns; 17% have no qualification, against 18%.
Blunham sits below 2 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blunham | 1,391 | — | 44.7 | 23% | 30% |
| Great Barford | 2,254 | 1.4 mi | 44.7 | 20% | 33% |
| Sandy | 11,375 | 1.7 mi | 41.9 | 18% | 30% |
| Upper Caldecote | 1,333 | 3.6 mi | 48.9 | 24% | 26% |
| Potton | 5,229 | 4.7 mi | 43 | 20% | 29% |
| Biggleswade | 21,945 | 4.9 mi | 37.7 | 15% | 31% |
| Shortstown | 4,837 | 5.1 mi | 32.9 | 6.7% | 42% |
| Gamlingay | 2,920 | 5.6 mi | 51 | 30% | 24% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Bedfordshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Bedfordshire (or England), summed the same way as Blunham’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Blunham’s residents
What is the population of Blunham?
The 2021 Census counted 1,391 people in Blunham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Blunham?
The median age was 44.7 at the 2021 Census. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Blunham?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 61% across Bedfordshire’s towns. 7.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Blunham?
41% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Blunham good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Blunham’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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