Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Alburgh Street is over 51.9, older than 92% of UK towns
Here 3.5% of households have no car or van, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. In 2021, the Census found 409 residents in Alburgh Street, living in 170 households. On the census count, 1.2% of households live in a flat or apartment. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 85% of UK towns.
Alburgh Street ranks above 62% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 23%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
11% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Alburgh Street, 4.2% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 76% 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%.
33% of Alburgh Street’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 21% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. In Alburgh Street, one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
One-person households: 25%, a lower share than 85% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Norfolk’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
2.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home (England’s towns: 4.3%). Measured more widely, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
Households in terraced houses make up 2.3% in Alburgh Street, less than in 99% of UK towns
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
Detached houses are home to nearly three in five households, against 21% across England’s towns. The usual figure: nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
In Alburgh Street, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 94% 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 25%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%). On average, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Born outside the UK: 5.6% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns.
Above 88% of UK towns: 96% of residents describe themselves as White British
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: 96% of Alburgh Street · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion is 43%, against 37% across England’s towns. The census found that just over half of residents describe themselves as Christian in Alburgh Street. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White British come to 73%.
24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 95% of UK towns
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
By its share of unpaid carers (7.3%), Alburgh Street is below 94% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 56% here.
Degree-level qualifications: 33% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
33% of Alburgh Street’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 14% have none (18%).
1 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Alburgh Street
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alburgh Street | 409 | — | 51.9 | 23% | 23% |
| Harleston | 5,077 | 2.9 mi | 47.6 | 29% | 24% |
| Bungay | 5,012 | 4.8 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 23% |
| Ditchingham | 1,997 | 5.3 mi | 51.2 | 31% | 19% |
| Long Stratton | 5,218 | 5.5 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 28% |
| Dickleburgh | 1,166 | 6.7 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 33% |
| Newton Flotman | 1,418 | 7.6 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 27% |
| Stradbroke | 1,190 | 8.6 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 20% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Norfolk’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Norfolk (or England), summed the same way as Alburgh Street’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 Alburgh Street’s residents
What is the population of Alburgh Street?
The 2021 Census counted 409 people in Alburgh Street’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Alburgh Street?
The median age was 51.9 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Alburgh Street?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Alburgh Street?
43% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Alburgh Street good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Alburgh Street’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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