Photo: John M · CC BY-SA 2.0Blackborough End is older than 95% of UK towns: a median age of 54.1
Across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%; Blackborough End has 0.8%. Households in detached houses: three quarters of the total. Compared with other places, households with dependent children are scarce here: 22%, fewer than in 90% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 285 people lived here, in 124 households.
Blackborough End ranks above 83% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 27%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 14% of residents, 2.5 times the share across England’s towns. One in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
6.2% of adults are full-time students, a share 87% of UK towns don’t reach
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%.
By class, 35% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 21% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students. 7.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 27% of households in Blackborough End are one person living alone
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.
Households average 2.3 people. On average, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Below 96% of UK towns: 6.4% of households live in a terraced house
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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 7.3% of households have no car or van here. What’s more, households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 79% of UK towns: 3.9%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (2.1%) or in EU countries (0.7%). Few places have as many residents whose main language is English: 98% here, more than in just over three fifths of UK towns. The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%.
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 66% of UK towns: 52%
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: 92% of Blackborough End · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Indian (3.1%), Mixed or multiple (2.4%) and Other White (1.4%). Lower than in nearly three quarters of UK towns: 37% of residents said they have no religion. As a reference point, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. 92% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns.
26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 89% 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
5 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. At 55%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 88% of UK towns. Against that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 9%, from the figure across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 29%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
29% of Blackborough End’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 18% have none (18%). The highest qualification of 20% is A levels, often students still at university.
The towns around Blackborough End are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackborough End | 285 | — | 54.1 | 27% | 22% |
| West Winch | 2,828 | 2.4 mi | 50.6 | 28% | 26% |
| Watlington | 2,593 | 3.8 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 28% |
| King's Lynn | 47,604 | 4.2 mi | 39.3 | 18% | 30% |
| Marham | 2,608 | 4.5 mi | 30.1 | 9.8% | 39% |
| Gayton | 1,522 | 4.5 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 27% |
| Narborough | 1,362 | 5.2 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 23% |
| Clenchwarton | 2,020 | 6 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 22% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Blackborough End’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 Blackborough End’s residents
What is the population of Blackborough End?
The 2021 Census counted 285 people in Blackborough End’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Blackborough End?
The median age was 54.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Blackborough End?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Blackborough End?
37% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.7% didn’t answer.
Is Blackborough End good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Blackborough End’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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