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A town of 2,667 in Norfolk, East of England.
Blofield grades B overall against UK towns: better than 63% of UK towns, and #14 of 51 in Norfolk. Its strongest subject is hazard risk (A): 0% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. Its weakest is walkability (D): 8% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. The median home sold for £325,000 in the last three years, 5.9 times what households in the Broadland council area earn in a year.
The 3 things Blofield does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Blofield is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 14 buildings inside Blofield’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
10% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Blofield.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 36% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
That puts Blofield below both Norfolk’s towns (42%) and England’s towns (45%). 90% of commuters drove to work at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blofield Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 220 | B+ |
On this, Blofield is below both Norfolk’s towns (11%) and England’s towns (12%). Over-65s are 25% of the population. The median resident of Blofield is 45.3 years old.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
| Blofield | Norfolk | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 25% | 24% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.9% | 6.4% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 32% | 26% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Norfolk and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Police recorded 92 crimes inside Blofield’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 19 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 54% of the crimes; the police category includes harassment and stalking, so it runs higher than U.S. “violent crime”.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
In the comparison, Blofield comes below both Norfolk’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (21%). 70% of households own their home.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £437,500 | 74 |
| Semi-detached | £272,000 | 31 |
| Terraced | £237,500 | 18 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
82% of Blofield’s residents described their health as good or very good in 2021, against 79% across Norfolk’s towns. These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
| Census 2021 | Blofield | Norfolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.4% | 5.6% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 20% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Blofield has 14 listed buildings inside its built-up area on Historic England’s list: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II*. 10% of its homes were built before 1919.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Blofield. Best known first.
MuseumStrumpshaw Steam Museum2.7 km outside town, to the southGardenGardenFairhaven Woodland and Water Garden4.3 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumWoodbastwick Forge5 km outside town, to the northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
14 listed buildings in Blofield, 1 of them Grade I.
Beech House: Photo: Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Blofield War Memorial: Photo: Adrian S Pye · CC BY-SA 2.0
4 notable people were born in Blofield.
John Edrich: Eagleash, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Arthur Borton: Herman Gustave Herkomer, Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blofield | 2,667 | — | B | B+ | B+ | B |
| Brundall | 4,378 | 1 | A− | B+ | A | B |
| Blofield Heath | 1,430 | 1.1 | — | B− | A | B+ |
| Little Plumstead | 1,915 | 1.6 | — | B+ | B+ | B+ |
| Lingwood | 2,368 | 1.9 | — | A | B+ | B+ |
| Salhouse | 1,431 | 3.1 | — | B | A+ | B+ |
| Rackheath | 1,761 | 3.5 | — | B+ | D | B |
| Thorpe End | 1,173 | 3.6 | — | C+ | A+ | A− |
Blofield Heath, Little Plumstead, Lingwood, Salhouse, Rackheath and Thorpe End have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 2.2 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of St Andrew and St Peter.
An older town. At the 2021 Census, 25% of residents were 65 or over and 25% were 45 to 64, against 18% and 25% across England’s towns; 18% were under 15.
Primary results trail 76% of towns in England (Department for Education, Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Norfolk council.
It has less crime than most places its size: less crime per resident than 78% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Town in Norfolk, England
Blofield is a built-up area of 2,667 people, in the Broadland council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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