Photo: Ian Robertson · CC BY-SA 2.0Blofield Heath is older than 96% of UK towns: a median age of 54.4
6.9% of households have no car or van (England’s towns: 24%). Few places have so few one-person households: 22% here, fewer than in 95% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 1,430 residents in 624 households. Households in flats: 0.5% of the total.
What the Census says about Blofield Heath’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Blofield Heath’s residents are under 54.4 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 33% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 65 and over make up 33% in Blofield Heath, more than in 95% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 70–74 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 2.1 times the share across England’s towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Locally, 8.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 82% of UK towns, at 7.2%
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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Blofield Heath has 39% and 19%. The village has more full-time students than 50% of UK towns, at 4.8%. As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Only 23% of households have dependent children in Blofield Heath
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.
1.8% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Households here average 2.3 people each. Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%.
Blofield Heath ranks below 99% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 1.3%
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
Where just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, Blofield Heath has 82%. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 98% of UK towns: 99%
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
4.5% of residents were born outside the UK (England’s towns: 18%). Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%).
Blofield Heath ranks above 87% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 57%
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 Blofield Heath · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion; in Blofield Heath, 35%. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46% across England’s towns. 96% of residents describe themselves as White British.
More married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns: 63%
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
Set against 8.7% across England’s towns, one in ten residents give unpaid care in Blofield Heath. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Across Blofield Heath, 21% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 29%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Blofield Heath, 17%, while 29% hold one at degree level (34%).
Every neighbour of Blofield Heath has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blofield Heath | 1,430 | — | 54.4 | 33% | 23% |
| Blofield | 2,667 | 1.1 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 29% |
| Little Plumstead | 1,915 | 1.2 mi | 37.5 | 16% | 36% |
| Brundall | 4,378 | 1.9 mi | 51 | 30% | 24% |
| Salhouse | 1,431 | 2.1 mi | 52.8 | 31% | 22% |
| Lingwood | 2,368 | 2.8 mi | 48.4 | 27% | 25% |
| Rackheath | 1,761 | 2.8 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 33% |
| Thorpe End | 1,173 | 3.2 mi | 53.2 | 29% | 23% |
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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 Blofield Heath’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 Blofield Heath’s residents
What is the population of Blofield Heath?
The 2021 Census counted 1,430 people in Blofield Heath’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Blofield Heath?
The median age was 54.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Blofield Heath?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Blofield Heath?
35% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is Blofield Heath good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Blofield Heath’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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