Photo: Les Hull · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Brancaster Staithe is over 62.7, older than 99% of UK towns
Nearly two thirds of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 320 residents in 167 households. On the census count, 54% of households live in a detached house. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 98% of UK towns.
Brancaster Staithe ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 47%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 70–74: 14% of residents, 2.8 times the share across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: 4.3% of the total.
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.
Full-time students make up 2.8% in Brancaster Staithe, less than in 99% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 32% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 19% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%. In Brancaster Staithe, 6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
A lower share of households with dependent children than 99% of UK towns, at 11%
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.
The typical household size is 1.9 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Two in five households are one person living alone.
4.8% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 84% 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
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van; in Brancaster Staithe, 11%. The usual figure: nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. For Brancaster Staithe, the census puts households in terraced houses at 16%.
More residents whose main language is English than 97% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%), then in EU countries (0.9%). Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%. At 3.8%, the share of residents born outside the UK is lower than in just over four fifths of UK towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 97% in Brancaster Staithe, more than in 96% of UK towns
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: 97% of Brancaster Staithe · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
29% of residents said they have no religion (England’s towns: 37%). Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (1.6%), Mixed or multiple (0.6%) and Chinese (0.3%). As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Below 96% of UK towns: 24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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 share of unpaid carers is 9.9%, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 58% in Brancaster Staithe.
Degree-level qualifications: 34% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Brancaster Staithe’s adults: 34% with a degree-level qualification and 22% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
No nearby town is as old as Brancaster Staithe
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brancaster Staithe | 320 | — | 62.7 | 47% | 11% |
| Wells-next-the-Sea | 2,151 | 7.2 mi | 58.5 | 39% | 16% |
| Hunstanton | 4,230 | 8.1 mi | 61.3 | 44% | 12% |
| Heacham | 3,978 | 8.9 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 13% |
| Snettisham | 2,709 | 9.7 mi | 59.1 | 41% | 17% |
| Dersingham | 4,753 | 11 mi | 58.6 | 41% | 17% |
| Fakenham | 8,390 | 11.6 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 21% |
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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 Brancaster Staithe’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 Brancaster Staithe’s residents
What is the population of Brancaster Staithe?
The 2021 Census counted 320 people in Brancaster Staithe’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Brancaster Staithe?
The median age was 62.7 at the 2021 Census. 4.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 47% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Brancaster Staithe?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Brancaster Staithe?
29% said they had no religion and 65% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Brancaster Staithe good for families?
11% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Brancaster Staithe’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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