Photo: Bikeboy · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Brancaster is over 61.4, older than 99% of UK towns
In Brancaster, 10% of households have dependent children, beside 29% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census Brancaster was home to 377 people in 201 households. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British stands at 96%. On households in detached houses, Brancaster sits higher than 88% of UK towns: 48%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns: 44%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 70–74 than any other five-year age: just over one in ten residents, 2.6 times the share across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 4.5%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
3.1% of adults are full-time students, below 98% 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%.
Brancaster sits close to the norm on residents who moved in within the year: 11%, about the same as across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
Households here average 1.9 people, below 99% 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.
4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, against 3% in Brancaster. For Brancaster, the census puts one-person households at 36%.
In Brancaster, 5.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 78% 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
Households without a car or van make up 13%, against 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, households in flats come to 23%. The share of households in terraced houses stands at 17%.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 100%
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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%). Elsewhere, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are scarce here: 4.2%, fewer than in 74% of UK towns.
Below 94% of UK towns: 29% of residents said they have no religion
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 Brancaster · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (2.6%), Mixed or multiple (0.5%) and Pakistani (0.3%). Residents with no religion: 37% across England’s towns, for comparison. 60% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 94% of UK towns.
Fewer adults who have never married than 84% of UK towns: 27%
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
Compared with 8.7% across England’s towns, one in ten residents give unpaid care here. Measured more widely, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 9 people. More married adults and civil partners than in 55% of UK towns: 49%.
Degree-level qualifications: 33% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 33% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 17% hold no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Brancaster
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 | 377 | — | 61.4 | 44% | 10% |
| Hunstanton | 4,230 | 6.5 mi | 61.3 | 44% | 12% |
| Heacham | 3,978 | 7.4 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 13% |
| Snettisham | 2,709 | 8.4 mi | 59.1 | 41% | 17% |
| Wells-next-the-Sea | 2,151 | 8.8 mi | 58.5 | 39% | 16% |
| Dersingham | 4,753 | 9.8 mi | 58.6 | 41% | 17% |
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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’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’s residents
What is the population of Brancaster?
The 2021 Census counted 377 people in Brancaster’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Brancaster?
The median age was 61.4 at the 2021 Census. 4.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 44% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Brancaster?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 4.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Brancaster?
29% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 7.7% didn’t answer.
Is Brancaster good for families?
10% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Brancaster’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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