Photo: Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 89% of UK towns: half of Brundall is over 51
The share of shared households of unrelated adults is 2%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Brundall counted 4,378 residents and 1,952 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 3.1% of households live in a flat or apartment. 57% of households live in a detached house, more than in 95% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Brundall’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Brundall’s residents are under 51 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 30% 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 15 to 24: 7.4%, a lower share than 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (30%), Brundall is above 92% of UK towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The largest age band is 55–59: 7.6% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Brundall, 51. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Only 3.5% of adults are full-time students in Brundall
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%.
Compared with 11% across England’s towns, 8.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Only 24% of households have dependent children in Brundall
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.
By its share of one-person households (29%), Brundall is below just over three fifths of UK towns. Each household has 2.2 people on average.
A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 86% of UK towns: 11%
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
The share of households without a car or van trails 79% of UK towns: 11%. On average, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Brundall sits above 65% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (98%)
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.5%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.9%). The wider picture: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Higher than in 51% of UK towns: 6.4% of residents were born outside the UK. Where 21% of those born abroad across England’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 12%.
42% of residents said they have no religion, a share 60% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 93% of Brundall · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and Indian (0.6%). Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 93% here, more than in 58% of UK towns. To put it in context, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Against a figure of 46% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian in Brundall comes in at 50%.
Below 93% of UK towns: 25% 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
Here 53% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 44%. Against that, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 98 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week.
34% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Brundall counts 34% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 15% have no qualification (18%).
695 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000 people: this is the 120th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 18.9 in Bailrigg to 64.7 in Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe. Nearest to Brundall in age: Meols (51), Brinsley and Underwood (51), Old Basing (51) and Burry Port (51).
Brundall sits below 3 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brundall | 4,378 | — | 51 | 30% | 24% |
| Blofield | 2,667 | 1 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 29% |
| Little Plumstead | 1,915 | 1.8 mi | 37.5 | 16% | 36% |
| Blofield Heath | 1,430 | 1.9 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 23% |
| Lingwood | 2,368 | 2.4 mi | 48.4 | 27% | 25% |
| Thorpe End | 1,173 | 3.4 mi | 53.2 | 29% | 23% |
| Rackheath | 1,761 | 3.6 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 33% |
| Salhouse | 1,431 | 3.7 mi | 52.8 | 31% | 22% |
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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 Brundall’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 Brundall’s residents
What is the population of Brundall?
The 2021 Census counted 4,378 people in Brundall’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Brundall?
The median age was 51 at the 2021 Census, older than 89% of UK towns. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Brundall?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 6.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Brundall?
42% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Brundall good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Brundall’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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