Photo: Geoff Pick · CC BY-SA 2.0Bunwell ranks below 99% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 3.1%
One-person households: 23% here and 30% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 536 residents in 217 households. Census figures put households in flats at 1.4% in Bunwell. At 96%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is higher than in 90% of UK towns.
Bunwell is older than 89% of UK towns: a median age of 50.8
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Bunwell comes in at 25%. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.7% locally.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 2.9%
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 work; in Bunwell, 37% and 20%. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. 5.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
24% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 82% 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.
Households average 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. 4.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, a higher share than in 95% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, households with dependent children come to 29%.
Households in detached houses: 66%, a higher share than 99% 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: 8.5%, below 89% of UK towns. The share of households in detached houses across England’s towns is 21%.
More residents whose main language is English than 76% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.9%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.7%). Set beside that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Bunwell has fewer residents born outside the UK than 64% of UK towns, at 5%.
No religion: 47% of residents, a higher share than 87% 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: 96% of Bunwell · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
45% of residents describe themselves as Christian; across England’s towns the figure is 46%. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 37% across England’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.2%), Indian (0.6%) and Mixed or multiple (0.2%).
Above 89% of UK towns: 55% of adults are married or in 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 just over a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 39%. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Unpaid carers: 11% of the total.
31% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Bunwell, 31% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 18% have no qualification at all (18%).
Bunwell is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunwell | 536 | — | 50.8 | 25% | 24% |
| Besthorpe | 1,007 | 3.6 mi | 46 | 24% | 29% |
| Attleborough | 11,236 | 4.3 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 26% |
| Long Stratton | 5,218 | 5.1 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 28% |
| Wymondham | 16,334 | 5.1 mi | 43 | 21% | 29% |
| Mulbarton | 3,807 | 6.2 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 30% |
| Newton Flotman | 1,418 | 6.5 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 27% |
| Hethersett | 7,018 | 7.4 mi | 42.5 | 24% | 29% |
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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 Bunwell’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 Bunwell’s residents
What is the population of Bunwell?
The 2021 Census counted 536 people in Bunwell’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bunwell?
The median age was 50.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bunwell?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bunwell?
47% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Bunwell good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bunwell’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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