Photo: Bernd Jatzwauk Pommes104 · CC BY-SA 3.0Burgh Castle is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 58.1
Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%; Burgh Castle has 12%. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 97% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 682, in 354 households. Residents who describe themselves as White British account for 96%.
Fewer young people than 99% of UK towns: 5.7% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, Burgh Castle has 35%. The wider picture: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 2.8% in Burgh Castle, 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 21% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 33% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Residents who moved in within the year account for 6.8%. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
A larger share of one-person households than 98% of UK towns: 40%
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.
3.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home (England’s towns: 4.3%). The benchmark for one-person households across England’s towns: 30%. Households here average 1.9 people each.
Households in flats make up 5.9% in Burgh Castle, less than in 79% 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
14% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. Burgh Castle has fewer households in detached houses than 68% of UK towns, at 22%. Set beside that, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. In Burgh Castle, 18% of households live in a terraced house.
Burgh Castle ranks below 94% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 2.8%
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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%). Few places have as many residents whose main language is English: 99% here, more than in 76% of UK towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
56% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 84% 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: 96% of Burgh Castle · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
36% of residents said they have no religion (England’s towns: 37%). Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (1.8%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Pakistani (0.2%).
A higher share of unpaid carers than 97% of UK towns, at 12%
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 married adults and civil partners tops 66% of UK towns: 50%. For comparison, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 20% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
31% of Burgh Castle’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 20% have one at degree level (34%).
Burgh Castle is younger than 1 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burgh Castle | 682 | — | 58.1 | 35% | 12% |
| Belton | 3,603 | 0.5 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 26% |
| Bradwell | 11,632 | 1.5 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 25% |
| Gorleston-on-Sea | 24,474 | 2.3 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 27% |
| Hopton on Sea | 2,575 | 3.5 mi | 51.3 | 28% | 21% |
| Great Yarmouth | 28,979 | 3.6 mi | 38 | 16% | 29% |
| Freethorpe | 1,050 | 4.8 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 33% |
| Corton | 1,134 | 5.2 mi | 59.2 | 39% | 14% |
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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 Burgh Castle’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 Burgh Castle’s residents
What is the population of Burgh Castle?
The 2021 Census counted 682 people in Burgh Castle’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Burgh Castle?
The median age was 58.1 at the 2021 Census. 5.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Burgh Castle?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 2.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Burgh Castle?
36% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Burgh Castle good for families?
12% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Burgh Castle’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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