Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0Burgh St Peter is older than 95% of UK towns: a median age of 54
Set against 29% across England’s towns, 19% of households have dependent children in Burgh St Peter. There were 119 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 291 residents. Households in detached houses account for 71%. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are common here: 50%, more than in 94% of UK towns.
Residents aged 65 and over: 30%, a higher share than 90% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: just over one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.9% in Burgh St Peter. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
A higher share of full-time students than 64% of UK towns, at 5.1%
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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year tops nearly four fifths of UK towns: 10%. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A lower share of one-person households than 98% of UK towns, at 19%
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.
On shared households of unrelated adults, 4.2% here is much the same as across England’s towns. The average household has 2.4 people. Across England’s towns, one-person households come to 30%.
Households without a car or van make up 3.3% in Burgh St Peter, less than in 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
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 5.7% of households live in a terraced house in Burgh St Peter. The share of households in flats stands at 4.9%.
In Burgh St Peter, 100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% of UK towns
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
Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%; Burgh St Peter has 3.5%. As a reference point, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.7%) and in Africa (0.7%).
Burgh St Peter ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 98%
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: 98% of Burgh St Peter · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian; in Burgh St Peter, 45%. The wider picture: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. 1% of residents said their religion is Muslim.
57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 92% of UK towns
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
Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, against 10% in Burgh St Peter. Still, on adults who have never married, Burgh St Peter sits lower than 83% of UK towns: 27%. Across the comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 8 residents.
Among adults, 38% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 38% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 15% hold no qualification (18%).
Median age: 2 of the 7 towns around Burgh St Peter are older
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 St Peter | 291 | — | 54 | 30% | 19% |
| Worlingham | 3,618 | 3 mi | 50.1 | 29% | 24% |
| Beccles | 9,807 | 3.5 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 22% |
| Lowestoft | 71,308 | 3.9 mi | 46 | 25% | 25% |
| Thurlton | 1,145 | 4.5 mi | 49.4 | 24% | 27% |
| Corton | 1,134 | 5.2 mi | 59.2 | 39% | 14% |
| Hopton on Sea | 2,575 | 5.4 mi | 51.3 | 28% | 21% |
| Kessingland | 4,242 | 5.7 mi | 55 | 34% | 18% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 St Peter’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 St Peter’s residents
What is the population of Burgh St Peter?
The 2021 Census counted 291 people in Burgh St Peter’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Burgh St Peter?
The median age was 54 at the 2021 Census. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Burgh St Peter?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Burgh St Peter?
50% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 2.4% didn’t answer.
Is Burgh St Peter good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Burgh St Peter’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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