Photo: Bernd Jatzwauk Pommes104 · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Geldeston is over 51.7, older than 91% of UK towns
48% of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns. Geldeston counted 408 residents and 182 households at the 2021 Census. In Geldeston, 0.6% of households live in a flat or apartment. More unpaid carers than in 97% of UK towns: 12%.
Geldeston: 26% of residents are 65 or over, above 76% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 10% of residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Geldeston, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Geldeston, 13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 93% 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%.
By class, just over two in five adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 20% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Full-time students: 4.8% of the total. Across the comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Households with dependent children make up 21% in Geldeston, less than in 92% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.9%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Here, 25% of households are one person living alone. To put it in context, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 97% of UK towns, at 62%
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
12% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for households in detached houses is 21% across England’s towns. The census found that nearly one in ten households have no car or van in Geldeston.
Geldeston sits below 85% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (3.4%)
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
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, above 87% of UK towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.2%) and in EU countries (1%).
95% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 78% 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: 95% of Geldeston · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Mixed or multiple (2.2%), Other White (2%) and Indian (0.3%). Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 73% across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46% here, fewer than in just over three quarters of UK towns.
Geldeston ranks below 86% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 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
Here 53% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 44%. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 39% across England’s towns. 15 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 39%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 39% of its adults qualified to degree level, Geldeston compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 13% hold no qualification (18%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Geldeston, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geldeston | 408 | — | 51.7 | 26% | 21% |
| Beccles | 9,807 | 2.8 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 22% |
| Ditchingham | 1,997 | 2.9 mi | 51.2 | 31% | 19% |
| Bungay | 5,012 | 3.4 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 23% |
| Worlingham | 3,618 | 3.7 mi | 50.1 | 29% | 24% |
| Thurlton | 1,145 | 4.2 mi | 49.4 | 24% | 27% |
| Loddon | 2,247 | 4.4 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 26% |
| Chedgrave | 1,053 | 5 mi | 57 | 39% | 20% |
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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 Geldeston’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 Geldeston’s residents
What is the population of Geldeston?
The 2021 Census counted 408 people in Geldeston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Geldeston?
The median age was 51.7 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Geldeston?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Geldeston?
48% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Geldeston good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Geldeston’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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