Hunstanton grades D overall against UK towns: better than 12% of UK towns, and #37 of 51 in Norfolk. Its strongest subject is walkability (A): 25% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest is jobs & income (D−): mean household income £42,447; 3.8% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. The median home sold for £268,000 in the last three years, 5.7 times what households in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk council area earn in a year.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Hunstanton is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hunstanton.
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Hunstanton than in Norfolk’s towns or England’s towns: 9.4% are under 15
Half the people of Hunstanton are older than 61.3. 44% of residents are 65 or over, above Norfolk’s towns (24%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. People aged 15 to 24 are 6.7% of the population.
61.3median age
HunstantonNorfolkEngland
Ages · share of residents
44%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications26%
Apprenticeship7%
A levels or similar13%
Degree level21%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenEnglandMen
About 87 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.
ONS Census 2021 · Norfolk and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
SchoolsC+
Exam results at Hunstanton’s schools trail 63% of towns in England
Attainment 8 at the one secondary school within 3 km averages 41.3, and just over two in five pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths. There is one school here; it is shown below. Key Stage 2 results at the 2 primary schools within 3 km: 62% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
Department for Education · GIAS, Key Stage 2 and GCSE resultsThe Schools page →
Work & commuteJobs & income grade D−
Hunstanton is more walkable than nine in ten UK towns
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 22% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Working mainly from home: just over a fifth of workers, below both Norfolk’s towns (25%) and England’s towns (31%). Work in town: 28% of resident commuters. There are 1.3 jobs in Hunstanton for each resident in work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
HousingCost of living grade C−
Hunstanton earns a C− for cost of living grade
Owners make up two thirds of households, above both Norfolk’s towns (64%) and England’s towns (61%). 13% of households live in social housing. Private rents average £941 a month across the King's Lynn and West Norfolk council area.
£268Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Hunstanton£268K
Typical UK town£277K
By type
Median
Sales
Detached
£340,000
99
Semi-detached
£275,000
53
Terraced
£258,373
37
Flat or maisonette
£185,000
93
67%
of households own their home · England 61%
20%
rent privately · England 21%
£941
average private rent a month, King's Lynn and West Norfolk council area
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Health
Bad health is more common in Hunstanton than in Norfolk’s towns or across England’s towns: 8.5% of residents
Asked at the census, 69% of residents of Hunstanton said they were in good or very good health. Seeing a GP means leaving Hunstanton: the nearest practice is 1.8 miles away. A disability affects 28% of people locally. Men in Hunstanton can expect to live to 79.6, women to 81.8 (2019–23).
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · No age adjustment applies to these census answers, which flatter younger towns; the Health Grade’s measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them, do allow for age.
Safety
Violent crime runs high in Hunstanton: 32.5 per 1,000 residents a year, above Norfolk’s towns and England’s towns
A year of reports to August 2026 adds up to 273 offences in Hunstanton and 36 cases of nuisance behaviour. Of all the crimes, 49% were violence and sexual offences. Burglary and damage came to 8.8 per 1,000 residents a year, between Norfolk’s towns (6) and England’s towns (9.4).
32.5violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearCSafety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 31% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: more crime than most for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
More crimeLess crime
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual134
Damage & arson43
Other theft28
Public order22
Shoplifting15
Drugs8
Burglary6
Other crime6
Anti-social36
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
32.5
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
8.8
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
8.1
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
History
Old homes shape Hunstanton: 28% were built before 1919, more than in Norfolk’s towns and across England’s towns
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Conservation areas cover 17% of Hunstanton’s land, above both Norfolk’s towns (5%) and England’s towns (7%). This Norfolk town counts 9 listed buildings on the national list (Historic England): 2 Grade II*. Per 10,000 residents, Hunstanton counts 21 listed buildings.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
About Hunstanton
Town in Norfolk, England
Hunstanton is a built-up area of 4,230 people, in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Population
4,230 (Census 2021)
Council
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
County
Norfolk
Region
East of England
Area
1 sq mi (2.6 km²)
ONS code
E63002018
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
