Photo: Michael Garlick · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 99% of UK towns: half of Mundesley is over 58.7
Set against 29% across England’s towns, 15% of households have dependent children in Mundesley. The census found that a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership locally. More households in detached houses than in 85% of UK towns: 45%. At the 2021 Census Mundesley was home to 2,777 people in 1,386 households.
What the Census says about Mundesley’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Mundesley’s residents are under 58.7 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 40% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Since 2011, Mundesley has changed by +3%, slower than 71% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Mundesley’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 2,700 people in 2011; 2,800 in 2024.
The 65 and over age group moved most (+15%); the 45 to 64 group moved least (−9%). In one year, mid-2016 to mid-2017, the population rose by 80, the most of any year.
Residents aged 65 and over: 40%, a higher share than 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up 7.5% of residents, against 12% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Mundesley, 58.7. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
A lower share of full-time students than 90% of UK towns, at 3.8%
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%.
9.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier (England’s towns: 11%). The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
Mundesley sits above 98% of UK towns for one-person households (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.
4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, against 2.8% in Mundesley. Average household size: 2 people. For one-person households, the comparison across England’s towns is 30%.
More households without a car or van than 60% of UK towns: 17%
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
On the census count, 11% of households live in a flat or apartment. Every 6th household or so has no car or van. Still, the share of households in terraced houses is 20%, against 24% across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 69% of UK towns: 4.6%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%; Mundesley has 98%. The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%).
96% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 85% 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 Mundesley · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Mundesley, 53% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. For comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.3%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and African (0.3%). On residents with no religion, Mundesley sits lower than 61% of UK towns: 39%.
In Mundesley, 11% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 89% 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
Compared with 44% across England’s towns, 49% of adults are married or in a civil partnership here. The share of unpaid carers across England’s towns is 8.7%. Some 103 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 24%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Mundesley’s adults: 24% with a degree-level qualification and 23% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people: this is the 12th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Keele (20.6) and the oldest West Chiltington (63.1). Nearest to Mundesley in age: Settle (58.2), Bakewell (58.2), Saundersfoot (58.7) and Snettisham (59.1).
Mundesley sits below 1 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mundesley | 2,777 | — | 58.7 | 40% | 15% |
| North Walsham | 12,829 | 4.4 mi | 50.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Cromer | 7,522 | 6.1 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 16% |
| Stalham | 3,383 | 8.5 mi | 49 | 29% | 20% |
| Badersfield | 1,490 | 9 mi | 37.9 | 12% | 40% |
| West Runton and Beeston Regis | 1,463 | 9.3 mi | 63.3 | 47% | 11% |
| Sutton | 1,026 | 9.3 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 25% |
| Aylsham | 7,183 | 9.6 mi | 49.9 | 31% | 25% |
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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 Mundesley’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Mundesley’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 2,777 people in 2021, against 2,777 in the built-up area.
- 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 Mundesley’s residents
What is the population of Mundesley?
The 2021 Census counted 2,777 people in Mundesley’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 2,800 people in mid-2024, 3% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Mundesley?
The median age was 58.7 at the 2021 Census, older than 99% of UK towns. 7.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 40% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Mundesley?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 4.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Mundesley?
39% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Mundesley good for families?
15% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Mundesley’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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