Photo: Bob Crook · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.3% of households
22% of households are one person living alone (England’s towns: 30%). The 2021 Census put Blundeston’s population at 780, in 330 households. Households in detached houses account for 53%. The median age in the village is 49.9, higher than in 84% of UK towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.7% in Blundeston, less than in 82% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, more than in 76% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
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.
Only 6.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Blundeston
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%.
Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students; in Blundeston, 5.5%. For comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
In Blundeston, 1.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 91% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Suffolk’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Households with dependent children: 24% here and 29% across England’s towns. The share of shared households of unrelated adults across England’s towns is 4.3%.
Below 99% of UK towns: 3.9% of households have no car or van
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
The share of households in terraced houses is 7.6%, against 24% across England’s towns.
3.2% born outside the UK, fewer than in 88% 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
The share of residents whose main language is English is 99%, against 90% across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%). Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%.
Blundeston: 96% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 89% 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 Blundeston · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (1.5%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Indian (0.4%). Higher than in 69% of UK towns: 53% of residents describe themselves as Christian. For comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion; in Blundeston, 40%.
Blundeston ranks above 97% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 59%
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
For 19 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Just over a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a lower share than in 89% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Unpaid carers: 10% here and 8.7% across England’s towns.
27% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 27% of Blundeston’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 16% have no qualification (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Blundeston
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blundeston | 780 | — | 49.9 | 26% | 24% |
| Corton | 1,134 | 1.6 mi | 59.2 | 39% | 14% |
| Hopton on Sea | 2,575 | 1.7 mi | 51.3 | 28% | 21% |
| Lowestoft | 71,308 | 3.4 mi | 46 | 25% | 25% |
| Gorleston-on-Sea | 24,474 | 3.9 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 27% |
| Belton | 3,603 | 4 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 26% |
| Bradwell | 11,632 | 4.1 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 25% |
| Thurlton | 1,145 | 6.3 mi | 49.4 | 24% | 27% |
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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.
- “Suffolk’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Suffolk (or England), summed the same way as Blundeston’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 Blundeston’s residents
What is the population of Blundeston?
The 2021 Census counted 780 people in Blundeston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Blundeston?
The median age was 49.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Blundeston?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 3.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Blundeston?
40% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Blundeston good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Blundeston’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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