Photo: Peter Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 61.5: Walberswick is older than 99% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house; in Walberswick, 65%. At the 2021 Census, 346 people lived locally, in 177 households. For Walberswick, the census puts households in terraced houses at 6.8%. More married adults and civil partners than in 96% of UK towns: 58%.
43% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 75–79: 13% of residents, 3.6 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 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.
Below 85% of UK towns: 4% of adults are full-time students
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%.
Compared with 11% across England’s towns, 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
In Walberswick, 14% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 99% 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 average 2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Higher than in 84% of UK towns: 34% of households are one person living alone. The usual figure: 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. In Walberswick, 2.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Households in flats: 0.6%, a lower share than 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
8% of households have no car or van; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. The comparison figure for households in flats is 23% across England’s towns.
Walberswick ranks above 79% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 11%
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 largest groups were born in EU countries (3.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (3.7%). At 99%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 72% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 90%, a lower share than 61% 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: 90% of Walberswick · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (4.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Indian (0.6%). Just over half of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 60% of UK towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 73% across England’s towns. By its share of residents with no religion (38%), Walberswick is below 67% of UK towns.
Adults who have never married make up 20% in Walberswick, less than in 99% 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
Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns: 8.6%. 12 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. As a reference point, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
49% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Walberswick’s adults: 49% with a degree-level qualification and 11% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Every neighbour of Walberswick has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walberswick | 346 | — | 61.5 | 43% | 14% |
| Reydon | 2,369 | 1.8 mi | 59.2 | 40% | 17% |
| Halesworth | 4,924 | 6.4 mi | 54 | 35% | 18% |
| Kessingland | 4,242 | 7.8 mi | 55 | 34% | 18% |
| Leiston | 5,919 | 8.2 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 22% |
| Worlingham | 3,618 | 9.6 mi | 50.1 | 29% | 24% |
| Saxmundham | 4,778 | 9.7 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Beccles | 9,807 | 10 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 22% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “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 Walberswick’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 Walberswick’s residents
What is the population of Walberswick?
The 2021 Census counted 346 people in Walberswick’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Walberswick?
The median age was 61.5 at the 2021 Census. 4.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 43% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Walberswick?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Walberswick?
38% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.3% didn’t answer.
Is Walberswick good for families?
14% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Walberswick’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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