Share aged 65 and over: highest and lowest councils in East of England (2021)
North Norfolk had the highest share of residents aged 65 and over of East of England’s 45 councils in 2021, at 33.5%.
Cambridge had the lowest, at 11.4%. The middle council, Chelmsford, had 19.4%.
See it on the map| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Norfolk | 33.5% |
| 2 | Tendring | 29.6% |
| 3 | East Suffolk | 27.8% |
| 4 | Babergh | 26.6% |
| =5 | Broadland | 25.9% |
| =5 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 25.9% |
| 7 | Mid Suffolk | 25.3% |
| 8 | Castle Point | 25.2% |
| =9 | Breckland | 25.0% |
| =9 | Maldon | 25.0% |
| 11 | South Norfolk | 24.3% |
| 12 | Great Yarmouth | 24.0% |
| 13 | Rochford | 23.3% |
| 14 | Fenland | 22.8% |
| =15 | East Cambridgeshire | 20.8% |
| =15 | West Suffolk | 20.8% |
| 17 | Braintree | 20.4% |
| =18 | Brentwood | 20.2% |
| =18 | Huntingdonshire | 20.2% |
| =18 | Uttlesford | 20.2% |
| 21 | South Cambridgeshire | 19.6% |
| 22 | Epping Forest | 19.5% |
| =23 | Chelmsford | 19.4% |
| =23 | North Hertfordshire | 19.4% |
| 25 | Southend-on-Sea | 19.1% |
| 26 | East Hertfordshire | 18.2% |
| 27 | Three Rivers | 18.1% |
| 28 | Central Bedfordshire | 18.0% |
| 29 | Colchester | 17.8% |
| 30 | Hertsmere | 17.7% |
| =31 | Broxbourne | 17.4% |
| =31 | Dacorum | 17.4% |
| 33 | St Albans | 17.2% |
| 34 | Basildon | 17.0% |
| 35 | Bedford | 16.7% |
| 36 | Ipswich | 16.5% |
| 37 | Welwyn Hatfield | 15.7% |
| 38 | Stevenage | 15.1% |
| 39 | Norwich | 14.9% |
| 40 | Harlow | 14.6% |
| 41 | Peterborough | 14.2% |
| 42 | Thurrock | 13.6% |
| 43 | Watford | 12.6% |
| 44 | Luton | 11.7% |
| 45 | Cambridge | 11.4% |