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49.3Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021 & mid-year estimates

Households in flats make up 0.9% in Bromham, less than in 99% of UK towns

In Bromham, 9.4% of households have no car or van, beside 24% across England’s towns. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 58% here. Half of the town’s residents are over 49.3, older than in just over four in five UK towns. There were 1,963 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 4,652 residents.

+1%people since 2011 27%aged 65 or over 8.5%born abroad 1,963households

Population since 2011

From 2011 to 2024, 80% of UK towns grew faster than Bromham: +1%

ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Bromham’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.

People, mid-2011 = 100

BromhamEnglandAll of Bedfordshire

Change by age, 2011 to 2024

BromhamEngland

0 to 15−18%

16 to 29+14%

30 to 44−5%

45 to 64−10%

65 and over+33%

About 4,700 people in 2011; 4,700 in 2024.

The 65 and over age group changed most (+33%) and the 0 to 15 least (−18%). The largest rise in a single year came from mid-2023 to mid-2024: 90 people.

Ages

27% of Bromham is 65 or over, a higher share than 79% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

BromhamEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

No age band is larger than 50–54: 7.9% of residents. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. On residents aged 15 to 24, Bromham sits higher than 61% of UK towns: 10%. In Caddington, the oldest of Bedfordshire’s towns by this measure, it is 28%.

Median age of UK towns of 2,500+

2535455565

■ Bromham, 49.3. The typical town is 44.4.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1516%

15 to 2410%

25 to 4419%

45 to 6429%

65 and over27%

BromhamBedfordshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

Bromham

England

WomenMen

About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Bromham ranks below 75% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 7.5%

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

Full-time students4.9%

Higher managerial and professional20%

Lower managerial and professional27%

Intermediate14%

Small employers and self-employed10%

Supervisory and technical4.5%

Semi-routine7.9%

Routine6.9%

Never worked or long-term unemployed4.4%

BromhamBedfordshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Bromham

7.6%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

347

residents, 7.5%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.6× England’s share

Managerial and professional jobs account for 47% of Bromham’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 15%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Against that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. For Bromham, the census puts full-time students at 4.9%.

Households

One-person households: 26%, a lower share than 78% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 17%Living alone, under 66 9.1%Families with dependent children 27%Couples and families, no young children 45%Shared houses and other 2%

Against Bedfordshire’s towns and England’s towns

Bromham

Bedfordshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person26%

2 people38%

3 people14%

4 people16%

5 or more5.7%

England’s towns.

2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home (England’s towns: 4.3%). The benchmark for one-person households across England’s towns: 30%. There are 2.4 people in the average household.

Homes & cars

Only 8.7% of households live in a terraced house in Bromham

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Bromham

Bedfordshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van9.4%

One35%

Two38%

Three or more17%

BromhamBedfordshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%; Bromham has 52%. The wider picture: 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.

Where people were born

Bromham ranks above 67% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 8.5%

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 30%

Bromham

8.5%

Bedfordshire’s towns

23%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

When those born abroad arrived

BromhamEngland’s towns

Before 19711971–801981–901991–20002001–102011–132014–162017–192020–21

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language98%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well2.3%

Another main language, little or no English0.2%

BromhamBedfordshire’s townsEngland’s towns

By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3.6%) and in Africa (1.9%). To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The share of residents whose main language is English is 98%, against 90% across England’s towns.

Ethnicity & religion

33% said they have no religion, fewer than in 87% 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

BromhamBedfordshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White5.6%

Asian4.5%

Mixed2.9%

Black1.5%

Other0.3%

0%10%20%

White British, not charted: 85% of Bromham · Bedfordshire’s towns 61% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

BromhamBedfordshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion33%

Christian56%

Muslim1.9%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist2.8%

Other religion0.6%

Didn’t answer5.3%

0%35%70%

85% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian stands at 56%.

Relationships & caring

Fewer adults who have never married than 94% of UK towns: 24%

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership24%

Married or civil partnership58%

Separated1.5%

Divorced8.9%

Widowed7.4%

BromhamBedfordshire’s townsEngland’s towns

421residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 9.4%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.9%

20 to 49 hours1.5%

50 hours or more2.1%

For 92 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Set beside that, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. There is little gap on unpaid carers: 9.4%, about the same as across England’s towns.

Qualifications

Degree-level qualifications: 40% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications12%

Apprenticeship5.5%

A levels or similar17%

Degree level40%

BromhamBedfordshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Degree-level qualifications are held by 40% of Bromham’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 12% have no qualification (18%).

Towns its size

Among 695 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000 people, the 196th oldest

Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.

Bromham 49.3

BailriggSutton on Sea and TrusthorpeLeonard Stanley and King's Stanley

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Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe the oldest (64.7). Nearest to Bromham in age: Newton and Blackwell (49.3), Kingsbury (49.3), Lower Nazeing (49.3) and Purton (49.3).

Neighbours

Every nearby town is younger than Bromham

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

Great DenhamOakleyClaphamKempstonBedfordWoottonHarroldBromham

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Bromham	4,652	—	49.3	27%	27%
Great Denham	4,363	1.8 mi	31.7	3.9%	47%
Oakley	2,507	1.8 mi	45.1	23%	34%
Clapham	4,502	1.9 mi	43.2	20%	31%
Kempston	22,779	2.7 mi	39	16%	32%
Bedford	97,226	3.2 mi	38.4	15%	31%
Wootton	7,567	3.6 mi	36.6	15%	39%
Harrold	1,668	4.9 mi	47.6	20%	29%

More about Bromham’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

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How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

“Bedfordshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Bedfordshire (or England), summed the same way as Bromham’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. Bromham’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 4,588 people in 2021, against 4,652 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 Bromham’s residents

What is the population of Bromham?

The 2021 Census counted 4,652 people in Bromham’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 4,700 people in mid-2024, about as many as in 2011.

What is the average age in Bromham?

The median age was 49.3 at the 2021 Census, older than 82% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Bromham?

85% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 61% across Bedfordshire’s towns. 8.5% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Bromham?

33% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.9% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.

Is Bromham good for families?

27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bromham’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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