Photo: Hugh Venables · CC BY-SA 2.0In Henham, 1.5% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
61% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns. One-person households are rarer here than in 98% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 1,046 residents in 408 households. Here, two thirds of households live in a detached house.
Half of Henham is over 48.1, older than 75% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Henham has 9.9%. In Henham, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year: 8%, a lower share than 65% of UK towns
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%.
Just over half of Henham’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 12% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns is 11%. Here, 4.7% of adults are full-time students.
Larger households than 94% of UK towns: 2.6 people on average
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Essex’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
31% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 3.7% in Henham.
Fewer households in flats than 97% of UK towns: 1.9%
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
6.1% of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. Across England’s towns, households in flats come to 23%.
Henham ranks above 65% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 98%
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
Compared with 18% across England’s towns, 7% of residents were born outside the UK here. As a yardstick, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.6%).
Henham sits above 68% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (53%)
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 Henham · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 73% across England’s towns, 90% of residents describe themselves as White British here. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%. The share of residents with no religion stands at 40%.
Henham ranks below 96% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 24%
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: 8.6%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. For comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 44% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 44% of Henham’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 8.4% have no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Henham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henham | 1,046 | — | 48.1 | 22% | 31% |
| Elsenham | 3,414 | 1.3 mi | 38.6 | 16% | 36% |
| Stansted Mountfitchet | 8,629 | 2.9 mi | 40.1 | 16% | 34% |
| Newport | 2,945 | 4 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 32% |
| Takeley and Little Canfield | 5,553 | 4.4 mi | 38.4 | 14% | 39% |
| Thaxted | 3,111 | 4.6 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 29% |
| Bishop's Stortford | 40,916 | 5.8 mi | 40.2 | 15% | 33% |
| Saffron Walden | 16,609 | 6.2 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 29% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Essex’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Essex (or England), summed the same way as Henham’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 Henham’s residents
What is the population of Henham?
The 2021 Census counted 1,046 people in Henham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Henham?
The median age was 48.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Henham?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Henham?
40% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Henham good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Henham’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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