Photo: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Langham is over 54.8, older than 97% of UK towns
Here 60% of residents describe themselves as Christian, where the figure across England’s towns is 46%. Fewer households in terraced houses than in 99% of UK towns: 0.9%. Langham’s 323 households held 783 residents at the 2021 Census. Households in detached houses account for 78%.
33% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 94% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
One in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 (England’s towns: 12%). Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 77% of UK towns: 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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%.
In Langham, 6.5% of adults are full-time students, beside 7.9% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 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.
Below 97% of UK towns: 21% of households are one person living alone
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.
In Langham the average household is 2.4 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. The share of households with dependent children stands at 23%. Few places have as many shared households of unrelated adults: 5.3% here, more than in 97% of UK towns. The benchmark for one-person households across England’s towns: 30%.
6.3% of households have no car or van, below 97% 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
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment; in Langham, 2.8%. In one household in 16 there is no car or van.
Langham: 9.7% of residents were born outside the UK, above 73% 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
Residents whose main language is English: 97%, below three fifths of UK towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (3.2%).
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 93% of UK towns: 30%
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: 87% of Langham · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Muslims make up 1% of residents. 87% of residents describe themselves as White British, a lower share than in 73% of UK towns. Typically, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
In Langham, 22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 98% 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
Married adults and civil partners: 59%, above 97% of UK towns. By way of comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 9.1% of residents give unpaid care.
39% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 39% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 14% hold no qualification (18%). A levels top the qualifications of 15%, many of them students on the way to a degree.
The towns around Langham are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langham | 783 | — | 54.8 | 33% | 23% |
| Ardleigh | 1,042 | 2.1 mi | 46.9 | 23% | 26% |
| Great Horkesley | 2,232 | 3.4 mi | 42.2 | 21% | 35% |
| East Bergholt | 2,211 | 3.7 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 25% |
| Lawford | 4,488 | 4.3 mi | 43.6 | 21% | 29% |
| Colchester | 130,259 | 4.4 mi | 35.9 | 15% | 31% |
| West Bergholt | 3,175 | 4.7 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 28% |
| Elmstead Market | 1,767 | 4.8 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 25% |
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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.
- “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 Langham’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 Langham’s residents
What is the population of Langham?
The 2021 Census counted 783 people in Langham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Langham?
The median age was 54.8 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Langham?
87% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 9.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Langham?
30% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Langham good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Langham’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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