Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0Wymondham is older than 94% of UK towns: a median age of 53
Nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 2.3% in Wymondham. Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. There were 305 households in the village at the 2021 Census, home to 676 residents. In Wymondham, 26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Wymondham ranks below 91% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.2%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 28%, above 86% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 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.
Fewer full-time students than 78% of UK towns: 4.2%
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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year trails nearly three quarters of UK towns: 7.6%. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%.
23% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 87% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Leicestershire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Wymondham, 2.2. Typically, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. For Wymondham, the census puts one-person households at 26%.
More detached houses than 86% of UK towns: 47% of households
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
Locally, 20% of households live in a terraced house. 2.3% of households live in a flat, less than in 96% of UK towns; 47% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 76% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.3%) or in Africa (1.6%). The usual figure: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, against 6.5% in Wymondham.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 56% in Wymondham, more than in 86% 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: 95% of Wymondham · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 37% across England’s towns, 38% of residents said they have no religion here. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as White British at 95% in Wymondham. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns is 46%.
More married adults and civil partners than 88% of UK towns: 55%
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
By its share of unpaid carers (10%), Wymondham is above 68% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 45% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Wymondham counts 45% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 13% have no qualification (18%).
Median age: 1 of the 7 towns around Wymondham are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wymondham | 676 | — | 53 | 28% | 23% |
| Greetham | 2,807 | 4.5 mi | 27.9 | 7.8% | 45% |
| South Witham | 1,590 | 4.6 mi | 41.4 | 16% | 27% |
| Langham | 1,400 | 4.7 mi | 55.2 | 34% | 20% |
| Waltham on the Wolds | 1,034 | 4.9 mi | 51.1 | 27% | 29% |
| Barleythorpe | 1,344 | 5.4 mi | 36.2 | 11% | 46% |
| Colsterworth | 1,296 | 5.9 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 22% |
| Oakham | 12,159 | 6.1 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 24% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Leicestershire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Leicestershire (or England), summed the same way as Wymondham’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 Wymondham’s residents
What is the population of Wymondham?
The 2021 Census counted 676 people in Wymondham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wymondham?
The median age was 53 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wymondham?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 6.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wymondham?
38% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Wymondham good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wymondham’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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