Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 1.6% of households live in a flat or apartment in Banham
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Banham comes in at 8.1%. The village counted 919 residents and 383 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put residents with no religion at 46% here. At 25%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 87% of UK towns.
Half of Banham is over 46, older than 61% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 12%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
5.4% of adults are full-time students, a share 71% of UK towns don’t reach
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%.
By class, 31% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 26% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. For Banham, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 8.2%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bigger households than 70% of UK towns: 2.4 people each on average
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Norfolk’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Where 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, Banham has 26%. Here, 2.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
More households in detached houses than 87% of UK towns: 47%
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
Just over one in ten households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. As a reference point, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Below 64% of UK towns: 5% of residents were born outside the UK
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
98% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.2%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%).
Banham: 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 79% 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 Banham · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, Banham has 44%. Against that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.6%), Mixed or multiple (0.6%) and Indian (0.2%).
49% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 54% of UK towns don’t reach
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
At 8.7%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across England’s towns. For comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Adults who have never married account for 33%.
Among adults, 28% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Banham, 28% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 20% have no qualification at all (18%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Banham, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banham | 919 | — | 46 | 21% | 26% |
| Attleborough | 11,236 | 4.4 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 26% |
| East Harling | 2,490 | 4.5 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 25% |
| Besthorpe | 1,007 | 4.8 mi | 46 | 24% | 29% |
| Roydon (South Norfolk) | 1,117 | 5.3 mi | 52.1 | 27% | 23% |
| Diss | 9,599 | 6 mi | 46.3 | 26% | 23% |
| Dickleburgh | 1,166 | 7.3 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 33% |
| Scole | 1,037 | 7.7 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 20% |
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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.
- “Norfolk’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Norfolk (or England), summed the same way as Banham’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 Banham’s residents
What is the population of Banham?
The 2021 Census counted 919 people in Banham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Banham?
The median age was 46 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Banham?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Banham?
46% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 8% didn’t answer.
Is Banham good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Banham’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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