Photo: Bernd Jatzwauk Pommes104 · CC BY-SA 3.0Beachamwell is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 59.6
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 4.3% of households have no car or van here. The share of one-person households stands at 17%. Beachamwell has more households in detached houses than 92% of UK towns, at 53%. In 2021, the Census found 353 residents here, living in 159 households.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 38% in Beachamwell, more than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Beachamwell, 5.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24, beside 12% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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 99% of UK towns: 2.2% of adults are full-time students
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%.
With residents who moved in within the year at 7.9%, Beachamwell is behind two thirds of UK towns on that count. Managerial and professional jobs take in just over a third of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 24% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%).
Fewer households with dependent children than 99% of UK towns: 15%
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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Beachamwell, 2.2. Locally, 4.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Typically, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Only 0.6% of households live in a flat or apartment in Beachamwell
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
The figure for households in terraced houses is 4.4% in Beachamwell and 24% across England’s towns. As a reference point, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 98% of UK towns: 2.3%
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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (0.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%). Residents whose main language is English are more common here than in 99% of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 99% of UK towns, at 98%
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: 98% of Beachamwell · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents with no religion at 31%, Beachamwell is behind 91% of UK towns on that count. The wider picture: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. The census found that just over three in five residents describe themselves as Christian here.
Fewer adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns: 21%
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
Some 12 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are common here: 58%, more than in 95% of UK towns. The wider picture: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. On unpaid carers, 8.4% here is much the same as across England’s towns.
30% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 30% of its adults qualified to degree level, Beachamwell compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 26% hold no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of Beachamwell has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beachamwell | 353 | — | 59.6 | 38% | 15% |
| Marham | 2,608 | 3.4 mi | 30.1 | 9.8% | 39% |
| Narborough | 1,362 | 4.5 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 23% |
| Stoke Ferry | 1,191 | 4.6 mi | 51.8 | 27% | 21% |
| Swaffham | 8,434 | 4.7 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 21% |
| Methwold | 1,044 | 6.8 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 28% |
| Mundford | 1,563 | 7.9 mi | 50.7 | 26% | 24% |
| Necton | 1,742 | 8.2 mi | 57.3 | 38% | 19% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “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 Beachamwell’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 Beachamwell’s residents
What is the population of Beachamwell?
The 2021 Census counted 353 people in Beachamwell’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Beachamwell?
The median age was 59.6 at the 2021 Census. 5.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 38% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Beachamwell?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 2.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Beachamwell?
31% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.
Is Beachamwell good for families?
15% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Beachamwell’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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