Photo: Adrian S Pye · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Binham is over 56.7, older than 98% of UK towns
Here 17% of households have dependent children, where the figure across England’s towns is 29%. Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 97% of UK towns. 320 residents in 150 households: that is Binham at the 2021 Census. Locally, 58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 4.8%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 60–64: 11% of residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 33%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
Binham ranks below 99% of UK towns on full-time students: 1.5%
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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Binham has 29% and 25%. 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns: 0.7%
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.
A household here has 2.2 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. The comparison figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3% across England’s towns. The share of one-person households stands at 26%.
Binham sits below 91% of UK towns for households in flats (3.4%)
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
Nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 16% in Binham. The benchmark for households in flats across England’s towns: 23%. In Binham, 45% of households live in a detached house.
Only 3.5% of residents were born outside the UK in Binham
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 the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.3%) or in EU countries (0.9%). Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. More residents whose main language is English than in 88% of UK towns: 99%.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 97%, a higher share than 98% 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: 97% of Binham · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 59%, against 46% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White British come to 73%. In Binham, 35% of residents said they have no religion.
Binham ranks above 98% of UK towns on unpaid carers: 12%
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
With adults who have never married at 24%, Binham is behind 96% of UK towns on that count. The wider picture: 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 14.
34% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Binham’s adults: 34% with a degree-level qualification and 16% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Binham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binham | 320 | — | 56.7 | 33% | 17% |
| Wells-next-the-Sea | 2,151 | 4.7 mi | 58.5 | 39% | 16% |
| Melton Constable | 1,176 | 5.6 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 27% |
| Holt | 4,014 | 6.3 mi | 57.5 | 40% | 15% |
| Briston | 1,983 | 6.5 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 22% |
| Fakenham | 8,390 | 6.9 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 21% |
| Foulsham | 1,025 | 9.7 mi | 48.5 | 23% | 23% |
| Sheringham | 7,087 | 11.1 mi | 59.3 | 40% | 17% |
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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 Binham’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 Binham’s residents
What is the population of Binham?
The 2021 Census counted 320 people in Binham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Binham?
The median age was 56.7 at the 2021 Census. 4.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Binham?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Binham?
35% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Binham good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Binham’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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