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55.1Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

A median age of 55.1: Bradenham is older than 97% of UK towns

Compared with 8.7% across England’s towns, 13% of residents give unpaid care here. On the census count, just over a fifth of households are one person living alone. Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 98% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Bradenham was home to 411 people in 179 households.

30%aged 65 or over 3.9%born abroad 179households

Ages

Bradenham sits above 90% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (30%)

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

BradenhamEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

60–64 is the most common age band: 11% of residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 8.6% here, fewer than in 84% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1513%

15 to 248.6%

25 to 4416%

45 to 6433%

65 and over30%

BradenhamNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

Bradenham

England

WomenMen

About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Only 3.7% of adults are full-time students in Bradenham

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

Full-time students3.7%

Higher managerial and professional9.6%

Lower managerial and professional19%

Intermediate11%

Small employers and self-employed19%

Supervisory and technical5.3%

Semi-routine15%

Routine12%

Never worked or long-term unemployed6.2%

BradenhamNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Bradenham

6.1%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 6.1%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.3× England’s share

Managerial and professional jobs account for 28% of Bradenham’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 26%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 6.1% locally. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.

Households

21% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 91% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 15%Living alone, under 66 6.1%Families with dependent children 21%Couples and families, no young children 55%Shared houses and other 2.8%

Against Norfolk’s towns and England’s towns

Bradenham

Norfolk’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person20%

2 people46%

3 people20%

4 people9.4%

5 or more3.3%

England’s towns.

Shared households of unrelated adults make up 2.8%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, households with dependent children come to 29%.

Homes & cars

A smaller share of households without a car or van than 96% of UK towns: 6.6%

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Bradenham

Norfolk’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van6.6%

One36%

Two38%

Three or more19%

BradenhamNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Detached houses are home to 55% of households, against 21% across England’s towns. On the census count, 7.8% of households live in a terraced house. Every 15th household or so has no car or van.

Where people were born

Residents born outside the UK make up 3.9% in Bradenham, less than in 79% 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%

Bradenham

3.9%

Norfolk’s towns

10%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language98%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well1.7%

Another main language, little or no English0%

BradenhamNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

98% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.5%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%.

Ethnicity & religion

Bradenham sits above 71% of UK towns for residents with no religion (44%)

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

BradenhamNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White2%

Asian0.2%

Mixed0.2%

Black0%

Other0.2%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 97% of Bradenham · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

BradenhamNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion44%

Christian48%

Muslim0.2%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.7%

Other religion1.2%

Didn’t answer5.6%

0%30%60%

The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian trails 60% of UK towns: 48%. The benchmark for residents with no religion across England’s towns: 37%.

Relationships & caring

Adults who have never married make up 24% in Bradenham, less than in 96% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership24%

Married or civil partnership54%

Separated3.1%

Divorced11%

Widowed8.5%

BradenhamNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

52residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 13%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.3%

20 to 49 hours2%

50 hours or more5.8%

Against a figure of 44% across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners in Bradenham comes in at 54%. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 23. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 39% across England’s towns.

Qualifications

Degree-level qualifications reach 22% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications24%

Apprenticeship9%

A levels or similar14%

Degree level22%

BradenhamNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Bradenham’s adults: 22% with a degree-level qualification and 24% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.

Neighbours

Older than Bradenham: 3 of the 7 towns nearby

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

ShipdhamNectonAshillSaham ToneyDerehamWattonGristonBradenham

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Bradenham	411	—	55.1	30%	21%
Shipdham	2,459	2.5 mi	48.6	28%	25%
Necton	1,742	2.7 mi	57.3	38%	19%
Ashill	1,252	3.2 mi	57.6	39%	17%
Saham Toney	1,287	4 mi	57.5	37%	15%
Dereham	20,788	4.9 mi	44.7	24%	27%
Watton	11,549	4.9 mi	43.1	24%	25%
Griston	1,361	6.2 mi	37.5	12%	30%

More about Bradenham’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Bradenham’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 Bradenham’s residents

What is the population of Bradenham?

The 2021 Census counted 411 people in Bradenham’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Bradenham?

The median age was 55.1 at the 2021 Census. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Bradenham?

97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Bradenham?

44% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.

Is Bradenham good for families?

21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bradenham’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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