Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 53.3: Fincham is older than 94% of UK towns
20% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. Fewer adults who have never married than in 96% of UK towns: 24%. In 2021, the Census found 513 residents in Fincham, living in 236 households. For Fincham, the census puts households in flats at 0.4%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.2% in Fincham, less than in 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, against 31% in Fincham. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Fincham, 3% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
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%.
In Fincham, two in five adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 22% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. On the census count, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fincham households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 80% of UK towns
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, 30% of households are one person living alone; in Fincham, 28%. On top of that, the village has fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 63% of UK towns, at 2.1%.
Only 6.4% of households in Fincham have no car or van
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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%; Fincham has 9.3%. Few places have as many households in detached houses: 54% here, more than in 93% of UK towns. About one household in 16 lives without a car or van.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Fincham, more than in 87% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3.1%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.9%). 7.2% of residents were born outside the UK, a higher share than in 58% of UK towns. Measured more widely, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
In Fincham, 44% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 71% 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: 94% of Fincham · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 94%, against 73% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (4.7%), Caribbean (0.2%) and Mixed or multiple (0.2%). Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as Christian: 50% here, more than in half of UK towns.
Married adults and civil partners: 57%, a higher share than 93% 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
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
9.8% of residents give unpaid care, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
30% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 30% of adults in Fincham (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 21% (England’s towns: 18%).
No nearby town is as old as Fincham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fincham | 513 | — | 53.3 | 31% | 20% |
| Marham | 2,608 | 2.9 mi | 30.1 | 9.8% | 39% |
| Stoke Ferry | 1,191 | 4.1 mi | 51.8 | 27% | 21% |
| Downham Market | 11,349 | 5 mi | 48.2 | 30% | 22% |
| Watlington | 2,593 | 5.1 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 28% |
| Narborough | 1,362 | 5.5 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 23% |
| West Winch | 2,828 | 6.9 mi | 50.6 | 28% | 26% |
| Methwold | 1,044 | 7.8 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 28% |
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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 Fincham’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 Fincham’s residents
What is the population of Fincham?
The 2021 Census counted 513 people in Fincham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Fincham?
The median age was 53.3 at the 2021 Census. 7.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Fincham?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 7.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Fincham?
44% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Fincham good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Fincham’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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