Photo: Bernd Jatzwauk Pommes104 · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 51.8: Gresham is older than 91% of UK towns
The figure for households in detached houses is 55% in Gresham and 21% across England’s towns. Still, on households without a car or van, Gresham sits lower than 99% of UK towns: 4.2%. The village is home to 451 residents in 192 households, by the 2021 Census. The census found that 23% of households have dependent children here.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 90% of UK towns: 8.2%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 10% of residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. Higher than in 84% of UK towns: 28% of residents are 65 or over. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 2.9%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 38% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 22% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 8.7% in Gresham.
26% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 83% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 2.6%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Households in flats: 1%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Gresham comes in at 5.7%. For comparison, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Only 2% of residents were born outside the UK in Gresham
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 EU countries (0.7%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%). 100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% of UK towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
95% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 73% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Gresham · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 37% across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Gresham comes in at 44%. Here, 47% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Below 74% of UK towns: 29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 21 people. 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a higher share than in 73% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 8.6%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Gresham’s adults: 36% with a degree-level qualification and 13% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Gresham sits below 4 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gresham | 451 | — | 51.8 | 28% | 23% |
| West Runton and Beeston Regis | 1,463 | 2.6 mi | 63.3 | 47% | 11% |
| Sheringham | 7,087 | 2.8 mi | 59.3 | 40% | 17% |
| Cromer | 7,522 | 4 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 16% |
| Holt | 4,014 | 5 mi | 57.5 | 40% | 15% |
| Briston | 1,983 | 7.3 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 22% |
| Aylsham | 7,183 | 7.5 mi | 49.9 | 31% | 25% |
| Melton Constable | 1,176 | 8 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 27% |
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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 Gresham’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 Gresham’s residents
What is the population of Gresham?
The 2021 Census counted 451 people in Gresham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Gresham?
The median age was 51.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Gresham?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Gresham?
44% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.5% didn’t answer.
Is Gresham good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Gresham’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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