Photo: Stavros1 · CC BY 3.0Half of Langham is over 61.1, older than 99% of UK towns
15% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 355 residents in Langham, living in 176 households. Residents who describe themselves as White British account for 98%. At 1.7%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is lower than in 84% of UK towns.
Langham: 41% of residents are 65 or over, above 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 5.6% in Langham and 12% across England’s towns. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
Fewer full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 2.5%
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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year tops 89% of UK towns: 12%. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Langham households average 2 people, smaller than in 97% 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.
The figure for one-person households is 29% in Langham and 30% across England’s towns.
Below 99% of UK towns: 3.4% of households live in a terraced house
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 share of households in detached houses is 58%, against 21% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, households in terraced houses come to 24%. For Langham, the census puts households in flats at 2.3%. Compared with other places, households without a car or van are scarce here: 8.5%, fewer than in 89% of UK towns.
2.8% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 94% 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 its share of residents whose main language is English (100%), Langham is above 99% of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%) and in EU countries (1.1%).
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 89% of UK towns: 57%
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 Langham · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Just over a third of residents said they have no religion; across England’s towns the figure is 37%. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%.
Langham ranks below 99% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 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
10 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%. More married adults and civil partners than in 94% of UK towns: 58%. At 8.8%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns.
36% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 36% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 18% hold no qualification (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Langham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langham | 355 | — | 61.1 | 41% | 15% |
| Holt | 4,014 | 4.8 mi | 57.5 | 40% | 15% |
| Melton Constable | 1,176 | 5.4 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 27% |
| Wells-next-the-Sea | 2,151 | 5.9 mi | 58.5 | 39% | 16% |
| Briston | 1,983 | 6.2 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 22% |
| Fakenham | 8,390 | 8.6 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 21% |
| Sheringham | 7,087 | 9.2 mi | 59.3 | 40% | 17% |
| West Runton and Beeston Regis | 1,463 | 9.9 mi | 63.3 | 47% | 11% |
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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 Langham’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 Langham’s residents
What is the population of Langham?
The 2021 Census counted 355 people in Langham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Langham?
The median age was 61.1 at the 2021 Census. 5.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 41% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Langham?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 2.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Langham?
35% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Langham good for families?
15% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Langham’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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