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54.7Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

A median age of 54.7: Litcham is older than 96% of UK towns

Nearly a fifth of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 439 people lived in Litcham, in 197 households. Shared households of unrelated adults: 0.5% of the total. On married adults and civil partners, Litcham sits higher than 97% of UK towns: 59%.

33%aged 65 or over 5%born abroad 197households

Ages

A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns, at 6.9%

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

LitchamEngland’s towns

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

The largest age band is 70–74: one in ten residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents aged 65 and over: 33% here, more than in 96% of UK towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1513%

15 to 246.9%

25 to 4418%

45 to 6429%

65 and over33%

LitchamNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

Litcham

England

WomenMen

About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

2.1% 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

Full-time students2.1%

Higher managerial and professional14%

Lower managerial and professional20%

Intermediate13%

Small employers and self-employed17%

Supervisory and technical5.9%

Semi-routine12%

Routine9.4%

Never worked or long-term unemployed7%

LitchamNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

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

Litcham

10%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 9.8%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.5× England’s share

Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Litcham has 33% and 21%. Residents who moved in within the year are more common here than in 71% of UK towns. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.

Households

Households here average 2.2 people, below 71% of UK towns

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

Living alone, 66+ 18%Living alone, under 66 12%Families with dependent children 19%Couples and families, no young children 51%Shared houses and other 0.5%

Against Norfolk’s towns and England’s towns

Litcham

Norfolk’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person31%

2 people40%

3 people13%

4 people12%

5 or more4%

England’s towns.

Fewer one-person households than in 54% of UK towns: 29%.

Homes & cars

51% of households live in a detached house, a share 90% of UK towns don’t reach

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

Type of home

Litcham

Norfolk’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van11%

One40%

Two31%

Three or more19%

LitchamNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Set against 24% across England’s towns, 11% of households have no car or van in Litcham. In Litcham, 18% of households live in a terraced house. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Against that, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.

Where people were born

Litcham sits above 90% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (99%)

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%

Litcham

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 language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.7%

Another main language, little or no English0.2%

LitchamNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.7%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.9%). At 5%, the share of residents born outside the UK is lower than in 64% of UK towns.

Ethnicity & religion

Litcham ranks above 91% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 96%

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

LitchamNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White2.1%

Asian0.7%

Mixed0.5%

Black0.5%

Other0%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 96% of Litcham · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

LitchamNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion41%

Christian54%

Muslim0.2%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.7%

Other religion0.2%

Didn’t answer4.3%

0%30%60%

The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (2.1%), Mixed or multiple (0.5%) and Pakistani (0.2%). Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White British come to 73%. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as Christian: 54% here, more than in 76% of UK towns. Meanwhile, the share of residents with no religion trails 53% of UK towns: 41%.

Relationships & caring

Below 99% of UK towns: 22% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership22%

Married or civil partnership59%

Separated1.6%

Divorced11%

Widowed7.5%

LitchamNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

43residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 10%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.2%

20 to 49 hours0.7%

50 hours or more4.2%

Here one in ten residents give unpaid care, where the figure across England’s towns is 8.7%. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 18. The share of adults who have never married across England’s towns is 39%.

Qualifications

Among adults, 34% hold a degree-level qualification

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications18%

Apprenticeship4.8%

A levels or similar17%

Degree level34%

LitchamNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

At degree level, Litcham counts 34% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 18% have no qualification (18%).

Neighbours

Litcham is younger than 2 of its 7 nearest neighbours

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

NectonNorth ElmhamSwaffhamDerehamShipdhamAshillFakenhamLitcham

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Litcham	439	—	54.7	33%	19%
Necton	1,742	5.3 mi	57.3	38%	19%
North Elmham	1,172	6.6 mi	53.5	32%	22%
Swaffham	8,434	7 mi	51.9	33%	21%
Dereham	20,788	7.1 mi	44.7	24%	27%
Shipdham	2,459	7.9 mi	48.6	28%	25%
Ashill	1,252	8 mi	57.6	39%	17%
Fakenham	8,390	8 mi	49.4	29%	21%

More about Litcham’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 Litcham’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 Litcham’s residents

What is the population of Litcham?

The 2021 Census counted 439 people in Litcham’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Litcham?

The median age was 54.7 at the 2021 Census. 6.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Litcham?

96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 5% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Litcham?

41% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.

Is Litcham good for families?

19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Litcham’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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