Photo: Tim Glover · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Ludham is over 60.1, older than 99% of UK towns
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 97%, against 73% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census Ludham was home to 988 people in 470 households. The census found that 17% of households have dependent children in the village. Compared with other places, households in detached houses are common here: 53%, more than in 92% of UK towns.
Above 99% of UK towns: 42% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
70–74 is the most common age band: just over one in ten residents, 2.3 times the share across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Across Ludham, 6.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Full-time students: 3.5%, a lower share than 94% 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%.
By class, 30% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Locally, 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 96% 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.
Where 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, Ludham has 1.5%. Still, 34% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 81% of UK towns.
8.5% of households live in a terraced house, below 92% 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
4.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. On the census count, 10% of households have no car or van. By way of comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Ludham sits below 82% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (3.6%)
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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%). The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%. Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 98%, more than in 69% of UK towns.
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 79% of UK towns: 55%
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: 97% of Ludham · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion are about as common here as across England’s towns: 37%. By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married: 22%, a lower share than 98% 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
Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%; Ludham has 54%. As a yardstick, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 50 hours or more a week, 30 people give unpaid care.
Degree-level qualifications reach 26% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Ludham counts 26% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 22% have no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of Ludham has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ludham | 988 | — | 60.1 | 42% | 17% |
| Sutton | 1,026 | 3.5 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 25% |
| Martham | 3,633 | 4.1 mi | 50.4 | 29% | 24% |
| Stalham | 3,383 | 4.2 mi | 49 | 29% | 20% |
| Acle | 2,268 | 4.9 mi | 54 | 34% | 18% |
| Hoveton and Wroxham | 3,620 | 5.1 mi | 56.4 | 38% | 19% |
| Salhouse | 1,431 | 5.6 mi | 52.8 | 31% | 22% |
| Blofield Heath | 1,430 | 5.7 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 23% |
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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 Ludham’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 Ludham’s residents
What is the population of Ludham?
The 2021 Census counted 988 people in Ludham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ludham?
The median age was 60.1 at the 2021 Census. 6.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 42% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ludham?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ludham?
37% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 7.5% didn’t answer.
Is Ludham good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ludham’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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