Remains of Abbey of Ss Mary Barbara and Edmund · Photo: JohnArmagh · CC BY-SA 3.0Marham is younger than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 30.1
0.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census Marham was home to 2,608 people in 823 households. Across Marham, 4.2% of households have no car or van. On residents who describe themselves as White British, Marham sits higher than 76% of UK towns: 95%.
What the Census says about Marham’s people
A town of families
39% of Marham’s 823 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 98% of UK towns. 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Marham’s residents are under 30.1 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 16% are 15 to 24 and 9.8% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A town people move to
23% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 2.1 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
More with no religion than most
54% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 39% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
9.8% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 25–29 than any other five-year age: 14% of residents, 2.1 times the share across England’s towns. Locally, 16% of residents are aged 15 to 24. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Marham, 30.1. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
42% women, 58% men
About 72 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Marham is a garrison town: service personnel living in barracks count as residents.
3.3% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 97% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Marham, 40% and 17%. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. For Marham, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 23%.
A higher share of households with dependent children than 98% of UK towns, at 39%
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, the share of one-person households is 30%; Marham has 19%. Elsewhere, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. There are 2.6 people in the average household. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are scarce here: 1.9%, fewer than in 72% of UK towns.
A town of detached houses: 33% of households live in one
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
Households in terraced houses account for 20%. 0.4% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 33% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
In Marham, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 85% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.6%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2%). 6.3% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 50% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%.
Above 97% of UK towns: 54% of residents said they have no religion
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 Marham · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 39% in Marham and 46% across England’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.5%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Indian (0.4%). On average, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
A lower share of unpaid carers than 99% of UK towns, at 5.1%
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
With married adults and civil partners at 46%, Marham is behind 63% of UK towns on that count. At the same time, 42% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, more than in 94% of UK towns. Across the comparison, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 38 residents.
Among adults, 29% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Marham counts 29% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 10% have no qualification (18%).
Ranked by age, 5th youngest of 514 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 20.6 in Keele to 63.1 in West Chiltington. Nearest to Marham in age: Larkhill (27.2), Greetham (27.9), Ebbsfleet Valley (30.5) and Stewartby (31.2).
No nearby town is as young as Marham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marham | 2,608 | — | 30.1 | 9.8% | 39% |
| Narborough | 1,362 | 2.6 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 23% |
| Gayton | 1,522 | 5.9 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 27% |
| Stoke Ferry | 1,191 | 6.1 mi | 51.8 | 27% | 21% |
| Watlington | 2,593 | 6.3 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 28% |
| Swaffham | 8,434 | 6.4 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 21% |
| West Winch | 2,828 | 6.7 mi | 50.6 | 28% | 26% |
| Downham Market | 11,349 | 7.7 mi | 48.2 | 30% | 22% |
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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 Marham’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 Marham’s residents
What is the population of Marham?
The 2021 Census counted 2,608 people in Marham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Marham?
The median age was 30.1 at the 2021 Census, younger than 99% of UK towns. 16% of residents were 15 to 24 and 9.8% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Marham?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 6.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Marham?
54% said they had no religion and 39% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Marham good for families?
39% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Marham’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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