Photo: Bob Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 7.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Mileham
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Mileham counted 384 residents and 150 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that nearly one in ten households live in a terraced house locally. With households with dependent children at 33%, Mileham is ahead of 89% of UK towns on that count.
Half of Mileham is under 42.2, younger than 68% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
10–14 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 21%.
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.
Mileham sits below 92% of UK towns for full-time students (3.7%)
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 account for 34% of Mileham’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 29%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Here, 7.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
One-person households make up 21% in Mileham, less 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.
Set against 4.3% across England’s towns, 2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Mileham. One-person households: 30% across England’s towns, for comparison. Average household size: 2.5 people.
52% of households live in a detached house, more than in 91% 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
Households without a car or van: 11% here and 24% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
3.1% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 89% 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.8%) and in Africa (1.3%). For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. More residents whose main language is English than in 98% of UK towns: 99%.
A higher share of residents with no religion than 91% of UK towns, at 49%
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 Mileham · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
1.6% of residents are Muslim. At 42%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is lower than in 88% of UK towns. Against that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. In Mileham, 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, beside 73% across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners: 50%, a higher share than 64% 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
10 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. On adults who have never married, Mileham sits lower than 62% of UK towns: 31%. Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns: 8.9%.
25% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 25% of adults in Mileham (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 24% (England’s towns: 18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 6 are older than Mileham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mileham | 384 | — | 42.2 | 21% | 33% |
| North Elmham | 1,172 | 4.9 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 22% |
| Dereham | 20,788 | 6.3 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 27% |
| Necton | 1,742 | 6.5 mi | 57.3 | 38% | 19% |
| Swanton Morley | 2,175 | 6.7 mi | 41.5 | 24% | 28% |
| Fakenham | 8,390 | 6.8 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 21% |
| Shipdham | 2,459 | 7.9 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 25% |
| Foulsham | 1,025 | 8.1 mi | 48.5 | 23% | 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 Mileham’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 Mileham’s residents
What is the population of Mileham?
The 2021 Census counted 384 people in Mileham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Mileham?
The median age was 42.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Mileham?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Mileham?
49% said they had no religion and 42% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.6% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.
Is Mileham good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Mileham’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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