Photo: James Allan · CC BY-SA 2.0Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.3%, a lower share than 98% of UK towns
The share of residents with no religion tops 96% of UK towns: 52%. Households in flats: 2% of the total. More households in detached houses than in 78% of UK towns: 41%. Old Buckenham had 332 residents and 149 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 46.9.
Old Buckenham ranks above 90% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 30%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With a median age of 46.9, Old Buckenham is older than 68% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Hunstanton, the oldest of Norfolk’s towns by this measure, it is 44%.
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 make up 3.1% in Old Buckenham, less than in 98% 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%.
In Old Buckenham, 34% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 28% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across Old Buckenham, 8.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 68% 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, Old Buckenham has 2.7%. For Old Buckenham, the census puts households with dependent children at 30%. 29% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 59% of UK towns.
Old Buckenham ranks below 77% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 11%
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 make up 18%, against 24% across England’s towns. One household in every 9 has no car or van.
Only 2.7% of Old Buckenham’s residents were born outside the UK
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 (2.4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.3%). Residents whose main language is English are more common here than in 79% of UK towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
In Old Buckenham, 44% of residents describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 83% of UK towns
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: 94% of Old Buckenham · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Old Buckenham has 94%. The wider picture: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married: 23%, 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
Unpaid carers make up 10% of residents, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Locally, 51% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. The wider picture: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
27% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Old Buckenham’s adults: 27% with a degree-level qualification and 23% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Old Buckenham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Buckenham | 332 | — | 46.9 | 30% | 30% |
| Attleborough | 11,236 | 2.6 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 26% |
| Besthorpe | 1,007 | 3 mi | 46 | 24% | 29% |
| East Harling | 2,490 | 5.2 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 25% |
| Roydon (South Norfolk) | 1,117 | 7 mi | 52.1 | 27% | 23% |
| Hingham | 2,304 | 7.3 mi | 53.2 | 33% | 20% |
| Diss | 9,599 | 7.7 mi | 46.3 | 26% | 23% |
| Wymondham | 16,334 | 7.7 mi | 43 | 21% | 29% |
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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 Old Buckenham’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 Old Buckenham’s residents
What is the population of Old Buckenham?
The 2021 Census counted 332 people in Old Buckenham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Old Buckenham?
The median age was 46.9 at the 2021 Census. 7.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Old Buckenham?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 2.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Old Buckenham?
52% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.6% didn’t answer.
Is Old Buckenham good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Old Buckenham’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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