Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0Pulham Market is older than 94% of UK towns: a median age of 53
Nearly a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 39%. The 2021 Census put Pulham Market’s population at 820, in 378 households. The census found that 2.9% of households live in a flat or apartment in the village. Fewer households in terraced houses than in 93% of UK towns: 7.9%.
Pulham Market sits below 99% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.5%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
People aged 65 and over make up 32% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
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% in Pulham Market, less 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
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
34% of Pulham Market’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 23% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 11% in the village. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
22% of households have dependent children, below 90% 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.
With shared households of unrelated adults at 1.6%, Pulham Market is behind 89% of UK towns on that count. The benchmark for households with dependent children across England’s towns: 29%. One-person households: just over a quarter of the total.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 83% of UK towns, at 44%
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
Just over one in ten households have no car or van; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. Measured more widely, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 79% of UK towns, at 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.6%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.6%). The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%. Compared with 18% across England’s towns, 5.6% of residents were born outside the UK here.
Pulham Market sits above 65% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (94%)
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 Pulham Market · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian; in Pulham Market, 50%. The usual figure: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Next after White British come Other White (3.9%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Chinese (0.2%).
54% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 85% 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, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care; in Pulham Market, 9.8%. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 23 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 27% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Pulham Market counts 27% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 22% have no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of Pulham Market 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulham Market | 820 | — | 53 | 32% | 22% |
| Dickleburgh | 1,166 | 2.9 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 33% |
| Harleston | 5,077 | 3.8 mi | 47.6 | 29% | 24% |
| Long Stratton | 5,218 | 3.9 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 28% |
| Scole | 1,037 | 5.3 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 20% |
| Diss | 9,599 | 6 mi | 46.3 | 26% | 23% |
| Roydon (South Norfolk) | 1,117 | 6.8 mi | 52.1 | 27% | 23% |
| Newton Flotman | 1,418 | 7.4 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 27% |
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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 Pulham Market’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 Pulham Market’s residents
What is the population of Pulham Market?
The 2021 Census counted 820 people in Pulham Market’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Pulham Market?
The median age was 53 at the 2021 Census. 6.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pulham Market?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Pulham Market?
41% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.
Is Pulham Market good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Pulham Market’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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