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53.4Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

A median age of 53.4: Reedham is older than 94% of UK towns

1.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across England’s towns the figure is 4.3%. Compared with other places, households in flats are scarce here: 0.7%, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. Reedham had 710 residents in 307 households at the 2021 Census. For Reedham, the census puts households in detached houses at 45%.

30%aged 65 or over 4.4%born abroad 307households

Ages

A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns: 7%

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

ReedhamEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

The biggest five-year age group is 70–74, with one in ten residents, 2.2 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 90% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1515%

15 to 247%

25 to 4419%

45 to 6429%

65 and over30%

ReedhamNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Reedham

England

WomenMen

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.

Students & newcomers

Full-time students make up 4% in Reedham, less than in 84% 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

Full-time students4%

Higher managerial and professional9.7%

Lower managerial and professional21%

Intermediate8.8%

Small employers and self-employed14%

Supervisory and technical5.8%

Semi-routine11%

Routine11%

Never worked or long-term unemployed14%

ReedhamNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Reedham

6.8%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 6.7%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.1× England’s share

Residents who moved in within the year: 6.7%, below 90% of UK towns. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.

Households

Households with dependent children make up 25% in Reedham, less than in 71% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 15%Living alone, under 66 14%Families with dependent children 25%Couples and families, no young children 44%Shared houses and other 1.3%

Against Norfolk’s towns and England’s towns

Reedham

Norfolk’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person30%

2 people42%

3 people14%

4 people8.6%

5 or more5.9%

England’s towns.

A household here has 2.2 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. Households with dependent children: 29% across England’s towns, for comparison. One-person households are rarer here than in 56% of UK towns.

Homes & cars

In Reedham, 11% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 87% of UK towns

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Reedham

Norfolk’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van9.5%

One45%

Two35%

Three or more11%

ReedhamNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

9.5% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns.

Where people were born

Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 91% 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%

Reedham

4.4%

Norfolk’s towns

10%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.7%

Another main language, little or no English0.1%

ReedhamNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.7%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%). Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are scarce here: 4.4%, fewer than in 73% of UK towns. Set beside that, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.

Ethnicity & religion

Reedham: 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 78% 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

ReedhamNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White1.8%

Asian1.4%

Mixed1%

Black0.3%

Other0.4%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 95% of Reedham · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

ReedhamNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion43%

Christian48%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.7%

Other religion0.1%

Didn’t answer8.2%

0%30%60%

Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (1.8%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Chinese (0.9%). Reedham has more residents with no religion than 64% of UK towns, at 43%. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White British come to 73%. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian trails 62% of UK towns: 48%.

Relationships & caring

Adults who have never married make up 28% in Reedham, less than in 78% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership28%

Married or civil partnership51%

Separated1.7%

Divorced12%

Widowed7.5%

ReedhamNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

65residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 9.5%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week3.8%

20 to 49 hours2.1%

50 hours or more3.7%

Just over half of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns. Locally, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care. As a reference point, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.

Qualifications

Degree-level qualifications: held by 26% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications24%

Apprenticeship7.6%

A levels or similar15%

Degree level26%

ReedhamNorfolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Reedham’s adults: 26% with a degree-level qualification and 24% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.

Neighbours

A younger town than 1 of the 7 around it: Reedham

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

FreethorpeThurltonBeltonChedgraveLoddonLingwoodBradwellReedham

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Reedham	710	—	53.4	30%	25%
Freethorpe	1,050	1.9 mi	41.5	19%	33%
Thurlton	1,145	2.4 mi	49.4	24%	27%
Belton	3,603	3.7 mi	47.5	26%	26%
Chedgrave	1,053	4.1 mi	57	39%	20%
Loddon	2,247	4.5 mi	44.2	22%	26%
Lingwood	2,368	5.4 mi	48.4	27%	25%
Bradwell	11,632	5.5 mi	47.2	27%	25%

More about Reedham’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Reedham’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 Reedham’s residents

What is the population of Reedham?

The 2021 Census counted 710 people in Reedham’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Reedham?

The median age was 53.4 at the 2021 Census. 7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Reedham?

95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 4.4% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Reedham?

43% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.2% didn’t answer.

Is Reedham good for families?

25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Reedham’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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