Photo: Ian Robertson · CC BY-SA 2.0Shropham ranks below 99% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 3.7%
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (7.9%), Shropham is below 94% of UK towns. Lower than in 98% of UK towns: 5.4% of households live in a terraced house. Census day 2021: 452 residents and 188 households locally. The share of one-person households stands at 16%.
Half of Shropham is over 50.9, older than 89% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 9.2% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. 26% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 5.4% in Shropham, 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%.
The share of full-time students is 4.3%, against 7.9% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%.
Shropham households average 2.4 people, larger than in 80% 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.
4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, against 3.2% in Shropham. The share of households with dependent children stands at 28%.
Households in flats make up 0.5% in Shropham, less than in 99% 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
Just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 65% in Shropham. Households in flats: 23% across England’s towns, for comparison.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 90% of UK towns: 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.2%) and in Africa (1.6%). Residents born outside the UK are rarer here than in 61% of UK towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 95% in Shropham, more than in 81% 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: 95% of Shropham · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who describe themselves as Christian at 54%, Shropham is ahead of 75% of UK towns on that count. The wider picture: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. In Shropham, 37% of residents said they have no religion.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 98% of UK towns, at 22%
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
11% of residents give unpaid care, against 8.7% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Married adults and civil partners account for 60%.
Degree-level qualifications reach 24% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Shropham, 21%, while 24% hold one at degree level (34%).
2 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Shropham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shropham | 452 | — | 50.9 | 26% | 28% |
| Attleborough | 11,236 | 4 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 26% |
| Griston | 1,361 | 4.5 mi | 37.5 | 12% | 30% |
| East Harling | 2,490 | 4.5 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 25% |
| Besthorpe | 1,007 | 4.9 mi | 46 | 24% | 29% |
| Watton | 11,549 | 6.1 mi | 43.1 | 24% | 25% |
| Hingham | 2,304 | 6.1 mi | 53.2 | 33% | 20% |
| Saham Toney | 1,287 | 7.7 mi | 57.5 | 37% | 15% |
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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 Shropham’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 Shropham’s residents
What is the population of Shropham?
The 2021 Census counted 452 people in Shropham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Shropham?
The median age was 50.9 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Shropham?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 5.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Shropham?
37% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 9.1% didn’t answer.
Is Shropham good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Shropham’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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