Photo: Stavros1 at English Wikipedia · Public domainTrimingham is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 63.2
73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, against 98% in Trimingham. Census day 2021: 213 residents and 108 households in the village. Locally, 10% of households have dependent children. Few places have as many households in detached houses: 55% here, more than in 94% of UK towns.
Residents aged 65 and over: 47%, a higher share than 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Trimingham has 4.7%. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Trimingham sits below 99% of UK towns for full-time students (3%)
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 13%, against 11% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Households here average 2 people, below 97% 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.
At 3.7%, shared households of unrelated adults sit close to the figure across England’s towns. One-person households are more common here than in 71% of UK towns.
A lower share of households in terraced houses than 92% of UK towns, at 8.4%
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
5.6% of households live in a flat or apartment; across England’s towns the figure is 23%. Locally, one in ten households have no car or van. The share of households in terraced houses across England’s towns is 24%.
Residents born outside the UK make up 3.3% in Trimingham, less than in 87% 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 figure for residents whose main language is English is 98% in Trimingham and 90% across England’s towns. For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.5%).
Trimingham ranks above 97% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 63%
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: 98% of Trimingham · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion make up 30%, against 37% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married: 20%, a lower share than 99% 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
The share of married adults and civil partners tops 86% of UK towns: 54%. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are common here: 11%, more than in 79% of UK towns. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%. 8 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week.
Among adults, 26% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Trimingham’s adults: 26% with a degree-level qualification and 24% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Trimingham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trimingham | 213 | — | 63.2 | 47% | 10% |
| Mundesley | 2,777 | 2 mi | 58.7 | 40% | 15% |
| Cromer | 7,522 | 4.1 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 16% |
| North Walsham | 12,829 | 5.2 mi | 50.2 | 29% | 21% |
| West Runton and Beeston Regis | 1,463 | 7.3 mi | 63.3 | 47% | 11% |
| Sheringham | 7,087 | 8 mi | 59.3 | 40% | 17% |
| Aylsham | 7,183 | 9.3 mi | 49.9 | 31% | 25% |
| Badersfield | 1,490 | 9.6 mi | 37.9 | 12% | 40% |
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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 Trimingham’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 Trimingham’s residents
What is the population of Trimingham?
The 2021 Census counted 213 people in Trimingham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Trimingham?
The median age was 63.2 at the 2021 Census. 4.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 47% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Trimingham?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Trimingham?
30% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Trimingham good for families?
10% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Trimingham’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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