Photo: Richard Humphrey · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 33.5: West Raynham is younger than 97% of UK towns
37% of households have dependent children (England’s towns: 29%). West Raynham counted 503 residents and 201 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 1% of households live in a flat or apartment. Lower than in 88% of UK towns: 24% of households are one person living alone.
9.3% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 12% across England’s towns, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in West Raynham. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A higher share of residents who moved in within the year than 98% of UK towns, at 20%
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%.
30% of West Raynham’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 30% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. On the census count, 4% of adults are full-time students.
2.5 people per household, more than in 89% 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.
Set against 4.3% across England’s towns, 3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in West Raynham.
In West Raynham, 6.3% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 97% 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
Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house; in West Raynham, 17%. The wider picture: nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. In West Raynham, 34% of households live in a terraced house.
In West Raynham, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 97% 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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in Africa (1.6%) and in EU countries (0.8%). Fewer residents born outside the UK than in 83% of UK towns: 3.6%. To put it in context, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
West Raynham ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 57%
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 West Raynham · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Mixed or multiple (3.2%), Other White (2%) and Chinese (0.4%). Lower than in 97% of UK towns: 36% of residents describe themselves as Christian. The wider picture: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Here 94% of residents describe themselves as White British, where the figure across England’s towns is 73%.
A smaller share of married adults and civil partners than 95% of UK towns: 37%
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 giving 50 hours or more a week: 14. 43% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a higher share than in 94% of UK towns. On average, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 8.5%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
25% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
25% of West Raynham’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 13% have none (18%).
No nearby town is as young as West Raynham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Raynham | 503 | — | 33.5 | 9.3% | 37% |
| Fakenham | 8,390 | 5.6 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 21% |
| Gayton | 1,522 | 8.6 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 27% |
| North Elmham | 1,172 | 9.2 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 22% |
| Narborough | 1,362 | 10 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 23% |
| Necton | 1,742 | 10.1 mi | 57.3 | 38% | 19% |
| Swaffham | 8,434 | 10.5 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 21% |
| Dersingham | 4,753 | 10.6 mi | 58.6 | 41% | 17% |
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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 West Raynham’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 West Raynham’s residents
What is the population of West Raynham?
The 2021 Census counted 503 people in West Raynham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in West Raynham?
The median age was 33.5 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 9.3% were 65 or over.
How diverse is West Raynham?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in West Raynham?
57% said they had no religion and 36% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is West Raynham good for families?
37% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on West Raynham’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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