Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Wimbotsham is over 56.1, older than 97% of UK towns
19% of households have dependent children; across England’s towns the figure is 29%. Wimbotsham counted 687 residents and 321 households at the 2021 Census. The share of households in flats stands at 0.3%. More married adults and civil partners than in 96% of UK towns: 59%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 33%, a higher share than 96% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 70–74, with one in ten residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. On the census count, 7.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 97% of UK towns: 3.3%
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%.
In Wimbotsham, 30% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 23% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who moved in within the year are scarce here: 6.1%, fewer than in 96% of UK towns. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 86% of UK towns: 2.2 people on average
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 3.1% in Wimbotsham. In Wimbotsham, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone.
More detached houses than 94% of UK towns: 55% of households
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
13% of households live in a terraced house (England’s towns: 24%). For comparison, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. On the census count, 8.6% of households have no car or van.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 100%
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 share of residents born outside the UK trails 87% of UK towns: 3.3%. As a yardstick, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%).
A higher White British share than 90% of UK towns: 96% of residents
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: 96% of Wimbotsham · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 37% across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Wimbotsham comes in at 38%. Measured more widely, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. For Wimbotsham, the census puts residents who describe themselves as Christian at 55%.
Fewer adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns: 21%
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
25 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. By way of comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 9.2%, the share of unpaid carers is lower than in 55% of UK towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 26% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 26% of Wimbotsham’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 24% have no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of Wimbotsham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wimbotsham | 687 | — | 56.1 | 33% | 19% |
| Downham Market | 11,349 | 1.4 mi | 48.2 | 30% | 22% |
| Watlington | 2,593 | 3.5 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 28% |
| Stoke Ferry | 1,191 | 6.2 mi | 51.8 | 27% | 21% |
| Marshland St James | 1,025 | 6.5 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 24% |
| West Winch | 2,828 | 6.5 mi | 50.6 | 28% | 26% |
| Southery | 1,258 | 6.6 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 27% |
| Marham | 2,608 | 6.8 mi | 30.1 | 9.8% | 39% |
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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 Wimbotsham’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 Wimbotsham’s residents
What is the population of Wimbotsham?
The 2021 Census counted 687 people in Wimbotsham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wimbotsham?
The median age was 56.1 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wimbotsham?
96% 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 Wimbotsham?
38% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Wimbotsham good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wimbotsham’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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