Photo: David Purchase · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Wreningham is over 56.2, older than 97% of UK towns
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Wreningham is home to 304 residents in 140 households, by the 2021 Census. The share of households in terraced houses stands at 0.7%. Compared with 39% across England’s towns, 19% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here.
Wreningham sits above 92% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (31%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 14% of 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. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.9% in Wreningham. In Hunstanton, the oldest of Norfolk’s towns by this measure, it is 44%.
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.
3.3% of adults are full-time students, below 96% 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%.
Where just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, Wreningham has 7.6%. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
19% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 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.
The typical household size is 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Typically, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. The census found that 1.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Wreningham. On one-person households, Wreningham sits lower than 98% of UK towns: 19%.
In Wreningham, 78% of households live in a detached house, more 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
5.2% of households have no car or van; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. The wider picture: just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
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 largest groups were born in EU countries (2.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%). To put it in context, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 6.6% of residents were born outside the UK, a higher share than in 52% of UK towns.
Wreningham ranks above 70% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 94%
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 Wreningham · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion; in Wreningham, 40%. Measured more widely, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. The census found that 53% of residents describe themselves as Christian locally.
Wreningham sits above 99% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (64%)
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 care takes 50 hours a week or more for 5 people. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are scarce here: 8.4%, fewer than in 75% of UK towns.
Qualified to degree level: 52% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Wreningham’s adults: 52% with a degree-level qualification and 8.9% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
The towns around Wreningham are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wreningham | 304 | — | 56.2 | 31% | 19% |
| Mulbarton | 3,807 | 2.5 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 30% |
| Wymondham | 16,334 | 3.3 mi | 43 | 21% | 29% |
| Newton Flotman | 1,418 | 3.3 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 27% |
| Hethersett | 7,018 | 4.1 mi | 42.5 | 24% | 29% |
| Long Stratton | 5,218 | 4.4 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 28% |
| Cringleford | 4,686 | 5 mi | 40.4 | 20% | 36% |
| Little Melton | 1,049 | 5 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 27% |
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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 Wreningham’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 Wreningham’s residents
What is the population of Wreningham?
The 2021 Census counted 304 people in Wreningham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wreningham?
The median age was 56.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wreningham?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 6.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wreningham?
40% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2% were Muslim and 3.6% didn’t answer.
Is Wreningham good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wreningham’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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