Photo: habiloid · CC BY-SA 2.0In Wymondham, 48% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 89% of UK towns
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 9%, against 12% across England’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 1.7% in Wymondham. 17% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 63% of UK towns. There were 7,256 households in the town at the 2021 Census, home to 16,334 residents.
What the Census says about Wymondham’s people
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Wymondham at 13,000 in 2011 and 18,200 in 2024, up 40%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 96% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
More with no religion than most
48% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 44% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
+40% since 2011, a pace 96% of UK towns didn’t match
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Wymondham’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 13,000 people in 2011; 18,200 in 2024.
The biggest jump came in the year to mid-2019: 820 more people. The 0 to 15 age group changed most (+48%) and the 45 to 64 least (+32%).
Wymondham is younger than 62% of UK towns: a median age of 43
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 45–49: 7.1% of residents. Fewer residents aged 65 and over than in 52% of UK towns: 21%. In Hunstanton, the oldest of Norfolk’s towns by this measure, it is 44%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Wymondham, 43. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 66% of UK towns: 4.5% of adults are full-time students
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 37% of Wymondham’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 23%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The census found that 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in the town. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 67% 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.
On households with dependent children, 29% here is much the same as across England’s towns. In Wymondham, 31% of households are one person living alone.
40% of households live in a detached house, a share 75% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Households without a car or van make up 14%, against 24% across England’s towns. As a reference point, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Census figures put households in flats at 9.5% in Wymondham.
More residents whose main language is English than 56% of UK towns: 98%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.7%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.4%). 6.6% of residents were born outside the UK, a higher share than in 52% of UK towns. The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%. Where just over a fifth of those born abroad across England’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 14%.
Below 81% of UK towns: 44% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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: 92% of Wymondham · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (3.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and African (0.6%). The wider picture: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 52% of UK towns.
31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 62% 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
Set against 44% across England’s towns, 49% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Wymondham. Locally, 7.9% of residents give unpaid care. Typically, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 33% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
33% of Wymondham’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 16% have none (18%).
Ranked by age, 154th youngest of 380 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 25 in Aberystwyth to 60.4 in Sidmouth. Nearest to Wymondham in age: Thorne (43), Bredbury and Woodley (43), Watton (43.1) and Abbots Langley and Kings Langley (43.1).
Around Wymondham, 4 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wymondham | 16,334 | — | 43 | 21% | 29% |
| Hethersett | 7,018 | 2.9 mi | 42.5 | 24% | 29% |
| Little Melton | 1,049 | 3.8 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 27% |
| Mulbarton | 3,807 | 4.9 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 30% |
| Cringleford | 4,686 | 5.1 mi | 40.4 | 20% | 36% |
| Besthorpe | 1,007 | 5.4 mi | 46 | 24% | 29% |
| Easton | 1,436 | 5.4 mi | 45.9 | 22% | 28% |
| Hingham | 2,304 | 5.9 mi | 53.2 | 33% | 20% |
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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 Wymondham’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Wymondham’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 16,681 people in 2021, against 16,334 in the built-up area.
- 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 Wymondham’s residents
What is the population of Wymondham?
The 2021 Census counted 16,334 people in Wymondham’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 18,200 people in mid-2024, 40% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Wymondham?
The median age was 43 at the 2021 Census, younger than 62% of UK towns. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wymondham?
92% 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 Wymondham?
48% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Wymondham good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wymondham’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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