Photo: Bernd Jatzwauk Pommes104 · CC BY-SA 3.0Yaxham sits above 95% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (97%)
Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%; Yaxham has 43%. Its 209 households held 462 residents at the 2021 Census. The census found that 22% of households have dependent children locally. The median age locally is 48.9, higher than in 79% of UK towns.
In Yaxham, 26% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 76% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: nearly one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 10%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 6.5% in Yaxham, less than in 92% 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%.
In Yaxham, 4.3% of adults are full-time students, beside 7.9% across England’s towns. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across England’s towns is 11%.
Yaxham households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 68% 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.
Against a figure of 30% across England’s towns, the share of one-person households in Yaxham comes in at 32%. Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.4% of the total.
16% of households live in a terraced house, below 65% 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
With households in flats at 8.2%, Yaxham is behind nearly two thirds of UK towns on that count. The usual figure: nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns. On the census count, 14% 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
Set against 18% across England’s towns, 3.2% of residents were born outside the UK in Yaxham. Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.7%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.5%).
Yaxham ranks above 75% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 54%
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: 97% of Yaxham · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 37% across England’s towns, just over two in five residents said they have no religion in Yaxham. Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 85% 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
Just over half of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Census figures put unpaid carers at 9.6% in Yaxham.
A degree-level qualification for 27% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 27% of adults in Yaxham, 34% across England’s towns; 19% have no qualification, against 18%.
Around Yaxham, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yaxham | 462 | — | 48.9 | 26% | 22% |
| Dereham | 20,788 | 1.7 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 27% |
| Mattishall | 2,203 | 2.7 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 19% |
| Shipdham | 2,459 | 3.2 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 25% |
| Swanton Morley | 2,175 | 4.2 mi | 41.5 | 24% | 28% |
| Hingham | 2,304 | 5.3 mi | 53.2 | 33% | 20% |
| North Elmham | 1,172 | 6.3 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 22% |
| Necton | 1,742 | 7.8 mi | 57.3 | 38% | 19% |
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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 Yaxham’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 Yaxham’s residents
What is the population of Yaxham?
The 2021 Census counted 462 people in Yaxham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Yaxham?
The median age was 48.9 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Yaxham?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Yaxham?
42% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Yaxham good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Yaxham’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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