Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Langham is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 55.2
Adults who have never married: 21% here and 39% across England’s towns. Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 90% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 1,400 residents in Langham, living in 639 households. Here, 20% of households have dependent children.
What the Census says about Langham’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Langham’s residents are under 55.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 34% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
In Langham, 34% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 96% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24; in Langham, 7.4%. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 82% of UK towns: 4.1% 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%.
By class, 43% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns. On the census count, 8.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 77% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Rutland’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
29% of households are one person living alone (England’s towns: 30%). The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 2.5%.
3.3% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 92% 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
52% of households live in a detached house (England’s towns: 21%). Few places have so few households in terraced houses: 14% here, fewer than in three quarters of UK towns. Households in flats: 23% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Langham: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 95% 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
By its share of residents born outside the UK (5.4%), Langham is below 61% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.2%), then in Africa (1.4%).
60% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 94% of UK towns
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: 95% of Langham · Rutland’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (3.2%), Indian (0.5%) and Mixed or multiple (0.2%). 33% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 87% of UK towns. On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. By its share of residents who describe themselves as White British (95%), Langham is above nearly four fifths of UK towns.
61% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% 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
For 36 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. To put it in context, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers make up 9.4%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 40% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Langham counts 40% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 15% have no qualification (18%).
The towns around Langham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langham | 1,400 | — | 55.2 | 34% | 20% |
| Barleythorpe | 1,344 | 0.8 mi | 36.2 | 11% | 46% |
| Oakham | 12,159 | 1.7 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 24% |
| Greetham | 2,807 | 4.9 mi | 27.9 | 7.8% | 45% |
| Uppingham | 4,272 | 7.2 mi | 41.5 | 23% | 23% |
| South Witham | 1,590 | 7.3 mi | 41.4 | 16% | 27% |
| Melton Mowbray | 27,451 | 7.5 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 26% |
| Clipsham | 1,150 | 8.2 mi | 35 | 2.9% | 25% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Rutland’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Rutland (or England), summed the same way as Langham’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 Langham’s residents
What is the population of Langham?
The 2021 Census counted 1,400 people in Langham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Langham?
The median age was 55.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Langham?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Rutland’s towns. 5.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Langham?
33% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Langham good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Langham’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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