Photo: Keith Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0Barnham is older than 95% of UK towns: a median age of 53.7
Here 58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 44%. Barnham is home to 257 residents in 115 households, by the 2021 Census. 4.5% of households have no car or van. On one-person households, Barnham sits lower than 97% of UK towns: 21%.
Above 89% of UK towns: 29% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 10% in Barnham and 12% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 6.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Barnham
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%.
The share of full-time students is 4.3%, against 7.9% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across England’s towns, for comparison.
A lower share of households with dependent children than 97% of UK towns, at 18%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Suffolk’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. In Barnham, 3.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Barnham ranks above 99% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 72%
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
The share of households in flats trails 97% of UK towns: 1.7%. As a reference point, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Here, 5.2% of households live in a terraced house.
Barnham sits above 99% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (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 the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3.5%) and in EU countries (2.8%). Higher than in 63% of UK towns: 7.8% of residents were born outside the UK. As a yardstick, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Residents with no religion: 39%, a lower share than 61% 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: 92% of Barnham · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (4.3%), Mixed or multiple (2.3%) and African (0.4%). 51% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 56% of UK towns. For comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Here 92% of residents describe themselves as White British, where the figure across England’s towns is 73%.
Barnham sits below 95% of UK towns for adults who have never married (24%)
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 4 people. Barnham has fewer unpaid carers than 68% of UK towns, at 8.7%. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%.
37% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
16% of Barnham’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 37% have one at degree level (34%).
A younger town than 1 of the 7 around it: Barnham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnham | 257 | — | 53.7 | 29% | 18% |
| Thetford | 25,502 | 2.4 mi | 38.5 | 16% | 31% |
| Ixworth | 2,296 | 6.7 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 26% |
| Brandon | 9,218 | 6.9 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 23% |
| Stanton | 2,316 | 6.9 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 28% |
| Great Barton | 1,848 | 7.7 mi | 54.2 | 35% | 23% |
| Weeting | 1,883 | 8.1 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 23% |
| Little Eriswell | 4,120 | 8.8 mi | 23.9 | 0.7% | 54% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Suffolk’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Suffolk (or England), summed the same way as Barnham’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 Barnham’s residents
What is the population of Barnham?
The 2021 Census counted 257 people in Barnham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Barnham?
The median age was 53.7 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Barnham?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 7.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Barnham?
39% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.2% didn’t answer.
Is Barnham good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Barnham’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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