The population of Breckland is 141,477 compared to England, which has a population of 59,597,542. While the male population in Breckland is 71,352, and the female population is 70,124. In England, the male population is 28,833,712 and the female population is 27,656,336, according to the 2021 census.
According to the latest 2021 census, The main ethnicity of the people in the immediate area is White: English, with a total of 125,516, followed by White: Other White, with a total of 9,938. As compared to the population in England, the main ethnicities were White: English(41,540,791) followed by Asian: Indian(1,843,248) and Asian: Pakistani(1,570,285). In terms of religion, most people mentioned Christian (70,710), followed by No religion (59,622), whereas, in England, the main religion was Christian(26,167,899), Muslim(3,801,186), and Hindu(1,020,533). While 20,715,664 mentioned 'No Religion' and 3,400,548 did not answer
As for deprivation, most of the area is not deprived in any dimension (27,457), followed by at least deprived in one dimension (22,262). While in England, 11,349,743 households are not deprived in any dimension, and 7,842,690 households are deprived in one dimension.
Most people in the Breckland area mentioned they are Employee: Full-time (39,013), while 33,638 adults mentioned they are Retired.
Regarding education, 27,207 adults have Level 3 education, while 18,382 have Level 1 and entry level education. The most common occupations in the Breckland area are
The average age of people living in Breckland is 45 years old. The top three age distributions are: Below 14 (22177), Between 55 to 64 (19826), and Between 45 to 54 (18633). The median age in England and Wales was 40 years as per the 2021 census.
The NS-SEC defines and measures social class and is considered a reliable indicator of a person's class status. As per the 2021 census, most of the population in Breckland has Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations (22,241) followed by Routine occupations (18,728), and Semi-routine occupations (16,375). In England, Most of the population(9,172,372) have Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations, followed by Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations(6,092,791)
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| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Area | Breckland |
| Ward | All Saints & Wayland Ashill Attleborough Burgh & Haverscroft Attleborough Queens & Besthorpe Bedingfeld Dereham Neatherd Dereham Toftwood Dereham Withburga Forest Guiltcross Harling & Heathlands Hermitage Launditch Lincoln Mattishall Nar Valley Necton Saham Toney Shipdham-with-Scarning Swaffham The Buckenhams & Banham Thetford Boudica Thetford Burrell Thetford Castle Thetford Priory Upper Wensum Watton |
| LTLA22 | |
| UTLA22 | Norfolk |
| Region | East of England |
| Country | England |