Electoral wardE05010257
The Buckenhams & Banham ward, Breckland
The Buckenhams & Banham is one of 27 electoral wards of Breckland District Council, in Norfolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 3,263 residents in 1,403 households — 86 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mid Norfolk constituency; for county elections it is in the Guiltcross division.
Residents, 20213,263council ward average 5,240
Households1,4032.33 residents per household
Density86/ km²about 37.94 km² · Breckland 108
Aged 65+25.7%Breckland: 24.9% · under 16: 15.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.6% · 116
5–95.2% · 170
10–157.0% · 227
16–193.8% · 124
20–243.9% · 127
25–349.3% · 304
35–4916.4% · 535
50–6425.2% · 822
65–7412.8% · 417
75–849.4% · 308
85+3.4% · 112
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.7% · 108
1 car or van35.7% · 500
2 cars or vans37.5% · 526
3 or more19.1% · 267
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Breckland overall: 67.0% owned, 14.1% social rented, 18.1% private rented.
Owned outright42.6% · 598
With mortgage28.6% · 401
Shared ownership0.4% · 6
Social rented9.7% · 136
Private rented18.7% · 262
Type of home
Detached house56.0% · 783
Semi-detached house29.7% · 416
Terraced house11.7% · 164
Purpose-built flat0.9% · 13
Converted house0.7% · 10
Other conversion0.7% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010257- Council
- Breckland District Council
- County council
- Norfolk County Council
- County division
- Guiltcross
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 17 of 27
Parishes in the ward
BanhamNew BuckenhamOld Buckenham
Other wards in the same constituency
AAll Saints & Wayland23.1% aged 65+ · 77.4% owned7,635AAttleborough Burgh & Haverscroft27.2% aged 65+ · 69.5% owned5,095AAttleborough Queens & Besthorpe20.3% aged 65+ · 69.2% owned7,975DDereham Neatherd27.8% aged 65+ · 65.8% owned7,436DDereham Toftwood26.7% aged 65+ · 73.5% owned5,901DDereham Withburga19.2% aged 65+ · 50.8% owned5,922HHermitage31.0% aged 65+ · 72.5% owned2,834LLaunditch26.6% aged 65+ · 65.9% owned2,603LLincoln30.4% aged 65+ · 75.8% owned5,467MMattishall30.1% aged 65+ · 78.5% owned5,590NNecton34.6% aged 65+ · 77.4% owned2,669SSaham Toney21.8% aged 65+ · 64.3% owned5,500SShipdham-with-Scarning22.6% aged 65+ · 72.7% owned5,763UUpper Wensum27.3% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned6,530
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.