Editing Wymondham (section)

==Demography==
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|+ '''Wymondham compared'''
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|'''[[United Kingdom Census 2011|UK Census 2011]]''' ||'''Wymondham''' ||'''England'''
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|Total population ||14,405 ||53,012,456
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|Foreign born ||5.6% ||17.57%
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|White British ||94.5% ||85.4%
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|Asian ||1.1% ||7.8%
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|White Irish ||0.5% ||1%
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|Black ||0.3% ||3.5%
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|Christian ||60.3% ||59.4%
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|No religion ||29.9% ||24.7%
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|Muslim ||0.5% ||5%
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|Buddhist ||0.3% ||0.5%
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|Hindu ||0.2% ||1.5%
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|Over 65 ||20.2% ||16.33%
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|Unemployed ||2.9% ||4.4%
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The [[United Kingdom Census 2001]] gave Wymondham a total resident population of 12,539 and a [[population density]] of {{convert|733|/mi2|/km2}}. By [[United Kingdom census, 2011|2011]], the population had risen to 14,405, with a density of {{convert|840|/mi2|/km2}}. Wymondham has an average age of 41.8.<ref name=":5"/>

In 2011, 94.5 per cent of the population were White British, 1.1 per cent Asian, 0.5 per cent White Irish and 0.3 per cent Black.<ref name=":5"/>

Christianity accounts for 60.3 per cent of the population, while 29.9 declare no religious affiliation. There are small populations of Muslims (0.5%), Buddhists (0.3%) and Hindus (0.2%).<ref name=":5"/>

The 2011 census showed 72.6 per cent of the adult population economically active, 2.9 per cent unemployed and 16.8 per cent retired. The population is well-educated: 27 per cent have post-18 qualifications.<ref name=":5"/>

The following table outlines the population change in the town since 1801, with slow growth, then decline in the 19th century, followed by recovery and rapid growth by the end of the 20th century.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10123367/cube/TOT_POP |title=Wymondham CP/AP through time {{!}} Population Statistics {{!}} Total Population |website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk |access-date=2019-10-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10468980/cube/TOT_POP |title=Wymondham UD through time {{!}} Population Statistics {{!}} Total Population |website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk |access-date=2019-10-15}}</ref>
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! style="background: #9cc; color: navy;" |Year
! style="background: #fff; color: navy;" |1801
! style="background: #fff; color: navy;" |1811
! style="background: #fff; color: navy;" |1821
! style="background: #fff; color: navy;" |1831
! style="background: #fff; color: navy;" |1841
! style="background: #fff; color: navy;" |1851
! style="background: #fff; color: navy;" |1881
! style="background: #fff; color: navy;" |1891
! style="background: #fff; color: navy;" |1901
! style="background: #fff; color: navy;" |1911
! style="background: #fff; color: navy;" |1921
! style="background: #fff; color: navy;" |1931
! style="background: #fff; color: navy;" |1939
! style="background: #fff; color: navy;" |1951
! style="background: #fff; color: navy;" |1961
! style="background: #fff; color: navy;" |1971
! style="background: #fff; color: navy;" |1981
! style="background: #fff; color: navy;" |1991
! style="background: #fff; color: navy;" |2001
! style="background: #fff; color: navy;" |2011
|- style="text-align: center;"
! style="background: #9cc; color: navy;" |Population
|style="background: #fff; color: black;" |3,567
|style="background: #fff; color: black;" |3,923
|style="background: #fff; color: black;" |4,708
|style="background: #fff; color: black;" |5,485
|style="background: #fff; color: black;" |5,179
|style="background: #fff; color: black;" |5,177
|style="background: #fff; color: black;" |4,566
|style="background: #fff; color: black;" |4,764
|style="background: #fff; color: black;" |4,733
|style="background: #fff; color: black;" |4,794
|style="background: #fff; color: black;" |4,814
|style="background: #fff; color: black;" |5,017
|style="background: #fff; color: black;" |5,957
|style="background: #fff; color: black;" |5,665
|style="background: #fff; color: black;" |5,904
|style="background: #fff; color: black;" |8,513
|style="background: #fff; color: black;" |9,759
|style="background: #fff; color: black;" |10,869
|style="background: #fff; color: black;" |12,539
|style="background: #fff; color: black;" |14,405
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|colspan="21" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;" |<small>'''Sources:'''</small> <small>A Vision of Britain through Time: Civil Parish</small><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10123367/cube/TOT_POP |title=Wymondham CP/AP through time {{!}} Population Statistics {{!}} Total Population |website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk |access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref> <small>A Vision of Britain through Time: Urban District</small><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10468980/cube/TOT_POP |title=Wymondham UD through time {{!}} Population Statistics {{!}} Total Population |website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk |access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref> <small>Wymondham - A Century Remembered</small><ref>{{Cite book |title=Wymondham: a century remembered |last=Yaxley, Philip |date=1999 |publisher=Nostalgia |isbn=0947630260 |location=Toftwood |pages=94 |oclc=43418889}}</ref>
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