Mileham has a population of 563, making it the 145th largest place in Norfolk.
#145
of 221 in Norfolk
The other populations of Mileham
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Mileham has between 385 and 563 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
563 | GeoNames |
| The built-up area Continuous development, where buildings sit less than 200m apart. Drawn from where the buildings are, not where the council boundary is. |
385 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
Why these differ: which population figure is right? · compare with another place
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Breckland population trends, 2001–2025.
Mileham in context
4 km
south to Beeston, the nearest larger town
24,682
people live within 10 km
#5,090
largest of 6,358 UK places
359
food businesses in Breckland
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
The centre of Mileham sits in postcode district PE32.
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Population since 2001
Breckland, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district PE32
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile