Old Buckenham has a population of 792, making it the 110th largest place in Norfolk.
#110
of 221 in Norfolk
The other populations of Old Buckenham
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Old Buckenham has between 330 and 792 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
792 | 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. |
330 | 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.
Old Buckenham in context
3 km
south to Banham, the nearest larger town
19,139
people live within 10 km
#4,403
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 Old Buckenham sits in postcode district NR17.
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Population since 2001
Breckland, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district NR17
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Norfolk
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bawdeswell | 828 |
| 2 | West Runton | 815 |
| 3 | Lyng | 807 |
| 4 | East Winch | 779 |
| 5 | Pulham St Mary | 770 |
| 6 | Filby | 765 |