Population 160 (2005)
167 (2011) Region East Sovereign state United Kingdom Shire county Suffolk | Civil parish Fakenham Magna Country England Post town Thetford District St Edmundsbury | |
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Fakenham Magna is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located on the A1088 road around eight miles north-east of Bury St Edmunds and four miles south-east of Thetford, in 2005 its population was 160. The RAF Honington airfield covers much of the western part of the parish. A small river, the Black Bourn, runs along to the east of the village.
Map of Fakenham Magna, UK
In the 1870s, Fakenham Magna was described as:
a parish in the district of Thetford and county of Suffolk; on the river Brandon, 5¾ miles SSE of Thetford r. station.
According to the 2011 census, there were 74 males and 93 females living in the parish.
The total population graph for Fakenham Magna shows that there has been a fluctuation in numbers since 1801, however the 2011 census illustrates that there has been an increase of only 10 people since the first recorded census. The population had its peak in 1951 where it reached 229 people, but this was followed by a gradual decline until 1931 where the total population was reduced to just 130. The population has been gradually growing since (with the exception of 1961) ultimately leading to the most recently recorded population of 167.
The occupational structure of Fakenham Magna in 1881 illustrates a clear variation in specific job categories depending on the gender of the worker. It is shown that the vast majority of male workers were engaged in agriculture, in particular as agricultural labourers, farm servants or cottagers. This is most likely due to the reliance on male workers to engage in more manual jobs in comparison to women who were more likely to stay at home. This is supported by the chart, as two-thirds of the women are in unknown/illegible occupations. The second most common occupation for women is that of domestic services (perhaps as maids or nannies) with all 10 being domestic indoor servants.
In 2011, 94.6% of Fakenham Magna's population was of White-British origin, with only 9 people of other ethnicities. There were similar results from the 2001 Census, with 90.1% of the population also being of White-British origin. Both the Mixed (White and Black Caribbean) and Black (Caribbean) populations have decreased between 2001 to 2011, from 3 down to 1. However, the Asian population has increased in the 10 year period, rising from 0 in 2001 to 4 in 2011.