For the early part the parish was a busy place, and judging by many barns and farmhouses it would have been heavily involved in agriculture.

In the 19th century the Norfolk Railway opened which had a major impact on commuting into the area as well as the significant improvements in trade.

The occupation structure of Roudham and Larling as of 2011 still remains highly orientated around agriculture and manual labour.

The 2011 census shows that approximately 40% out of 180 in the age group of being economically active being employed in the Agricultural, Forestry and Fishing industry.

[13] The ethnic composition of the parish is dominated by 'White; English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British' with 95.3% of a total population of 301 people falling into that group.

The latest reports from May 2015 show that 224 pupils attended the school in total, ranging from pre-school to year 6.