 It covers an area of and had a population of 650 in 294 households at the time of the 2001 census, increasing to 676 at the 2011 census.The parish is in the deanery of Loddon, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, the parish church is dedicated to St Mary with the church of All Saints being demolished in the 18th century.Gillingham is mentioned in the Domesday Book as one of the settlements in Clavering hundred.