Electoral wardE05010242
Dereham Neatherd ward, Breckland
Dereham Neatherd is one of 27 electoral wards of Breckland District Council, in Norfolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,436 residents in 3,322 households — 510 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mid Norfolk constituency; for county elections it is in the Dereham North and Dereham South divisions.
Residents, 20217,436council ward average 5,240
Households3,3222.24 residents per household
Density510/ km²about 14.57 km² · Breckland 108
Aged 65+27.8%Breckland: 24.9% · under 16: 15.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 344
5–95.1% · 382
10–156.2% · 459
16–194.0% · 294
20–245.2% · 384
25–3411.1% · 822
35–4916.7% · 1,243
50–6419.4% · 1,442
65–7412.6% · 938
75–849.8% · 731
85+5.3% · 397
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.4% · 612
1 car or van42.7% · 1,418
2 cars or vans27.4% · 911
3 or more11.4% · 380
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Breckland overall: 67.0% owned, 14.1% social rented, 18.1% private rented.
Owned outright38.6% · 1,282
With mortgage27.1% · 901
Shared ownership0.9% · 29
Social rented15.5% · 515
Private rented17.8% · 591
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house42.1% · 1,399
Semi-detached house26.5% · 879
Terraced house17.3% · 576
Purpose-built flat10.8% · 360
Converted house0.8% · 26
Other conversion1.9% · 64
Above shop / office0.5% · 17
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010242- Council
- Breckland District Council
- County council
- Norfolk County Council
- County division
- Dereham North, Dereham South
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 27
Parishes in the ward
Dereham
Other wards in the same constituency
AAll Saints & Wayland23.1% aged 65+ · 77.4% owned7,635AAttleborough Burgh & Haverscroft27.2% aged 65+ · 69.5% owned5,095AAttleborough Queens & Besthorpe20.3% aged 65+ · 69.2% owned7,975DDereham Toftwood26.7% aged 65+ · 73.5% owned5,901DDereham Withburga19.2% aged 65+ · 50.8% owned5,922HHermitage31.0% aged 65+ · 72.5% owned2,834LLaunditch26.6% aged 65+ · 65.9% owned2,603LLincoln30.4% aged 65+ · 75.8% owned5,467MMattishall30.1% aged 65+ · 78.5% owned5,590NNecton34.6% aged 65+ · 77.4% owned2,669SSaham Toney21.8% aged 65+ · 64.3% owned5,500SShipdham-with-Scarning22.6% aged 65+ · 72.7% owned5,763TThe Buckenhams & Banham25.7% aged 65+ · 71.2% owned3,263UUpper Wensum27.3% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned6,530
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.