Electoral wardE05010243
Dereham Toftwood ward, Breckland
Dereham Toftwood is one of 27 electoral wards of Breckland District Council, in Norfolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,901 residents in 2,667 households — 2,277 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mid Norfolk constituency; for county elections it is in the Dereham South division.
Residents, 20215,901council ward average 5,240
Households2,6672.21 residents per household
Density2,277/ km²about 2.59 km² · Breckland 108
Aged 65+26.7%Breckland: 24.9% · under 16: 16.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 270
5–94.9% · 290
10–156.5% · 385
16–193.8% · 222
20–245.3% · 314
25–3411.7% · 692
35–4916.8% · 993
50–6419.6% · 1,158
65–7413.5% · 797
75–8410.4% · 613
85+2.8% · 166
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van12.0% · 319
1 car or van46.6% · 1,242
2 cars or vans30.3% · 809
3 or more11.1% · 297
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Breckland overall: 67.0% owned, 14.1% social rented, 18.1% private rented.
Owned outright45.0% · 1,199
With mortgage28.6% · 762
Shared ownership0.3% · 7
Social rented5.4% · 144
Private rented20.8% · 555
Type of home
Detached house38.7% · 1,031
Semi-detached house31.9% · 850
Terraced house25.7% · 686
Purpose-built flat2.8% · 75
Converted house0.4% · 10
Other conversion0.2% · 6
Above shop / office0.1% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010243- Council
- Breckland District Council
- County council
- Norfolk County Council
- County division
- Dereham South
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 3 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 Neatherd27.8% aged 65+ · 65.8% owned7,436DDereham 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.