Electoral wardE05010244
Dereham Withburga ward, Breckland
Dereham Withburga is one of 27 electoral wards of Breckland District Council, in Norfolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,922 residents in 2,518 households — 1,362 people per km², the 10th 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, 20215,922council ward average 5,240
Households2,5182.35 residents per household
Density1,362/ km²about 4.35 km² · Breckland 108
Aged 65+19.2%Breckland: 24.9% · under 16: 20.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.4% · 318
5–96.7% · 394
10–158.7% · 513
16–195.2% · 309
20–244.8% · 284
25–3412.9% · 765
35–4918.1% · 1,072
50–6419.0% · 1,128
65–749.8% · 582
75–847.1% · 418
85+2.4% · 140
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.4% · 540
1 car or van45.3% · 1,141
2 cars or vans24.1% · 608
3 or more9.1% · 229
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Breckland overall: 67.0% owned, 14.1% social rented, 18.1% private rented.
Owned outright27.1% · 684
With mortgage23.7% · 597
Shared ownership0.8% · 21
Social rented27.9% · 703
Private rented20.3% · 512
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house23.4% · 588
Semi-detached house37.7% · 949
Terraced house21.1% · 532
Purpose-built flat14.5% · 366
Converted house1.6% · 41
Other conversion0.7% · 18
Above shop / office0.9% · 23
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010244- 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
- 4 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 Toftwood26.7% aged 65+ · 73.5% owned5,901HHermitage31.0% 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.