Electoral wardE05010252
Nar Valley ward, Breckland
Nar Valley is one of 27 electoral wards of Breckland District Council, in Norfolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 2,873 residents in 1,289 households — 39 people per km², the 23rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South West Norfolk constituency; for county elections it is in the Swaffham and The Brecks divisions.
Residents, 20212,873council ward average 5,240
Households1,2892.23 residents per household
Density39/ km²about 73.29 km² · Breckland 108
Aged 65+31.7%Breckland: 24.9% · under 16: 14.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.2% · 122
5–94.5% · 129
10–155.7% · 163
16–192.7% · 78
20–244.2% · 122
25–3410.2% · 292
35–4912.9% · 370
50–6423.9% · 687
65–7416.6% · 477
75–8411.9% · 343
85+3.1% · 90
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.4% · 121
1 car or van40.3% · 520
2 cars or vans35.4% · 456
3 or more14.9% · 192
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Breckland overall: 67.0% owned, 14.1% social rented, 18.1% private rented.
Owned outright46.9% · 605
With mortgage23.4% · 302
Shared ownership1.4% · 18
Social rented16.2% · 209
Private rented12.1% · 156
Type of home
Detached house61.2% · 789
Semi-detached house33.1% · 427
Terraced house4.8% · 62
Purpose-built flat0.2% · 2
Converted house0.2% · 2
Other conversion0.1% · 1
Above shop / office0.3% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010252- Council
- Breckland District Council
- County council
- Norfolk County Council
- County division
- Swaffham, The Brecks
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 23 of 27
Parishes in the ward
BeachamwellNarboroughNarfordSouth AcreSporle with Palgrave
Other wards in the same constituency
AAshill34.4% aged 65+ · 69.3% owned2,700BBedingfeld26.8% aged 65+ · 72.7% owned3,223FForest26.2% aged 65+ · 71.0% owned3,148GGuiltcross29.1% aged 65+ · 76.6% owned3,387HHarling & Heathlands27.6% aged 65+ · 72.9% owned3,172SSwaffham32.6% aged 65+ · 64.0% owned8,565TThetford Boudica19.8% aged 65+ · 68.0% owned4,954TThetford Burrell15.5% aged 65+ · 46.5% owned6,221TThetford Castle16.3% aged 65+ · 57.3% owned6,189TThetford Priory13.1% aged 65+ · 40.8% owned7,899
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.