Electoral wardE05005765
Drayton South ward, Broadland
Drayton South is one of 27 electoral wards of Broadland District Council, in Norfolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 2,405 residents in 1,022 households — 762 people per km², the 27th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Norwich North constituency; for county elections it is in the Drayton and Horsford division.
Residents, 20212,405council ward average 4,878
Households1,0222.35 residents per household
Density762/ km²about 3.16 km² · Broadland 239
Aged 65+38.3%Broadland: 25.9% · under 16: 13.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.6% · 86
5–94.3% · 104
10–155.4% · 131
16–193.2% · 77
20–243.7% · 90
25–346.7% · 161
35–4913.6% · 327
50–6421.2% · 509
65–7417.0% · 408
75–8413.7% · 330
85+7.6% · 182
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.9% · 111
1 car or van42.7% · 436
2 cars or vans32.6% · 333
3 or more13.9% · 142
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Broadland overall: 77.1% owned, 9.7% social rented, 12.3% private rented.
Owned outright57.8% · 590
With mortgage24.8% · 253
Shared ownership0.3% · 3
Social rented6.5% · 66
Private rented10.6% · 108
Type of home
Detached house68.4% · 698
Semi-detached house19.8% · 202
Terraced house6.8% · 69
Purpose-built flat0.6% · 6
Above shop / office0.5% · 5
Caravan, mobile3.9% · 40
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05005765- Council
- Broadland District Council
- County council
- Norfolk County Council
- County division
- Drayton and Horsford
- Constituency
- Norwich North
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 27
Parishes in the ward
Drayton
Other wards in the same constituency
DDrayton North14.3% aged 65+ · 66.8% owned2,985HHellesdon North West32.4% aged 65+ · 80.3% owned5,680HHellesdon South East26.2% aged 65+ · 84.6% owned5,442OOld Catton and Sprowston West24.9% aged 65+ · 78.8% owned8,496SSprowston Central24.3% aged 65+ · 74.5% owned5,346SSprowston East24.9% aged 65+ · 80.2% owned9,529TThorpe St Andrew North West27.0% aged 65+ · 79.7% owned7,366TThorpe St Andrew South East20.0% aged 65+ · 74.6% owned7,161
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.