Electoral wardE05005777
Sprowston Central ward, Broadland
Sprowston Central is one of 27 electoral wards of Broadland District Council, in Norfolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,346 residents in 2,366 households — 1,694 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Norwich North constituency; for county elections it is in the Sprowston division.
Residents, 20215,346council ward average 4,878
Households2,3662.26 residents per household
Density1,694/ km²about 3.16 km² · Broadland 239
Aged 65+24.3%Broadland: 25.9% · under 16: 16.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.2% · 224
5–95.6% · 301
10–156.5% · 348
16–193.9% · 211
20–244.1% · 221
25–3410.8% · 576
35–4918.9% · 1,012
50–6421.6% · 1,155
65–7412.2% · 653
75–848.1% · 434
85+3.9% · 209
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.1% · 357
1 car or van44.3% · 1,048
2 cars or vans29.2% · 692
3 or more11.4% · 270
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Broadland overall: 77.1% owned, 9.7% social rented, 12.3% private rented.
Owned outright43.4% · 1,026
With mortgage31.2% · 737
Shared ownership0.5% · 11
Social rented13.7% · 323
Private rented11.2% · 266
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house28.3% · 669
Semi-detached house53.2% · 1,259
Terraced house10.9% · 258
Purpose-built flat6.3% · 149
Converted house0.7% · 17
Other conversion0.2% · 4
Above shop / office0.3% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05005777- Council
- Broadland District Council
- County council
- Norfolk County Council
- County division
- Sprowston
- Constituency
- Norwich North
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 27
Parishes in the ward
Sprowston
Other wards in the same constituency
DDrayton North14.3% aged 65+ · 66.8% owned2,985DDrayton South38.3% aged 65+ · 82.6% owned2,405HHellesdon 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 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.