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Electoral wardE05005788

Central and Northgate ward, Great Yarmouth

Central and Northgate is one of 17 electoral wards of Great Yarmouth Borough Council, in Norfolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,640 residents in 3,984 households — 1,182 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Great Yarmouth constituency; for county elections it is in the Yarmouth North and Central division.

Residents, 20218,640council ward average 5,867
Households3,9842.17 residents per household
Density1,182/ km²about 7.31 km² · Great Yarmouth 572
Aged 65+14.9%Great Yarmouth: 24.0% · under 16: 19.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.7% · 581
5–96.0% · 521
10–157.1% · 615
16–194.5% · 385
20–246.4% · 555
25–3415.3% · 1,319
35–4919.4% · 1,673
50–6419.7% · 1,703
65–748.8% · 763
75–844.4% · 381
85+1.7% · 143

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van44.9% · 1,789
1 car or van40.5% · 1,612
2 cars or vans11.6% · 463
3 or more3.0% · 120
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Great Yarmouth overall: 61.8% owned, 16.2% social rented, 21.5% private rented.

Owned outright20.8% · 830
With mortgage13.8% · 551
Shared ownership0.5% · 19
Social rented19.5% · 776
Private rented45.1% · 1,796
Lives rent free0.2% · 9

Type of home

Detached house6.7% · 267
Semi-detached house11.7% · 466
Terraced house44.6% · 1,776
Purpose-built flat25.0% · 995
Converted house6.4% · 255
Other conversion2.3% · 93
Above shop / office2.9% · 114
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 16
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05005788
County division
Yarmouth North and Central
Constituency
Great Yarmouth
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
10 of 17

Other wards in the same constituency

BBradwell North29.4% aged 65+ · 83.2% owned6,477BBradwell South and Hopton25.3% aged 65+ · 77.0% owned7,727CCaister North33.5% aged 65+ · 80.9% owned4,320CCaister South33.8% aged 65+ · 73.2% owned4,483CClaydon19.6% aged 65+ · 48.5% owned7,732EEast Flegg34.9% aged 65+ · 79.9% owned4,979FFleggburgh25.5% aged 65+ · 78.8% owned2,696GGorleston28.6% aged 65+ · 70.3% owned5,289LLothingland28.9% aged 65+ · 82.3% owned5,588MMagdalen21.6% aged 65+ · 50.4% owned7,418NNelson12.6% aged 65+ · 25.9% owned9,342OOrmesby29.9% aged 65+ · 83.1% owned4,704SSouthtown and Cobholm12.3% aged 65+ · 44.2% owned5,687SSt Andrews20.6% aged 65+ · 59.6% owned4,878

All 17 wards of Great Yarmouth

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.