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Electoral wardE05005792
Gorleston ward, Great Yarmouth
Gorleston is one of 17 electoral wards of Great Yarmouth Borough Council, in Norfolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,289 residents in 2,353 households — 2,802 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Great Yarmouth constituency; for county elections it is in the Gorleston St. Andrews division.
Residents, 20215,289council ward average 5,867
Households2,3532.25 residents per household
Density2,802/ km²about 1.89 km² · Great Yarmouth 572
Aged 65+28.6%Great Yarmouth: 24.0% · under 16: 15.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.0% · 214
5–94.7% · 250
10–156.5% · 344
16–194.2% · 221
20–244.4% · 235
25–3410.2% · 537
35–4917.2% · 910
50–6420.1% · 1,063
65–7413.6% · 721
75–8410.1% · 536
85+4.8% · 255
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.8% · 441
1 car or van44.9% · 1,056
2 cars or vans27.6% · 649
3 or more8.8% · 206
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Great Yarmouth overall: 61.8% owned, 16.2% social rented, 21.5% private rented.
Owned outright44.5% · 1,049
With mortgage25.8% · 607
Shared ownership0.2% · 4
Social rented5.5% · 129
Private rented23.9% · 564
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house45.0% · 1,058
Semi-detached house17.9% · 422
Terraced house23.3% · 548
Purpose-built flat8.5% · 201
Converted house3.8% · 90
Other conversion0.8% · 19
Above shop / office0.6% · 14
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05005792- County council
- Norfolk County Council
- County division
- Gorleston St. Andrews
- Constituency
- Great Yarmouth
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 17
Parishes in the ward
Hopton-on-Sea
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% owned4,483CCentral and Northgate14.9% aged 65+ · 34.7% owned8,640CClaydon19.6% aged 65+ · 48.5% owned7,732EEast Flegg34.9% aged 65+ · 79.9% owned4,979FFleggburgh25.5% aged 65+ · 78.8% owned2,696LLothingland28.9% 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
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.