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Electoral wardE05005799
West Flegg ward, Great Yarmouth
West Flegg is one of 17 electoral wards of Great Yarmouth Borough Council, in Norfolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,318 residents in 2,298 households — 172 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Great Yarmouth constituency; for county elections it is in the West Flegg division.
Residents, 20215,318council ward average 5,867
Households2,2982.31 residents per household
Density172/ km²about 31.01 km² · Great Yarmouth 572
Aged 65+30.7%Great Yarmouth: 24.0% · under 16: 14.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.9% · 205
5–94.9% · 259
10–156.1% · 326
16–193.5% · 187
20–244.5% · 239
25–348.9% · 475
35–4914.2% · 756
50–6423.3% · 1,241
65–7416.8% · 891
75–8410.5% · 558
85+3.4% · 182
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.6% · 220
1 car or van39.5% · 907
2 cars or vans37.8% · 869
3 or more13.1% · 302
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Great Yarmouth overall: 61.8% owned, 16.2% social rented, 21.5% private rented.
Owned outright50.5% · 1,161
With mortgage28.9% · 665
Shared ownership0.3% · 6
Social rented8.0% · 183
Private rented12.3% · 282
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house54.6% · 1,256
Semi-detached house28.7% · 660
Terraced house13.4% · 308
Purpose-built flat2.2% · 50
Converted house0.3% · 8
Other conversion0.3% · 7
Above shop / office0.3% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05005799- County council
- Norfolk County Council
- County division
- West Flegg
- Constituency
- Great Yarmouth
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 16 of 17
Parishes in the ward
Ashby with ObyMarthamRepps with BastwickRollesbyThurne
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% owned2,696GGorleston28.6% 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% owned5,687
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.