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Electoral wardE05012322

Bircham with Rudhams ward, King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Bircham with Rudhams is one of 35 electoral wards of Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk, in Norfolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 2,562 residents in 1,178 households — 22 people per km², the 29th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North West Norfolk constituency; for county elections it is in the Docking and North Coast divisions.

Residents, 20212,562council ward average 4,409
Households1,1782.17 residents per household
Density22/ km²about 116.45 km² · King's Lynn and West Norfolk 107
Aged 65+33.8%King's Lynn and West Norfolk: 25.9% · under 16: 13.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.9% · 99
5–94.3% · 110
10–155.3% · 137
16–193.4% · 88
20–243.0% · 77
25–347.3% · 186
35–4914.0% · 358
50–6425.0% · 641
65–7419.4% · 497
75–8411.3% · 289
85+3.1% · 79

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van6.6% · 78
1 car or van40.4% · 476
2 cars or vans36.1% · 426
3 or more16.9% · 199
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; King's Lynn and West Norfolk overall: 67.0% owned, 13.6% social rented, 18.8% private rented.

Owned outright46.6% · 547
With mortgage20.5% · 241
Shared ownership0.3% · 4
Social rented13.8% · 162
Private rented18.8% · 221

Type of home

Detached house39.6% · 466
Semi-detached house47.7% · 561
Terraced house10.5% · 124
Purpose-built flat0.8% · 10
Converted house0.4% · 5
Other conversion0.2% · 2
Above shop / office0.4% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05012322
County division
Docking, North Coast
Constituency
North West Norfolk
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
35 of 35

Parishes in the ward

Bagthorpe with BarmerBirchamEast RudhamHoughtonNorth CreakeSouth CreakeSyderstoneWest Rudham

Other wards in the same constituency

BBrancaster44.5% aged 65+ · 69.5% owned2,131BBurnham Market & Docking36.1% aged 65+ · 62.9% owned2,516CClenchwarton30.6% aged 65+ · 83.1% owned2,784DDersingham39.9% aged 65+ · 71.7% owned6,025FFairstead11.0% aged 65+ · 40.1% owned6,829GGayton & Grimston28.2% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned5,912GGaywood Chase22.1% aged 65+ · 60.0% owned2,429GGaywood Clock17.1% aged 65+ · 50.9% owned3,338GGaywood North Bank21.0% aged 65+ · 76.0% owned8,679HHeacham42.0% aged 65+ · 75.5% owned5,169HHunstanton44.0% aged 65+ · 66.5% owned4,230MMassingham with Castle Acre30.6% aged 65+ · 58.5% owned3,115NNorth Lynn11.6% aged 65+ · 36.6% owned6,877SSnettisham41.0% aged 65+ · 73.3% owned2,709

All 35 wards of King's Lynn and West Norfolk

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.