Electoral wardE05012327
Dersingham ward, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Dersingham 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 6,025 residents in 2,880 households — 100 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North West Norfolk constituency; for county elections it is in the Dersingham division.
Residents, 20216,025council ward average 4,409
Households2,8802.09 residents per household
Density100/ km²about 60.31 km² · King's Lynn and West Norfolk 107
Aged 65+39.9%King's Lynn and West Norfolk: 25.9% · under 16: 12.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.2% · 194
5–94.3% · 261
10–155.3% · 322
16–192.7% · 164
20–243.6% · 214
25–347.0% · 421
35–4913.0% · 781
50–6421.0% · 1,264
65–7419.4% · 1,170
75–8415.1% · 912
85+5.3% · 320
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.9% · 342
1 car or van46.7% · 1,344
2 cars or vans28.4% · 816
3 or more13.0% · 375
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 outright52.4% · 1,508
With mortgage19.3% · 557
Shared ownership0.2% · 7
Social rented8.2% · 235
Private rented19.8% · 571
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house52.9% · 1,523
Semi-detached house33.5% · 965
Terraced house9.5% · 274
Purpose-built flat3.1% · 89
Converted house0.4% · 11
Other conversion0.3% · 8
Above shop / office0.2% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012327- County council
- Norfolk County Council
- County division
- Dersingham
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 22 of 35
Parishes in the ward
AnmerDersinghamIngoldisthorpeSandringhamShernborne
Other wards in the same constituency
BBircham with Rudhams33.8% aged 65+ · 67.1% owned2,562BBrancaster44.5% aged 65+ · 69.5% owned2,131BBurnham Market & Docking36.1% aged 65+ · 62.9% owned2,516CClenchwarton30.6% aged 65+ · 83.1% owned2,784FFairstead11.0% 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
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.