Electoral wardE05012331
Fairstead ward, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Fairstead 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 6,829 residents in 2,772 households — 5,821 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North West Norfolk constituency; for county elections it is in the Gaywood South division.
Residents, 20216,829council ward average 4,409
Households2,7722.46 residents per household
Density5,821/ km²about 1.17 km² · King's Lynn and West Norfolk 107
Aged 65+11.0%King's Lynn and West Norfolk: 25.9% · under 16: 24.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.2% · 494
5–98.3% · 565
10–158.8% · 603
16–194.7% · 320
20–245.0% · 339
25–3418.5% · 1,263
35–4922.4% · 1,527
50–6414.2% · 968
65–746.2% · 423
75–843.4% · 229
85+1.4% · 97
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.7% · 739
1 car or van46.5% · 1,289
2 cars or vans22.1% · 613
3 or more4.7% · 131
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 outright16.3% · 453
With mortgage23.8% · 660
Shared ownership1.7% · 48
Social rented29.3% · 813
Private rented28.8% · 799
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house8.3% · 231
Semi-detached house27.5% · 761
Terraced house42.4% · 1,175
Purpose-built flat20.9% · 579
Converted house0.5% · 14
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.3% · 9
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012331- County council
- Norfolk County Council
- County division
- Gaywood South
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 35
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% owned2,784DDersingham39.9% aged 65+ · 71.7% owned6,025GGayton & 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.