Electoral wardE05012337
Heacham ward, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Heacham 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 5,169 residents in 2,558 households — 137 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North West Norfolk constituency; for county elections it is in the Docking division.
Residents, 20215,169council ward average 4,409
Households2,5582.02 residents per household
Density137/ km²about 37.81 km² · King's Lynn and West Norfolk 107
Aged 65+42.0%King's Lynn and West Norfolk: 25.9% · under 16: 10.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.3% · 121
5–93.0% · 156
10–154.8% · 248
16–192.8% · 145
20–243.2% · 168
25–346.3% · 324
35–4912.1% · 627
50–6423.4% · 1,210
65–7421.2% · 1,098
75–8414.9% · 770
85+5.9% · 303
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van16.7% · 428
1 car or van44.4% · 1,135
2 cars or vans26.7% · 682
3 or more12.3% · 314
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 outright57.3% · 1,466
With mortgage18.2% · 466
Shared ownership0.3% · 8
Social rented10.4% · 266
Private rented13.8% · 352
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house51.5% · 1,316
Semi-detached house29.1% · 745
Terraced house12.7% · 325
Purpose-built flat4.5% · 115
Converted house0.5% · 12
Other conversion0.3% · 7
Above shop / office0.4% · 9
Caravan, mobile1.1% · 27
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012337- County council
- Norfolk County Council
- County division
- Docking
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 18 of 35
Parishes in the ward
FringHeachamSedgeford
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% owned6,025FFairstead11.0% 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% owned8,679HHunstanton44.0% 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.