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Electoral wardE05012339

Massingham with Castle Acre ward, King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Massingham with Castle Acre 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 3,115 residents in 1,437 households — 34 people per km², the 22nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North West Norfolk constituency; for county elections it is in the Dersingham and Docking and Gayton and Nar Valley divisions.

Residents, 20213,115council ward average 4,409
Households1,4372.17 residents per household
Density34/ km²about 90.82 km² · King's Lynn and West Norfolk 107
Aged 65+30.6%King's Lynn and West Norfolk: 25.9% · under 16: 14.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.6% · 113
5–95.4% · 169
10–155.7% · 177
16–193.5% · 108
20–243.6% · 111
25–349.1% · 283
35–4914.7% · 458
50–6423.8% · 741
65–7416.2% · 503
75–8410.3% · 320
85+4.2% · 131

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van9.5% · 136
1 car or van41.0% · 588
2 cars or vans33.3% · 478
3 or more16.2% · 233
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 outright39.3% · 565
With mortgage19.2% · 277
Shared ownership0.6% · 9
Social rented16.3% · 234
Private rented24.4% · 351
Lives rent free0.2% · 3

Type of home

Detached house38.3% · 551
Semi-detached house47.4% · 681
Terraced house12.8% · 184
Purpose-built flat0.5% · 7
Converted house0.3% · 4
Other conversion0.2% · 3
Above shop / office0.2% · 3
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05012339
County division
Dersingham, Docking, Gayton and Nar Valley
Constituency
North West Norfolk
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
32 of 35

Parishes in the ward

Castle AcreFlitcham with AppletonGreat MassinghamHarpleyHillingtonLittle MassinghamWest Acre

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% owned8,679HHeacham42.0% aged 65+ · 75.5% owned5,169HHunstanton44.0% aged 65+ · 66.5% owned4,230NNorth 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.