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North Walsham West ward, North Norfolk

North Walsham West is one of 32 electoral wards of North Norfolk District Council, in Norfolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,238 residents in 2,423 households — 509 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Norfolk constituency; for county elections it is in the North Walsham East and North Walsham West and Erpingham divisions.

Residents, 20215,238council ward average 3,218
Households2,4232.16 residents per household
Density509/ km²about 10.29 km² · North Norfolk 107
Aged 65+27.3%North Norfolk: 33.5% · under 16: 16.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.3% · 225
5–95.5% · 289
10–156.5% · 343
16–193.5% · 185
20–244.6% · 240
25–3411.9% · 621
35–4915.9% · 835
50–6420.4% · 1,070
65–7413.4% · 703
75–849.5% · 500
85+4.3% · 227

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van16.7% · 405
1 car or van48.0% · 1,162
2 cars or vans25.6% · 620
3 or more9.7% · 236
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; North Norfolk overall: 68.7% owned, 13.0% social rented, 17.6% private rented.

Owned outright39.2% · 950
With mortgage26.4% · 640
Shared ownership0.7% · 18
Social rented17.1% · 414
Private rented16.5% · 400
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house33.0% · 799
Semi-detached house35.5% · 860
Terraced house18.4% · 446
Purpose-built flat12.3% · 299
Converted house0.4% · 10
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.2% · 6
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.