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Roughton ward, North Norfolk

Roughton is one of 32 electoral wards of North Norfolk District Council, in Norfolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 2,817 residents in 1,242 households — 83 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Norfolk constituency; for county elections it is in the Cromer and Mundesley divisions.

Residents, 20212,817council ward average 3,218
Households1,2422.27 residents per household
Density83/ km²about 33.86 km² · North Norfolk 107
Aged 65+28.2%North Norfolk: 33.5% · under 16: 14.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.1% · 116
5–94.0% · 113
10–156.6% · 185
16–193.3% · 94
20–243.3% · 94
25–348.7% · 246
35–4914.3% · 404
50–6427.4% · 772
65–7415.8% · 445
75–8410.0% · 283
85+2.3% · 65

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van7.6% · 95
1 car or van36.6% · 455
2 cars or vans37.1% · 461
3 or more18.6% · 231
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright46.7% · 580
With mortgage24.6% · 306
Shared ownership1.3% · 16
Social rented12.9% · 160
Private rented14.5% · 180
Lives rent free0.1% · 1

Type of home

Detached house53.2% · 661
Semi-detached house33.3% · 413
Terraced house11.0% · 137
Purpose-built flat0.6% · 7
Converted house0.6% · 8
Other conversion0.4% · 5
Above shop / office0.2% · 2
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 9
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.