Electoral wardE05012911
Town Close ward, Norwich
Town Close is one of 13 electoral wards of Norwich City Council, in Norfolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 10,199 residents in 5,236 households — 5,858 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Norwich South constituency; for county elections it is in the Town Close division.
Residents, 202110,199council ward average 11,071
Households5,2361.95 residents per household
Density5,858/ km²about 1.74 km² · Norwich 3,688
Aged 65+17.3%Norwich: 14.9% · under 16: 12.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.8% · 390
5–94.2% · 427
10–154.6% · 474
16–193.3% · 336
20–2411.4% · 1,161
25–3418.4% · 1,874
35–4920.2% · 2,064
50–6416.8% · 1,710
65–749.8% · 1,000
75–845.0% · 507
85+2.5% · 256
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van38.1% · 1,993
1 car or van46.6% · 2,439
2 cars or vans12.8% · 668
3 or more2.6% · 136
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Norwich overall: 42.0% owned, 30.3% social rented, 26.9% private rented.
Owned outright24.4% · 1,278
With mortgage17.8% · 931
Shared ownership0.7% · 38
Social rented23.3% · 1,219
Private rented33.6% · 1,760
Lives rent free0.2% · 10
Type of home
Detached house5.8% · 305
Semi-detached house12.2% · 639
Terraced house34.9% · 1,827
Purpose-built flat37.1% · 1,940
Converted house4.9% · 259
Other conversion4.5% · 238
Above shop / office0.5% · 28
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012911- Council
- Norwich City Council
- County council
- Norfolk County Council
- County division
- Town Close
- Constituency
- Norwich South
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 13
Other wards in the same constituency
BBowthorpe14.1% aged 65+ · 36.8% owned10,173EEaton28.7% aged 65+ · 70.9% owned10,118LLakenham16.7% aged 65+ · 42.0% owned10,685MMancroft14.9% aged 65+ · 26.5% owned10,617NNelson13.8% aged 65+ · 50.3% owned10,435TThorpe Hamlet15.0% aged 65+ · 36.9% owned9,688UUniversity9.8% aged 65+ · 31.2% owned14,551WWensum12.3% aged 65+ · 35.6% owned12,734
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.