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Electoral wardE05011882
New Costessey ward, South Norfolk
New Costessey is one of 26 electoral wards of South Norfolk District Council, in Norfolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,028 residents in 2,828 households — 2,864 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Norwich South constituency; for county elections it is in the Costessey division.
Residents, 20216,028council ward average 5,460
Households2,8282.13 residents per household
Density2,864/ km²about 2.10 km² · South Norfolk 156
Aged 65+29.3%South Norfolk: 24.3% · under 16: 13.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.3% · 198
5–94.5% · 273
10–155.6% · 336
16–193.4% · 206
20–244.2% · 256
25–349.9% · 598
35–4916.2% · 979
50–6423.5% · 1,416
65–7414.1% · 847
75–8410.8% · 652
85+4.4% · 267
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van16.3% · 461
1 car or van43.7% · 1,236
2 cars or vans28.0% · 792
3 or more12.0% · 339
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; South Norfolk overall: 73.1% owned, 11.7% social rented, 13.9% private rented.
Owned outright48.6% · 1,375
With mortgage27.0% · 764
Shared ownership1.0% · 28
Social rented14.1% · 400
Private rented9.2% · 261
Type of home
Detached house44.6% · 1,263
Semi-detached house36.6% · 1,034
Terraced house8.6% · 242
Purpose-built flat9.3% · 262
Converted house0.4% · 11
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.3% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011882- County council
- Norfolk County Council
- County division
- Costessey
- Constituency
- Norwich South
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 26
Parishes in the ward
Costessey
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.