Gorleston North

Great Yarmouth · East of England · population 7,840 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

9Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,222 of 6,856 in England
  • #724 of 746 in East of England
  • #10 of 13 in Great Yarmouth
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,925
Median age (est.)42
Density5,277per km²
No qualifications28%
Degree or above16%
No car or van33%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 25%45–64 26%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 30%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 30%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 17%Other: 13%
One person 37%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 17%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Caring & leisure 16% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Caring & leisure16%
Skilled trades13%
Sales & customer service11%
Professional10%
Associate professional10%
Administrative9%
Process & plant8%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

No religion 53% · Christian 39% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Gorleston North is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,222 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 13 in Great Yarmouth. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (56) and lowest on Employment (6). Typical homes here sold for about £170,500 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 94 sales), 22% below the wider Great Yarmouth median of £220,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,930 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 90 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 12 · #6,058
Employment 6 · #6,421
Education 7 · #6,394
Health 13 · #5,955
Crime 17 · #5,715
Housing & access 56 · #2,994
Living environment 42 · #4,008

House prices ?

£170,500median (12m) · -10.7% yr · n=94
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£170,50094-10.7%+10.0%
Detached£295,00015-13.9%+28.3%
Semi-detached£190,00029-12.6%+3.7%
Terraced£152,50042-7.6%+13.0%
Flat£103,0008+27.2%-10.4%
This area£170,500
Great Yarmouth£220,000
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£31,930±£4,544 · #5,968 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,630
Price-to-income ?5.3×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

26Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

90 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 707 offences
Great Yarmouth96
East of England70
England83

Rank #4,557 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences356
Theft122
Burglary23
Vehicle crime24
Criminal damage & arson69
Public order & weapons67
Drugs24
Robbery5
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 106 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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