Gorleston South & Beach

Great Yarmouth · East of England · population 8,429 · 5 LSOAs

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

41Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,015 of 6,856 in England
  • #547 of 746 in East of England
  • #5 of 13 in Great Yarmouth
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,507
Median age (est.)46
Density3,395per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above24%
No car or van22%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 27%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 26%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 7%Private rent 26%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 12%Other: 18%
One person 32%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 12%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Caring & leisure 14% · Skilled trades 11%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Caring & leisure14%
Skilled trades11%
Elementary11%
Associate professional11%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 46% · Hindu 1%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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 South & Beach is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #4,015 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 13 in Great Yarmouth. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (53) and lowest on Living environment (31). Typical homes here, about £214,650 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 26% in five years (from 128 sales), in line with the wider Great Yarmouth median of £220,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,549 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £38,193 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 69 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 42 · #3,953
Employment 40 · #4,138
Education 33 · #4,584
Health 47 · #3,618
Crime 42 · #3,981
Housing & access 53 · #3,240
Living environment 31 · #4,749

House prices ?

£214,650median (12m) · +6.0% yr · n=128
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£214,650128+6.0%+25.5%
Detached£422,50042+13.4%+36.3%
Semi-detached£221,00023+4.5%+12.6%
Terraced£170,75050-2.4%+17.8%
Flat£120,00013+0.8%+5.5%
This area£214,650
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)£38,193±£5,380 · #3,971 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,773
Price-to-income ?5.6×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 ?

77Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

69 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 578 offences
Great Yarmouth96
East of England70
England83

Rank #3,436 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences225
Theft124
Burglary20
Vehicle crime30
Criminal damage & arson79
Public order & weapons55
Drugs33
Robbery3
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 123 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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