Gorleston West

Great Yarmouth · East of England · population 7,497 · 5 LSOAs

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

16Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,722 of 6,856 in England
  • #690 of 746 in East of England
  • #8 of 13 in Great Yarmouth
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,419
Median age (est.)41
Density4,401per km²
No qualifications27%
Degree or above19%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 25%45–64 24%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 36%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 36%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 16%Other: 15%
One person 29%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 16%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Caring & leisure 15% · Elementary 14%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Caring & leisure15%
Elementary14%
Skilled trades11%
Associate professional9%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant9%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 5%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 5%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 50% · Christian 41% · Muslim 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 West is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,722 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 13 in Great Yarmouth. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (85) but weak on Employment (10). Typical homes here sold for about £195,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 71 sales), 11% below the wider Great Yarmouth median of £220,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,170 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 72 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 15 · #5,852
Employment 10 · #6,181
Education 15 · #5,852
Health 16 · #5,770
Crime 34 · #4,536
Housing & access 48 · #3,576
Living environment 85 · #1,054

House prices ?

£195,000median (12m) · +1.3% yr · n=71
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£195,00071+1.3%+16.1%
Detached£285,0008+3.6%+20.0%
Semi-detached£212,50021+3.7%+20.7%
Terraced£182,00041+1.1%+13.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£195,000
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)£33,170±£4,780 · #5,615 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,713
Price-to-income ?5.9×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 ?

39Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

72 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 540 offences
Great Yarmouth96
East of England70
England83

Rank #3,664 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences288
Theft48
Burglary20
Vehicle crime26
Criminal damage & arson69
Public order & weapons65
Drugs11
Robbery1
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 76 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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