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Demographics of Great Yarmouth

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Person
Population
100,146

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Major ethnic
95% White

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Age structure
Population
Average age
Life expectancy
Area type
Non-metropolitan District
Population Density
574
Population growth
Gender ratio
0.96 male to female
english main language
94%
birth rate
9.5
death rate
12.3
Major religion
52% Other
Urbanisation
65%

Demographics of Great Yarmouth

The population of Great Yarmouth is 100,146 according to mid-2021 population figures published by the ONS. Great Yarmouth's population growth rate between mid-2020 and mid-2021 was per year. Great Yarmouth covers an area of 174 square kilometres (67 square miles) and has a population density of 574 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2021.

According to the latest 2021 census, the population in Great Yarmouth is predominantly white (95%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 5% of the population.

The median average age in Great Yarmouth in 2021 was 46.1, with over 18s representing 84.0% of the population. The sex ratio was 95.9 males to every 100 females. Compare average age by area.

In 2021, the urban population of Great Yarmouth was approximately 63,434 or 65%, while the rural population was around 33,843 or 35%.

The largest religious group in Great Yarmouth is Others who account for 52% of the population.

English is spoken as the main language by 93.7% of people in Great Yarmouth, and spoken either well or very well by 5% of the population. 1.4% reported having poor English language skills, and the remaining 0.3% spoke no English at all.

Population of Great Yarmouth

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The population of Great Yarmouth is 100,146 according to mid-2021 population figures published by the ONS. In the year between mid-2020 and mid-2021, the population in Great Yarmouth grew by an estimated people, and in the ten years before mid-2021, the population grew by .

Great Yarmouth's population growth rate between mid-2020 and mid-2021 was , which is

Great Yarmouth covers an area of 174 square kilometres (67 square miles) and has a population density of 574 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2021. That figure has by people per km2 over the past decade.

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Demographics by Age and Gender

According to mid-year population estimates published by the ONS in 2019, males account for 49.0% of Great Yarmouth's 100,146 population, while females made up 51.0% of the total.

The sex ratio (the number of males for each female in a population) was 95.904 males to every 100 females in 2021. In England as a whole, the gender ratio was 96 males to every 100 females in 2021.

Age statistics collected by the ONS show the adult population of Great Yarmouth, that is how many people there are over the age of 18, is 84,099.

Great Yarmouth's age structure shows the working-age population to be 59,949 which is 59.9% of the population. People under the age of 16 represent 16.0% of the population, and over 65s represent 24.1% of the population. The percentage of the population that is of working-age has decreased over the last 10 years from to .

Great Yarmouth age pyramid

Great Yarmouth's age pyramid shows how the population is distributed by age and gender.

The median average age of someone in Great Yarmouth was 46.1 years in 2019.

Of the Great Yarmouth population over the age of 90, women outnumber men by 1.9 to 1.

Age
Male
Female
Total
00-01 78.3 82.8 80.6
01-04 77.7 81.9 79.8
05-09 73.7 77.9 75.8
10-14 68.7 72.9 70.8
15-19 63.8 68.0 65.9
20-24 58.8 63.0 60.9
25-29 53.8 58.0 55.9
30-34 49.1 53.2 51.2
35-39 44.3 48.3 46.3
40-44 39.5 43.4 41.5
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Ethnicity in Great Yarmouth

According to the latest 2021 census, the population in Great Yarmouth is predominantly white (94.6%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 5.4% of the population.

Asian people were the largest minority group in Great Yarmouth accounting for 1.9% of the population.

1,104 or 1% of the Great Yarmouth population are black according to the latest 2021 census.

In England more broadly the portion of the population that is white is 81%. 10% are Asian and 4% are Black.

Population by race in Great Yarmouth, 2021 census

  • White - 94,361 people or 94.6%
  • Asian - 1,936 people or 1.9%
  • Mixed - 1,575 people or 1.6%
  • Black - 1,104 people or 1.1%
  • Other - 774 people or 0.8%

Personal wellbeing in Great Yarmouth

Estimates of personal wellbeing in the UK are published by the ONS annually, with scores for anxiety, happiness, life satisfaction, and feeling that life is worthwhile. Overall scores are based on surveying a representative sample of the population and are scored out of 10 (.e.g for happiness 0 is 'not at all happy' and 10 is 'completely happy').

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Happiness
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Cash
Average salary
£35,844

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Average property price
£223,459

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Crime rate (per 1,000 people)
11,621

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Religion in Great Yarmouth

According to the latest 2021 census, the most populous religious group within Great Yarmouth is Others, accounting for 52.0% of the population.

Great Yarmouth has a Muslim population of 723 which is 0.7% of the population.

Compared to England as a whole, in England circa 46% of the population is Christian, 7% is Muslim, 2% is Hindu, and Buddhists, Sikhs and Jews each is around 1%. The remainder is split between people with no religion and those who decided not to identify a religion.

Religious groups in Great Yarmouth, 2021 census

  • Christian - 46,566 people or 46.7%
  • Buddhist - 267 people or 0.3%
  • Hindu - 351 people or 0.4%
  • Muslim - 723 people or 0.7%
  • Other - 51,843 people or 52.0%

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Areas near Great Yarmouth

District
South Norfolk
population142,527
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Breckland
population142,164
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Broadland
population132,247
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King's Lynn and West Norfolk
population154,910
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North Norfolk
population103,257
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Norwich
population143,118
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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2023. Data sources: ONS Local statistics

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