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Caister-on-Sea

Caister-on-Sea is a town in Norfolk, England, with a population of around 8,901. It has two pharmacies, around 15 restaurants and cafés, 37 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Great Yarmouth, 4.6 km away. There were around 39 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Caister-on-Sea area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Great Yarmouth area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 99,750 residents at roughly 572 people per km².

Council
Great Yarmouth
County
Norfolk
Constituency
Great Yarmouth
Police force
Norfolk
34/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 267th of 294 English council areas — better than 9% of them.

Low crime31
Home affordability74
Affordable rents70
Good schools10
Life expectancy27
Low deprivation7
Employment18
Low council tax57

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

18°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 19° / 16° · 66% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:22Sunset 19:15

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

Crime

36 reported · July 2026 37% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences18
  • Anti-social behaviour7
  • Criminal damage & arson4
  • Other theft3

Neighbourhood team: Caister and Coastal Villages · Norfolk

Local policing priorities

  • We work with the community and local partners, while also looking at our own data, to come up with priorities for Caister and the coastal…
  • We work with the community and local partners, while also looking at our own data, to come up with priorities for the Caister and the Coa…

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

178 reported road collisions (2024)

55 killed or seriously injured · 240 casualties · 17.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

87 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 71 rated 4–5 ★ (56 top)
  • 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Great Yarmouth (4.0 km)
  • 31 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Great Yarmouth (4.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£209,164 average 2.5% YoY

Across Great Yarmouth · to 2026-06

Detached£316,034
Semi-detached£214,186
Terraced£167,161
Flat£105,077

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£841 average monthly rent 8% YoY

  • 1 bed £591
  • 2 bed £770
  • 3 bed £932

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

6.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.6 times median annual pay (6.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 163.9p · Jet (3.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Jet (3.7 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

20 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Caister Beach Cottages (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches11
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

99,750 residents in Great Yarmouth · 572/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 24 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

25% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,414 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (42% of 50,190)

A £1,610
B £1,878
C £2,146
D £2,414
E £2,951
F £3,487
G £4,024
H £4,829

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

43 schools · 12,957 pupils

30 primary · 6 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 10 of 13 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (77%)

39inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Lynn Grove AcademyGood
  • Caister Academy
  • Cliff Park Ormiston Academy
  • Flegg High Ormiston Academy
  • Great Yarmouth Charter Academy
  • Ormiston Venture Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Great Yarmouth

Care & health services

877 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes320
  • GP practices126
  • Dentists171
  • Homecare agencies178
  • Hospitals & hospices29

CQC ratings: 81% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 23 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Norfolk

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 9 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

83 applications decided

84.3% granted · 70 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain

Great Yarmouth

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 18
  • Con 18
  • Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,475 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

39 jobs advertised · £43,394 avg

e.g. Home Manager, Become a Maths Tutor in Caister-on-Sea – Flexible & Remote, Tesco Colleague - Great Yarmouth Caister Superstore

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£699 median full-time weekly pay

4.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,544 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 52,353 certificates

13.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

79% low-carbon electricity

Wind 45% · Nuclear 34% · Gas 14% · Imports 7%

63 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.1 yrs women · 79.2 yrs men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile8.2
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Great Yarmouth:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Caister-on-Sea railway station · 0.5 km

    Caister-on-Sea railway station is a former railway station in Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, England. It was opened in 1877. It later became part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway route from Birmingham to Grea…

  • Never Turn Back · 0.5 km

    The Never Turn Back is a grade II listed public house in Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, England. It was designed by A. W. Ecclestone in the Art Deco and Streamline Moderne styles and built in 1956 as a memorial to the nine…

  • Caister Roman Site · 0.5 km

    Caister Roman Site is a Roman Saxon Shore fort, located in Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, England. It was constructed around AD 200 for use by units of the Roman army and navy, and was occupied until around 370-390 AD. This…

  • Caister-on-Sea · 0.5 km

    Caister-on-Sea, known colloquially as Caister, is a small town, seaside resort and civil parish in the Great Yarmouth district, in the English county of Norfolk. It is 2+3⁄4 miles north of Great Yarmouth and 18 miles…

  • Caister Academy · 0.7 km

    Caister Academy, formerly known as Caister High School, is a coeducational secondary school in the seaside village of Caister-on-Sea in Norfolk, England.

  • Caister Volunteer Lifeboat Service · 0.7 km

    Caister Volunteer Lifeboat Service, or Caister Lifeboat, is based at Caister-on-Sea in Norfolk, and operates one of only three offshore lifeboats in the UK that are independent of the RNLI.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Caister-on-Sea?
Caister-on-Sea is a town in Norfolk, England, in the Great Yarmouth local authority.
What is the population of Caister-on-Sea?
Caister-on-Sea has an approximate settlement population of 8,901.
How deprived is Caister-on-Sea?
The Great Yarmouth local authority, which includes Caister-on-Sea, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.