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Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth is a town in Norfolk, England, with a population of around 63,434. It has around 5 pharmacies and 114 restaurants and cafés, 67 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Great Yarmouth, 0.8 km away. The average sold house price is around £225,954. There were around 530 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Great Yarmouth 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

21°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 21° / 15° · 61% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:19Sunset 19:20

13h 1m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

Crime

613 reported · July 2026 15% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences264
  • Anti-social behaviour99
  • Criminal damage & arson57
  • Public order49

Neighbourhood team: North Yarmouth · 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 North Yarmouth for the…
  • We work with the community and local partners, while also looking at our own data, to come up with priorities for North Yarmouth for the…

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

489 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 377 rated 4–5 ★ (311 top)
  • 47 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Great Yarmouth (0.8 km)
  • 67 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Great Yarmouth (0.8 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: 163.7p · Asda (0.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (0.7 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

21 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: BMM-CP-000459 (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches36
  • Playgrounds27

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
  • 216 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:

  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
  • NoDraft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 18
  • Con 18
  • Oth 3

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools9
  • GPs & clinics4
  • Pharmacies7
  • Supermarkets5
  • Parks & greens62
  • Restaurants & cafés166

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,475 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

593 jobs advertised · £40,837 avg

e.g. Mobile Vehicle Technician, Care Home Chef, Peripatetic Deputy Manager & Clinical Lead

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

78% low-carbon electricity

Solar 31% · Nuclear 26% · Gas 18% · Wind 11%

85 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

  • Market Gates Shopping Centre · 0.2 km

    Market Gates Shopping Centre is based in the seaside resort of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. It was first opened in 1976.

  • Borough of Great Yarmouth · 0.2 km

    The Borough of Great Yarmouth is a local government district with borough status in Norfolk, England. It is named after its main town, Great Yarmouth, and also contains the town of Gorleston-on-Sea and a number of vil…

  • Great Yarmouth · 0.2 km

    Great Yarmouth, often called Yarmouth, is a seaside town which gives its name to the wider Borough of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England; it straddles the River Yare and is located 20 miles (32 km) east of Norwich. It…

  • St Mary's Church, Great Yarmouth · 0.2 km

    St Mary's Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. It is situated on Regent Road in the centre of the town. It was originally built by the Society of Jesus in the late 1840s and it is now a…

  • Fishermen's Hospital · 0.3 km

    The Fishermen's Hospital is a Grade I listed building in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. It was established by the Corporation of Great Yarmouth in 1702 to look after 20 old and decayed fishermen and their wives.

  • Palmers Department Store · 0.3 km

    Palmers Department Store was an independent and family-run department store located in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Latterly the company boasted that it was the 'longest established independent department store in the Uni…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Great Yarmouth?
Great Yarmouth is a town in Norfolk, England, in the Great Yarmouth local authority.
What is the population of Great Yarmouth?
Great Yarmouth has an approximate settlement population of 63,434.
How deprived is Great Yarmouth?
The Great Yarmouth local authority, which includes Great Yarmouth, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.