Great Yarmouth   Listed below is a selection of interesting and frequently requested indicators from the 2001 Census, based on data released on or before 13 February 2003. You can see other indicators and more detail for local areas in the Neighbourhood Statistics area of this website. Further data from the Census, including data for smaller geographical areas, will be released on a rolling basis. Population            Value   Total number of people 90810      Males 44009      Females 46801      Aged 0 to 15 17361      Aged 16 to 74 64808      Aged 75 and over 8641       Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Percentage change since 1991 2.5%   2.5%   228 36 Density           Number of people per hectare 5.2   3.4   182 19 People, Places and Families     Marital status (all people aged 16 and over) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Single people (never married) 25.0%   30.1%   251 30 Married or re-married people 52.2%   50.9%   247 36 Separated or divorced 12.6%   10.6%   19 3 Widowed 10.1%   8.4%   31 4   Transport (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Households without car/van 29.6%   26.8%   94 3 Household with 1 car or van 46.2%   43.8%   85 12 Household with 2 or more cars/vans 24.2%   29.4%   293 45   Composition (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 One person households 31.0%   30.0%   84 6 Married couple households 35.2%   36.5%   288 43 Cohabiting couple households 9.2%   8.3%   70 15 Lone parent households:      with dependent children 6.0%   6.5%   152 10      with non-dependent children only 2.9%   3.1%   177 14 All other households 15.6%   15.6%   159 20 Ethnicity and Religion     Ethnic Group (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 White 98.6%   91.3%   108 9    Largest minority ethnic group(s) Mixed White and Asian (0.2%)   Place of birth (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Born in UK 97.0%   91.1%   87 4 Born elsewhere in EU (inc Rep Ireland) 1.1%   2.3%   309 48 Born outside EU 1.9%   6.6%   276 43   Religion (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Christian 74.6%   71.7%   217 22 Buddhist 0.2%   0.3%   220 32 Hindu 0.1%   1.1%   249 35 Jewish 0.1%   0.5%   204 42 Muslim 0.3%   3.0%   226 30 Sikh 0.0%   0.6%   356 46 Other 0.2%   0.3%   196 35 No religion 16.6%   14.8%   95 19 Religion not stated 7.9%   7.7%   124 21 Health     (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Limiting long-term illness 21.8%   18.2%   58 2 General health 'not good' 10.8%   9.2%   76 2 People providing unpaid care 10.6%   10.0%   131 7 Providing unpaid care 50 or more hrs/wk 2.7%   2.1%   51 2 Work     Status (all people aged 16-74) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Employed 56.4%   60.6%   310 46 Unemployed 5.3%   3.4%   20 1 Long-term unemployed 1.9%   1.0%   22 1 Student (economically active) 1.9%   2.6%   287 38 Retired 16.2%   13.6%   75 11 Student (economically inactive) 2.5%   4.7%   343 35 Looking after home/family 7.7%   6.5%   30 5 Permanently sick or disabled 6.8%   5.5%   84 2 Other inactive 3.2%   3.1%   102 4   Travel to work (all people aged 16-74 in employment) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Travel to work by car 63.0%   61.5%   269 36 Travel to work by public transport 7.5%   14.5%   204 33   Qualifications (all people aged 16-74) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Qualifications at degree level or higher 9.0%   19.8%   373 47 No qualifications 38.2%   29.1%   29 3 Housing     (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Number of households with residents 39380   -   250 32 Number of people per hectare 5.2   3.4   182 19 Average household size 2.27   2.36   319 43 Vacant household spaces 2.5%   3.2%   259 26 Owner-occupied 70.0%   68.9%   259 39 Without central heating 11.8%   8.5%   58 2 Without own bath/shower & toilet 0.3%   0.5%   184 17 Overcrowding indicator 4.3%   7.0 %   201 27

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