Great Yarmouth: local statistics
Great Yarmouth is a district council area in the East of England, home to an estimated 100,957 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Great Yarmouth, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The average house price in Great Yarmouth was £209,114 in July 2026, a rise of 0.7% in twelve months. Among council areas that puts it the lowest in the East of England (regional average £337,518). Since July 2016 prices have risen 45%; the July high in the series was £217,991 in 2022. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Great Yarmouth (£34,794) gives a ratio of 6.0. That ratio is the lowest ratio in the East of England.
Life expectancy at birth in Great Yarmouth is 81.5 years for women and 77.6 years for men (2022 to 2024) (England: 83.3 and 79.5). For women that is 0.5 years less than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.3 less. It is the lowest for women in the East of England.
100,957 people lived in Great Yarmouth in mid-2025, according to the ONS, up 0.3% on a year earlier. That is 1,926 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 1.9% (the East of England: +8.5%). That is the 3rd slowest growth in the East of England. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
The claimant count for Great Yarmouth stood at 2,790 in August 2026, or 4.8% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for the East of England was 3.3%. A year earlier the rate was 4.4%. The five-year high was 6.2% (January 2022); the low was 4.1% (October 2022).
3,430 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Great Yarmouth in March 2026, 7% fewer than in 2016. There are 34 per 1,000 residents, the lowest in the East of England.
In the year to March 2026, 9,663 offences were recorded by police in Great Yarmouth: 95.7 per 1,000 people, the 4th highest rate of 42 in the East of England. A year earlier it was 99.1. In the year to March 2016 it was 78.3 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
The median full-time employee living in Great Yarmouth was paid £699.20 a week before tax in April 2025 (£34,794 a year). It is 41st of 45 in the East of England, counting from the highest, and 13.1% less than across the East of England. Jobs based in Great Yarmouth paid almost the same: a median £694.80 a week. In 2015 the residents' median was £448.00, so it has risen 56% before inflation.
An estimated 74.8% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Great Yarmouth were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey, with a margin of error of 9.3 points either way; the figure for the East of England was 78.3%. Its lowest reading in the series was 61.4% and its highest 74.8%.
A Band D home in Great Yarmouth pays an average of £2,414.41 in council tax in 2026-27, 4.7% more than in 2025-26. It is mid-table in the East of England, 22nd of 45. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,563.46, so it has risen 54%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 99,031 |
| 2016 | 99,471 |
| 2017 | 100,181 |
| 2018 | 100,343 |
| 2019 | 100,448 |
| 2020 | 99,851 |
| 2021 | 100,179 |
| 2022 | 99,906 |
| 2023 | 100,418 |
| 2024 | 100,666 |
| 2025 | 100,957 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £144,587 |
| July 2017 | £152,380 |
| July 2018 | £161,475 |
| July 2019 | £168,339 |
| July 2020 | £165,363 |
| July 2021 | £184,961 |
| July 2022 | £217,991 |
| July 2023 | £208,221 |
| July 2024 | £205,480 |
| July 2025 | £207,594 |
| July 2026 | £209,114 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £448.00 a week |
| 2016 | £463.90 a week |
| 2017 | £447.50 a week |
| 2018 | £482.50 a week |
| 2019 | £479.30 a week |
| 2020 | £473.20 a week |
| 2021 | £516.90 a week |
| 2022 | £591.10 a week |
| 2023 | £619.70 a week |
| 2024 | £631.20 a week |
| 2025 | £699.20 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,563.46 |
| 2017-18 | £1,629.55 |
| 2018-19 | £1,721.82 |
| 2019-20 | £1,791.84 |
| 2020-21 | £1,862.54 |
| 2021-22 | £1,940.40 |
| 2022-23 | £2,001.75 |
| 2023-24 | £2,099.56 |
| 2024-25 | £2,200.98 |
| 2025-26 | £2,305.13 |
| 2026-27 | £2,414.41 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 78.3 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 84.5 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 94.5 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 102.3 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 110.2 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 101.3 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 116.0 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 111.9 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 93.1 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 99.1 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 95.7 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 71.5% |
| 2016/17 | 73.3% |
| 2017/18 | 63.3% |
| 2018/19 | 69.8% |
| 2019/20 | 70.4% |
| 2020/21 | 61.4% |
| 2021/22 | 67.8% |
| 2022/23 | 66.8% |
| 2023/24 | 69.9% |
| 2024/25 | 71.9% |
| 2025/26 | 74.8% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 82.0 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 82.3 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 82.6 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 82.6 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 82.4 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 82.7 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 82.6 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 82.1 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 81.5 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 81.6 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 81.5 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 3,685 |
| 2017 | 3,645 |
| 2018 | 3,595 |
| 2019 | 3,580 |
| 2020 | 3,575 |
| 2021 | 3,590 |
| 2022 | 3,595 |
| 2023 | 3,520 |
| 2024 | 3,455 |
| 2025 | 3,475 |
| 2026 | 3,430 |
Questions about Great Yarmouth
What is the average house price in Great Yarmouth?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £209,114.
What is life expectancy in Great Yarmouth?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 77.6 years for men and 81.5 for women.
What is the population of Great Yarmouth?
100,957 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Great Yarmouth?
The ONS claimant count was 2,790 in August 2026, 4.8% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the crime rate in Great Yarmouth?
Home Office figures show 9,663 offences in the year to March 2026, or 95.7 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is the average salary in Great Yarmouth?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Great Yarmouth was £699.20 a week in April 2025 (£34,794 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
How much is Band D council tax in Great Yarmouth?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,414.41 for 2026-27.
Who has power over Great Yarmouth
Every body that makes decisions for Great Yarmouth, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Great Yarmouth council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Great Yarmouth in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Great Yarmouth: Rupert Lowe (Restore Britain) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the East of England
- UK figures: UK average house price · Life expectancy at birth (UK) · UK population
- Other council areas in the East of England: Babergh · Broxbourne · Harlow · North Norfolk · Three Rivers · Uttlesford
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