List of settlements in Norfolk by population

This is a list of settlements in Norfolk by population based on the results of the 2011 census. The last United Kingdom census took place in 2021. In 2021, there were 25 built-up area subdivisions with 5,000 or more inhabitants in Norfolk, shown in the table below.

Norwich

King's Lynn

Great Yarmouth

Dereham

Long Stratton

Cromer

Thorpe St Andrew

The largest district centres of Norfolk, with its city in bold, and in yellow.

Thetford

Gorleston

Taverham

Wymondham

North Walsham

Downham Market

Attleborough

Diss

Caister

Harleston

Dereham

Watton

Fakenham

Sheringham

Swaffham

Aylsham

Hemsby

The other largest settlements of Norfolk.

Population ranking

Rank	Settlement	Borough/District	Population[1][2]
			2001	2011	2021
1	Norwich/Thorpe St Andrew	Norwich/Broadland	173,477	186,408	200,752
2	King's Lynn	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	39,857	44,830	47,610
3	Great Yarmouth	Great Yarmouth	24,516	28,165	28,982
4	Thetford	Breckland	21,855	24,649	25,492
5	Gorleston-on-Sea	Great Yarmouth	23,200	24,741	24,481
6	Dereham	Breckland	17,510	20,171	20,785
7	Wymondham	South Norfolk	11,364	13,064	16,335
8	Taverham	Broadland	15,144	15,390	14,989
9	North Walsham	North Norfolk	11,845	12,463	12,829
10	Bradwell	Great Yarmouth	10,316	10,528	11,828
11	Watton	Breckland	7,625	8,951	11,543
12	Downham Market	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	6,734	9,994	11,342
13	Attleborough	Breckland	8,799	9,582	11,232
14	Diss	South Norfolk	7,615	8,537	9,599
15	Caister-on-Sea	Great Yarmouth	8,867	9,016	9,095
16	Swaffham	Breckland	6,885	7,208	8,434
17	Fakenham	North Norfolk	7,730	7,986	8,385
18	Cromer	North Norfolk	7,828	7,766	7,524
19	Aylsham	Broadland	5,434	5,906	7,184
20	Poringland	South Norfolk	4,573	5,132	7,104
21	Sheringham	North Norfolk	7,143	7,367	7,093
22	Hethersett	South Norfolk	5,397	5,648	7,021
23	Hemsby	Great Yarmouth	5,214	5,407	5,721
24	Long Stratton	South Norfolk	3,911	4,813	5,215
25	Harleston	South Norfolk	3,899	4,458	5,075

See also

• England portal

• Norfolk