South West Norfolk

2025 parliamentary constituency

Date elected

4th Jul 2024

Public opinion

Do you think immigration has generally enriched or undermined society?

This area National average
Enriched 27.4% 37.2%
Neither 12.5% 12.5%
Undermined 60.2% 47.3%

Should the welfare system be expanded to help more people, or reduced to make benefits harder to get?

This area National average
Expanded 26.8% 34.1%
Neither 11.8% 11.5%
Reduced 61.4% 51.5%

Would you be comfortable paying more tax, if it meant more money were invested in public services like the NHS and education?

This area National average
Comfortable 37.6% 44.3%
Neither 6.7% 6.0%
Uncomfortable 55.7% 46.8%

Would you be comfortable with government debt going up, provided that money were invested in the economy and local services?

This area National average
Comfortable 48.6% 52.5%
Neither 8.9% 7.6%
Uncomfortable 42.5% 37.0%

Would you support or oppose the building of new housing in your area?

This area National average
Neither 23.2% 21.1%
Oppose 19.4% 17.8%
Support 57.4% 58.2%

Second placed party at most recent election

Conservative Party

Loss of nature and destruction of the environment should be one of the most important concerns for the country

This area National average
Net agree 71.0% 72.6%
Net disagree 10.0% 8.7%
Strongly agree 32.0% 33.8%
Partly agree 40.0% 38.8%
Neither agree nor disagree 19.0% 18.7%
Partly disagree 6.0% 5.9%
Strongly disagree 3% 2.7%

Policies for tackling the cost of living crisis should go hand in hand with policies to tackle the climate crisis

This area National average
Net agree 53.0% 58.9%
Net disagree 23.0% 17.6%
Strongly agree 20.0% 24.2%
Somewhat agree 33% 34.7%
Neither agree nor disagree 24.0% 23.4%
Somewhat disagree 13.0% 10.5%
Strongly disagree 10.0% 7.1%

Tackling climate change should / should not be one of the Government’s biggest priorities right now

This area National average
Should be a priority 54.0% 57.5%
Should not be a priority 46.0% 42.5%

Neither support nor oppose Net Zero

27%

26.2% national average

Believe that the government should continue the block on onshore wind development

25.0%

24.3% national average

Believe that the government should use wind and solar farms to reduce energy bills

91.0%

84.3% national average

Believe the government has increased investment in renewables over the past 5 years

58.0%

52.0% national average

Place

Constituency history

This constituency was introduced at the July 2024 general election, and replaced the previous three new constituencies:

Mid Norfolk

Covered approximately 2% of this new constituency’s population, and 3% of this new constituency’s area.

North West Norfolk

Covered approximately 1% of this new constituency’s population, and 1% of this new constituency’s area.

South West Norfolk

Covered approximately 91% of this new constituency’s population, and 86% of this new constituency’s area.

Constituency age distribution

This area National average
Ages 0 - 15 17.2% 18.3%
Ages 16 - 24 8.5% 10.5%
Ages 25 - 34 12.0% 13.2%
Ages 35 - 49 17.0% 19.1%
Ages 50 - 64 21.1% 19.8%
Ages 65 and over 24.2% 19.1%

Constituency Population

104,000

102,977.2 national average

Current Industry

This area National average
Agriculture, energy and water 2.5% 1.1%
Construction 4.5% 4.1%
Distribution, hotels and restaurants 9.7% 9.2%
Financial, real estate, professional and administrative activities 5.7% 7.9%
Manufacturing 5.8% 3.5%
Does not apply 54.0% 53.4%
Other 2.1% 2.1%
Public administration, education and health 12.5% 14.3%
Transport and communication 3.2% 4.4%

Current Occupation

This area National average
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4.1% 4.3%
Associate professional and technical occupations 5.5% 6.1%
Caring, leisure and other service occupations 4.6% 4.4%
Elementary occupations 5.8% 4.8%
Managers, directors and senior officials 5.6% 6.0%
Does not apply 54.0% 53.4%
Process, plant and machine operatives 5.2% 3.2%
Professional occupations 5.6% 9.4%
Sales and customer service occupations 3.4% 3.5%
Skilled trades occupations 6.3% 4.8%

Disabled under the Equality Act

19.5%

17.7% national average

Ethnicity

This area National average
Asian / Asian British 0.9% 8.1%
Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups 1.6% 2.8%
Other ethnic groups 0.8% 1.8%
Other White 8.8% 6.3%
White British 87.3% 77.5%

General Health

This area National average
Bad or very bad health 5.7% 5.3%
Fair health 15.2% 12.8%
Very good or good health 79.2% 81.9%

Have missed a bill payment in the last six months

24.0%

31.5% national average

Have missed a credit payment in the last six months

17.1%

23.6% national average

Have missed a rent payment in the last six months

12.0%

19.0% national average

Have not been able to afford to turn the heating on at home when they have felt cold in the past month

30.1%

37.5% national average

Main Language

This area National average
African languages 0.0% 0.3%
Asian languages 0.3% 3.0%
English or Welsh 90.6% 88.9%
European languages (EU) 5.5% 3.8%
Does not apply 3.0% 3.1%
North or South American languages 0% 0.0%
Oceanic or Australian languages 0% 0.0%
Any other languages 0.5% 0.6%
Other European languages (non-EU) 0.0% 0.1%
Any other UK languages 0.0% 0.0%
Sign and supported languages 0.0% 0.0%

Travel to work method

This area National average
Bicycle 0.8% 0.9%
Bus, minibus or coach 0.4% 1.8%
Driving a car or van 28.1% 21.3%
On foot 3.8% 3.5%
Work mainly at or from home 9.6% 14.5%
Underground, metro, light rail, tram 0.0% 0.7%
Motorcycle, scooter or moped 0.2% 0.2%
Not in employment or aged 15 years and under 54.0% 53.4%
Other method of travel to work 0.5% 0.5%
Passenger in a car or van 2.2% 1.8%
Taxi 0.1% 0.3%
Train 0.4% 0.8%

Worried about having to use a foodbank in the next year

25.0%

28.7% national average

Worried about not being able to afford their mortgage or rent in the next year

36.0%

40.0% national average

Country of the UK

England

Movement

Churches that have declared a climate emergency

0

0.2 national average

Number of RSPB Reserves

0

0.3 national average

Number of Save the Children shops

0

0.2 national average

Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves

4