Bawdeswell, Swanton Morley & North Elmham

Breckland · East of England · population 7,733 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

48Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,590 of 6,856 in England
  • #483 of 746 in East of England
  • #9 of 17 in Breckland
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,485
Median age (est.)49
Density70per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above27%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 21%45–64 28%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 10%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 7%Other: 21%
One person 25%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 7%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Associate professional 18% · Skilled trades 15% · Professional 14%

All occupation groups
Associate professional18%
Skilled trades15%
Professional14%
Managers & directors14%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary9%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 41% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Bawdeswell, Swanton Morley & North Elmham sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,590 of 6,856 in England, and #9 of 17 in Breckland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (90) but weak on Housing & access (2). Typical homes here sold for about £300,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+3%) (from 87 sales), 12% above the wider Breckland median of £267,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,688 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 29 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 68 · #2,226
Employment 65 · #2,404
Education 39 · #4,152
Health 78 · #1,506
Crime 90 · #697
Housing & access 2 · #6,682
Living environment 19 · #5,544

House prices ?

£300,000median (12m) · +5.3% yr · n=87
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£300,00087+5.3%+2.9%
Detached£440,00053+7.3%+28.5%
Semi-detached£260,00023+5.3%+6.1%
Terraced£209,95011+3.8%-2.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£300,000
Breckland£267,000
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£41,688±£5,872 · #2,947 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,364
Price-to-income ?7.2×typical home ÷ net income — similar to the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

63Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

29 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 222 offences
Breckland50
East of England70
England83

Rank #330 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences128
Theft24
Burglary4
Vehicle crime5
Criminal damage & arson23
Public order & weapons14
Drugs8
Robbery0
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 27 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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