East Harling, Garboldisham & Kenninghall

Breckland · East of England · population 7,214 · 4 LSOAs

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

50Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,419 of 6,856 in England
  • #462 of 746 in East of England
  • #7 of 17 in Breckland
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,065
Median age (est.)50
Density51per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above29%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 20%45–64 29%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 9%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 7%Other: 22%
One person 24%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 7%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Managers & directors 16% · Skilled trades 14%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Managers & directors16%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative9%
Elementary9%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 43% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

East Harling, Garboldisham & Kenninghall sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,419 of 6,856 in England, and #7 of 17 in Breckland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (90) but weak on Housing & access (1). Typical homes here sold for about £365,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 105 sales), 37% above the wider Breckland median of £267,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,840 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 28 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 80 · #1,355
Employment 76 · #1,609
Education 49 · #3,474
Health 80 · #1,376
Crime 90 · #718
Housing & access 1 · #6,785
Living environment 14 · #5,900

House prices ?

£365,000median (12m) · -4.3% yr · n=105
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£365,000105-4.3%+19.7%
Detached£433,75060-2.2%+12.7%
Semi-detached£292,50030+6.4%+17.0%
Terraced£260,00015-3.7%+42.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£365,000
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)£40,840±£5,744 · #3,161 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,247
Price-to-income ?8.9×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than 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 ?

49Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

28 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 203 offences
Breckland50
East of England70
England83

Rank #296 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences87
Theft24
Burglary22
Vehicle crime17
Criminal damage & arson22
Public order & weapons22
Drugs4
Robbery0
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 15 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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