Wayland, Ellingham & Great Hockham

Breckland · East of England · population 9,991 · 6 LSOAs

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

41Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,015 of 6,856 in England
  • #547 of 746 in East of England
  • #11 of 17 in Breckland
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,107
Median age (est.)44
Density66per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above26%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 27%45–64 28%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 10%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 21%Couple, no children: 24%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 7%Other: 19%
One person 21%Couple, no children 24%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 7%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 15% · Skilled trades 15% · Professional 14%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors15%
Skilled trades15%
Professional14%
Elementary12%
Associate professional11%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant9%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 1%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 1%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 42% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Wayland, Ellingham & Great Hockham is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #4,015 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 17 in Breckland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (83) but weak on Housing & access (2). Typical homes here, about £340,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 31% in five years (from 145 sales), 27% above the wider Breckland median of £267,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,236 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 46 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 64 · #2,493
Employment 64 · #2,493
Education 27 · #4,982
Health 59 · #2,795
Crime 83 · #1,191
Housing & access 2 · #6,723
Living environment 38 · #4,234

House prices ?

£340,000median (12m) · -0.7% yr · n=145
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£340,000145-0.7%+30.8%
Detached£437,50094+2.9%+17.1%
Semi-detached£256,50023+11.5%+26.4%
Terraced£200,00027+2.6%+14.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£340,000
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)£40,236±£5,697 · #3,347 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,257
Price-to-income ?8.5×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 ?

47Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

46 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 464 offences
Breckland50
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,824 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences286
Theft34
Burglary12
Vehicle crime13
Criminal damage & arson31
Public order & weapons35
Drugs14
Robbery0
Other39

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 36 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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