Whissonsett, Litcham & Narborough

Breckland · East of England · population 9,299 · 4 LSOAs

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

40Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,138 of 6,856 in England
  • #566 of 746 in East of England
  • #14 of 17 in Breckland
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,247
Median age (est.)53
Density46per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above27%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 8%25–44 17%45–64 31%65+ 30%

Tenure

Own outright: 48%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 48%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 12%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 7%Other: 23%
One person 24%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 7%Other 23%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 16% · Professional 15% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades16%
Professional15%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

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 54% · No religion 39% · Buddhist 0%

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

Whissonsett, Litcham & Narborough is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,138 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 17 in Breckland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (82) but weak on Housing & access (1). Typical homes here sold for about £315,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+4%) (from 113 sales), 18% above the wider Breckland median of £267,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,573 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 31 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 58 · #2,911
Employment 55 · #3,103
Education 35 · #4,454
Health 69 · #2,123
Crime 82 · #1,198
Housing & access 1 · #6,791
Living environment 19 · #5,523

House prices ?

£315,000median (12m) · +1.2% yr · n=113
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£315,000113+1.2%+4.1%
Detached£375,00077+2.0%+11.9%
Semi-detached£252,50030+3.1%+0.2%
Terraced£208,2506-5.3%-7.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£315,000
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)£37,573±£5,354 · #4,179 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,920
Price-to-income ?8.4×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 ?

51Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

31 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 289 offences
Breckland50
East of England70
England83

Rank #490 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences153
Theft28
Burglary11
Vehicle crime6
Criminal damage & arson47
Public order & weapons30
Drugs2
Robbery0
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 56 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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