Blofield, Lingwood & Upton

Broadland · East of England · population 9,296 · 6 LSOAs

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

65Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,397 of 6,856 in England
  • #323 of 746 in East of England
  • #15 of 18 in Broadland
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,054
Median age (est.)50
Density149per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above29%
No car or van8%

Age

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

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 13%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 8%Other: 21%
One person 25%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 8%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades13%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 41% · Buddhist 0%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Blofield, Lingwood & Upton is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,397 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 18 in Broadland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (90) but weak on Housing & access (8). Typical homes here sold for about £335,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 132 sales), 10% above the wider Broadland median of £304,162. Typical household take-home income is around £41,433 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 27 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 75 · #1,726
Employment 67 · #2,247
Education 58 · #2,877
Health 78 · #1,520
Crime 90 · #670
Housing & access 8 · #6,291
Living environment 64 · #2,500

House prices ?

£335,000median (12m) · -0.4% yr · n=132
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£335,000132-0.4%+13.8%
Detached£425,00080+2.4%+27.8%
Semi-detached£265,08638+1.2%+12.8%
Terraced£290,00011+17.2%+20.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£335,000
Broadland£304,162
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)£41,433±£5,809 · #3,015 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,396
Price-to-income ?8.1×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 ?

69Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

27 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 250 offences
Broadland35
East of England70
England83

Rank #244 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences148
Theft26
Burglary11
Vehicle crime5
Criminal damage & arson24
Public order & weapons25
Drugs4
Robbery1
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 39 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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