Hemsby & Ormesby

Great Yarmouth · East of England · population 9,657 · 6 LSOAs

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

36Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,399 of 6,856 in England
  • #596 of 746 in East of England
  • #6 of 13 in Great Yarmouth
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,678
Median age (est.)55
Density301per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above19%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 11%15–24 9%25–44 17%45–64 30%65+ 32%

Tenure

Own outright: 55%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 55%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 6%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 8%Other: 22%
One person 28%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 8%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 15% · Managers & directors 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades15%
Managers & directors13%
Associate professional12%
Professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative11%
Elementary10%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 39% · Other 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

Hemsby & Ormesby is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,399 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 13 in Great Yarmouth. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (70) but weak on Living environment (10). Typical homes here sold for about £275,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 173 sales), 25% above the wider Great Yarmouth median of £220,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,503 a year, in the bottom third 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 59 · #2,815
Employment 44 · #3,851
Education 25 · #5,153
Health 42 · #4,008
Crime 70 · #2,034
Housing & access 11 · #6,106
Living environment 10 · #6,174

House prices ?

£275,000median (12m) · +12.2% yr · n=173
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£275,000173+12.2%+17.0%
Detached£315,000106+8.6%+20.5%
Semi-detached£227,50044-3.2%+23.0%
Terraced£210,00021+2.4%+2.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£275,000
Great Yarmouth£220,000
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)£34,503±£4,939 · #5,192 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,939
Price-to-income ?8.0×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 ?

56Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

46 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 439 offences
Great Yarmouth96
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,732 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences258
Theft46
Burglary16
Vehicle crime9
Criminal damage & arson39
Public order & weapons45
Drugs7
Robbery0
Other19

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 55 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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