Dersingham, Sandringham & Massingham

King's Lynn and West Norfolk · East of England · population 7,074 · 4 LSOAs

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

46Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,713 of 6,856 in England
  • #504 of 746 in East of England
  • #6 of 19 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,047
Median age (est.)56
Density62per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above24%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 8%25–44 16%45–64 27%65+ 37%

Tenure

Own outright: 49%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 49%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 11%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 7%Other: 24%
One person 32%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 7%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Skilled trades16%
Managers & directors14%
Professional14%
Caring & leisure12%
Elementary11%
Associate professional10%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 99%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 99%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 60% · No religion 33% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Dersingham, Sandringham & Massingham sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,713 of 6,856 in England, and #6 of 19 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (98) but weak on Housing & access (12). Typical homes here sold for about £280,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 108 sales), in line with the wider King's Lynn and West Norfolk median of £267,500. Typical household take-home income is around £34,788 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 21 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 63 · #2,528
Employment 49 · #3,508
Education 30 · #4,783
Health 46 · #3,686
Crime 98 · #101
Housing & access 12 · #6,030
Living environment 38 · #4,262

House prices ?

£280,000median (12m) · -0.5% yr · n=108
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£280,000108-0.5%+14.5%
Detached£335,00061-3.9%+19.6%
Semi-detached£241,00035-1.6%+20.5%
Terraced£246,5008+2.7%+26.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£280,000
King's Lynn and West Norfolk£267,500
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)£34,788±£4,966 · #5,099 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,450
Price-to-income ?8.0×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 ?

66Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

21 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 148 offences
King's Lynn and West Norfolk57
East of England70
England83

Rank #42 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences72
Theft23
Burglary1
Vehicle crime3
Criminal damage & arson20
Public order & weapons12
Drugs5
Robbery1
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 31 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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