Fairstead & Springwood

King's Lynn and West Norfolk · East of England · population 9,119 · 4 LSOAs

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

30Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,790 of 6,856 in England
  • #631 of 746 in East of England
  • #13 of 19 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,088
Median age (est.)35
Density2,990per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above28%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 11%25–44 33%45–64 22%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 22%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 23%Private rent: 27%
Own outright 22%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 23%Private rent 27%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 14%Other: 14%
One person 27%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 14%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Elementary 15% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Elementary15%
Caring & leisure13%
Process & plant13%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service8%
Associate professional7%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors5%

Ethnic group

White: 82%Asian: 12%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 2%
White 82%Asian 12%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 39% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 26%

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

Fairstead & Springwood is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,790 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 19 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (96) but weak on Education (14). Typical homes here, about £197,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 25% in five years (from 79 sales), 26% below the wider King's Lynn and West Norfolk median of £267,500. Typical household take-home income is around £41,431 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 69 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 31 · #4,701
Employment 31 · #4,742
Education 14 · #5,900
Health 26 · #5,071
Crime 34 · #4,495
Housing & access 49 · #3,474
Living environment 96 · #279

House prices ?

£197,500median (12m) · +3.9% yr · n=79
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£197,50079+3.9%+25.4%
Detached£365,00015+7.4%+44.6%
Semi-detached£235,00019+10.1%+28.8%
Terraced£183,00035+0.3%+23.2%
Flat£102,49810+6.8%+16.1%
This area£197,500
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)£41,431±£5,922 · #3,016 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,065
Price-to-income ?4.8×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

65Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

69 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 631 offences
King's Lynn and West Norfolk57
East of England70
England83

Rank #3,482 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences349
Theft78
Burglary11
Vehicle crime12
Criminal damage & arson74
Public order & weapons62
Drugs26
Robbery1
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 93 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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