Gaywood Chase & Old Gaywood

King's Lynn and West Norfolk · East of England · population 7,429 · 4 LSOAs

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

26Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,064 of 6,856 in England
  • #652 of 746 in East of England
  • #17 of 19 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,356
Median age (est.)41
Density2,993per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above21%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 11%25–44 27%45–64 26%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 18%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 11%Other: 17%
One person 31%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 11%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 14% · Process & plant 14% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary14%
Process & plant14%
Skilled trades13%
Caring & leisure13%
Professional13%
Associate professional10%
Sales & customer service8%
Managers & directors8%
Administrative8%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 40% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 18%

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

Gaywood Chase & Old Gaywood is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,064 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 19 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (95) but weak on Education (11). Typical homes here sold for about £210,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 87 sales), 21% below the wider King's Lynn and West Norfolk median of £267,500. Typical household take-home income is around £34,674 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 104 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 38 · #4,214
Employment 30 · #4,810
Education 11 · #6,092
Health 18 · #5,612
Crime 25 · #5,153
Housing & access 95 · #361
Living environment 28 · #4,927

House prices ?

£210,000median (12m) · +5.0% yr · n=87
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£210,00087+5.0%+16.7%
Detached£265,00011-17.2%+9.7%
Semi-detached£240,00039+6.7%+33.3%
Terraced£180,00028+1.4%+4.4%
Flat£105,0009-4.8%+10.5%
This area£210,000
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)£34,674±£4,910 · #5,128 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,499
Price-to-income ?6.1×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 ?

55Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

104 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 775 offences
King's Lynn and West Norfolk57
East of England70
England83

Rank #5,061 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences433
Theft112
Burglary14
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson79
Public order & weapons66
Drugs27
Robbery6
Other24

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 88 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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