Marshland, Walpole & Walton

King's Lynn and West Norfolk · East of England · population 8,273 · 5 LSOAs

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

27Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,023 of 6,856 in England
  • #648 of 746 in East of England
  • #15 of 19 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,055
Median age (est.)48
Density92per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above20%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 20%45–64 30%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 9%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 8%Other: 21%
One person 24%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 8%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 15% · Managers & directors 14% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades15%
Managers & directors14%
Caring & leisure12%
Professional11%
Process & plant11%
Associate professional10%
Elementary10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service8%

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 52% · No religion 40% · Buddhist 0%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Marshland, Walpole & Walton is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,023 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 19 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (60) but weak on Housing & access (2). Typical homes here sold for about £291,500 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 98 sales), 9% above the wider King's Lynn and West Norfolk median of £267,500. Typical household take-home income is around £35,372 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 47 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 50 · #3,432
Employment 38 · #4,269
Education 13 · #5,976
Health 31 · #4,701
Crime 60 · #2,733
Housing & access 2 · #6,750
Living environment 35 · #4,454

House prices ?

£291,500median (12m) · +1.4% yr · n=98
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£291,50098+1.4%+16.1%
Detached£342,75070+3.9%+21.3%
Semi-detached£220,00023-4.3%+15.8%
Terraced£170,0005
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£291,500
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)£35,372±£5,031 · #4,906 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,997
Price-to-income ?8.2×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 ?

40Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

47 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 387 offences
King's Lynn and West Norfolk57
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,859 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences209
Theft39
Burglary20
Vehicle crime12
Criminal damage & arson45
Public order & weapons36
Drugs14
Robbery0
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 40 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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