Stoke Ferry, Hilgay & Wimbotsham

King's Lynn and West Norfolk · East of England · population 7,700 · 3 LSOAs

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

39Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,200 of 6,856 in England
  • #575 of 746 in East of England
  • #7 of 19 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,596
Median age (est.)52
Density49per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above24%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 8%25–44 19%45–64 32%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 10%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 24%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 7%Other: 20%
One person 26%Couple, no children 24%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 7%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 15% · Managers & directors 14% · Professional 14%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades15%
Managers & directors14%
Professional14%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary10%
Administrative10%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 39% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Stoke Ferry, Hilgay & Wimbotsham is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,200 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 19 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (87) but weak on Housing & access (3). Typical homes here sold for about £322,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 109 sales), 20% above the wider King's Lynn and West Norfolk median of £267,500. Typical household take-home income is around £35,905 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 31 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 · #2,555
Employment 56 · #3,028
Education 30 · #4,810
Health 51 · #3,371
Crime 87 · #903
Housing & access 3 · #6,668
Living environment 11 · #6,072

House prices ?

£322,000median (12m) · +13.0% yr · n=109
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£322,000109+13.0%+21.5%
Detached£392,50064+0.6%+17.2%
Semi-detached£266,75022+18.6%+33.4%
Terraced£220,00020+18.9%+23.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£322,000
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)£35,905±£5,108 · #4,733 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,512
Price-to-income ?9.0×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 ?

48Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

31 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 240 offences
King's Lynn and West Norfolk57
East of England70
England83

Rank #496 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences131
Theft30
Burglary14
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson22
Public order & weapons18
Drugs7
Robbery0
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 45 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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