Town, South Lynn & West Lynn

King's Lynn and West Norfolk · East of England · population 10,816 · 7 LSOAs

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

13Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,962 of 6,856 in England
  • #710 of 746 in East of England
  • #18 of 19 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,883
Median age (est.)37
Density741per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above22%
No car or van37%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 31%45–64 23%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 21%Mortgage/shared: 19%Social rent: 27%Private rent: 33%
Own outright 21%Mortgage/shared 19%Social rent 27%Private rent 33%

Households

One person: 43%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 11%Other: 13%
One person 43%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 11%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 19% · Process & plant 16% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary19%
Process & plant16%
Professional12%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure10%
Sales & customer service9%
Associate professional9%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 2%
White 93%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 44% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 24%

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

Town, South Lynn & West Lynn is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,962 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 19 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (69) but weak on Education (6). Typical homes here sold for about £171,250 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 136 sales), 36% below the wider King's Lynn and West Norfolk median of £267,500. Typical household take-home income is around £31,676 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 205 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 17 · #5,674
Employment 15 · #5,804
Education 6 · #6,442
Health 13 · #5,982
Crime 17 · #5,708
Housing & access 69 · #2,130
Living environment 27 · #5,016

House prices ?

£171,250median (12m) · +7.0% yr · n=136
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£171,250136+7.0%+16.9%
Detached£242,50090.0%+1.0%
Semi-detached£201,50025-6.3%+13.2%
Terraced£169,99577+5.3%+17.2%
Flat£105,00025+14.1%-1.6%
This area£171,250
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)£31,676±£4,520 · #6,035 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,171
Price-to-income ?5.4×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 ?

34Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

205 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 2,219 offences
King's Lynn and West Norfolk57
East of England70
England83

Rank #6,195 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences956
Theft552
Burglary49
Vehicle crime42
Criminal damage & arson175
Public order & weapons255
Drugs118
Robbery21
Other51

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 261 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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