Watlington, Wiggenhall & Terrington St John

King's Lynn and West Norfolk · East of England · population 7,398 · 4 LSOAs

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

36Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,392 of 6,856 in England
  • #595 of 746 in East of England
  • #9 of 19 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,351
Median age (est.)47
Density103per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above22%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 22%45–64 29%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 9%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 8%Other: 19%
One person 25%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 8%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 14% · Professional 14% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades14%
Professional14%
Managers & directors13%
Associate professional11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary10%
Process & plant9%
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 51% · No religion 42% · Buddhist 0%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Watlington, Wiggenhall & Terrington St John is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,392 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 19 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (74) but weak on Housing & access (4). Typical homes here sold for about £240,000 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 105 sales), 10% below the wider King's Lynn and West Norfolk median of £267,500. Typical household take-home income is around £37,359 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 42 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 56 · #2,987
Employment 44 · #3,837
Education 25 · #5,119
Health 39 · #4,193
Crime 74 · #1,794
Housing & access 4 · #6,599
Living environment 30 · #4,769

House prices ?

£240,000median (12m) · -1.4% yr · n=105
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£240,000105-1.4%+12.9%
Detached£280,00047-6.7%+0.9%
Semi-detached£249,50036+26.3%+27.9%
Terraced£185,00022+3.6%+21.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£240,000
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)£37,359±£5,296 · #4,253 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,742
Price-to-income ?6.4×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 ?

64Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

42 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 310 offences
King's Lynn and West Norfolk57
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,408 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences195
Theft26
Burglary12
Vehicle crime10
Criminal damage & arson38
Public order & weapons15
Drugs8
Robbery0
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 34 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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