West Winch, Marham & Shouldham

King's Lynn and West Norfolk · East of England · population 10,159 · 6 LSOAs

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

52Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,288 of 6,856 in England
  • #447 of 746 in East of England
  • #3 of 19 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,650
Median age (est.)45
Density101per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above25%
No car or van8%

Age

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

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 7%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 7%Other: 20%
One person 23%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 7%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Associate professional 18% · Managers & directors 15% · Skilled trades 14%

All occupation groups
Associate professional18%
Managers & directors15%
Skilled trades14%
Professional13%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 41% · 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

West Winch, Marham & Shouldham sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,288 of 6,856 in England, and #3 of 19 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (99) but weak on Housing & access (4). Typical homes here sold for about £272,500 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+6%) (from 114 sales), in line with the wider King's Lynn and West Norfolk median of £267,500. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,697 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £39,668 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 30 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 79 · #1,410
Employment 70 · #2,061
Education 39 · #4,180
Health 46 · #3,672
Crime 99 · #94
Housing & access 4 · #6,551
Living environment 44 · #3,837

House prices ?

£272,500median (12m) · -2.7% yr · n=114
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£272,500114-2.7%+5.5%
Detached£310,00077-4.6%+12.7%
Semi-detached£231,50016-4.5%+14.3%
Terraced£196,00021+8.3%+14.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£272,500
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)£39,668±£5,639 · #3,523 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,692
Price-to-income ?6.9×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 ?

75Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

30 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 307 offences
King's Lynn and West Norfolk57
East of England70
England83

Rank #431 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences144
Theft85
Burglary5
Vehicle crime7
Criminal damage & arson28
Public order & weapons20
Drugs10
Robbery0
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 38 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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