Wootton

King's Lynn and West Norfolk · East of England · population 6,873 · 5 LSOAs

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

90Area Score / 100 ?
  • #690 of 6,856 in England
  • #75 of 746 in East of England
  • #1 of 19 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,840
Median age (est.)52
Density167per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above31%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 18%45–64 28%65+ 30%

Tenure

Own outright: 55%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 4%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 55%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 4%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 7%Other: 24%
One person 22%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 7%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 3%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 3%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 35% · Hindu 1%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Wootton is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #690 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #1 of 19 in King's Lynn and West Norfolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (100) but weak on Housing & access (32). Typical homes here sold for about £321,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 94 sales), 20% above the wider King's Lynn and West Norfolk median of £267,500. Typical household take-home income is around £45,900 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 21 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 95 · #361
Employment 86 · #985
Education 67 · #2,274
Health 65 · #2,377
Crime 98 · #142
Housing & access 32 · #4,659
Living environment 100 · #19

House prices ?

£321,000median (12m) · -2.0% yr · n=94
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£321,00094-2.0%+15.7%
Detached£362,00059-2.2%+13.9%
Semi-detached£271,00031+0.4%+39.0%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=3)
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£321,000
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)£45,900±£6,480 · #1,876 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,917
Price-to-income ?7.0×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 ?

88Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

21 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 144 offences
King's Lynn and West Norfolk57
East of England70
England83

Rank #43 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences63
Theft44
Burglary1
Vehicle crime3
Criminal damage & arson16
Public order & weapons9
Drugs2
Robbery1
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 19 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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