Felmingham, Worstead & Happisburgh

North Norfolk · East of England · population 7,985 · 5 LSOAs

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

45Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,782 of 6,856 in England
  • #512 of 746 in East of England
  • #6 of 15 in North Norfolk
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,846
Median age (est.)52
Density77per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above27%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 7%25–44 21%45–64 32%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 9%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 25%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 7%Other: 20%
One person 27%Couple, no children 25%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 7%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 17% · Professional 15% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades17%
Professional15%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 42% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Felmingham, Worstead & Happisburgh is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,782 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 15 in North Norfolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (93) but weak on Housing & access (3). Typical homes here sold for about £260,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 79 sales), 13% below the wider North Norfolk median of £300,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #2,021 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £37,608 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 16 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 66 · #2,363
Employment 66 · #2,336
Education 45 · #3,796
Health 60 · #2,740
Crime 93 · #478
Housing & access 3 · #6,654
Living environment 12 · #6,058

House prices ?

£260,000median (12m) · -7.1% yr · n=79
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£260,00079-7.1%+18.2%
Detached£355,00027+9.2%+19.3%
Semi-detached£245,00023-1.0%+24.4%
Terraced£228,00027+6.0%+25.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£260,000
North Norfolk£300,000
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)£37,608±£5,368 · #4,174 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,526
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 ?

70Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

16 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 132 offences
North Norfolk42
East of England70
England83

Rank #7 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences74
Theft12
Burglary4
Vehicle crime3
Criminal damage & arson12
Public order & weapons18
Drugs1
Robbery0
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 11 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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