Melton Constable, Briston & Little Snoring

North Norfolk · East of England · population 6,037 · 3 LSOAs

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

32Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,632 of 6,856 in England
  • #620 of 746 in East of England
  • #15 of 15 in North Norfolk
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,973
Median age (est.)53
Density61per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above29%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 19%45–64 29%65+ 31%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 11%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 8%Other: 21%
One person 30%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 8%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 18% · Managers & directors 16% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades18%
Managers & directors16%
Professional12%
Elementary12%
Associate professional10%
Caring & leisure10%
Sales & customer service8%
Administrative8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 39% · 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

Melton Constable, Briston & Little Snoring is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,632 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 15 in North Norfolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (75) but weak on Housing & access (4). Typical homes here, about £332,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 32% in five years (from 85 sales), 11% above the wider North Norfolk median of £300,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,394 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 32 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 52 · #3,316
Employment 51 · #3,350
Education 17 · #5,681
Health 58 · #2,911
Crime 75 · #1,732
Housing & access 4 · #6,545
Living environment 8 · #6,298

House prices ?

£332,000median (12m) · -1.2% yr · n=85
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£332,00085-1.2%+32.3%
Detached£440,00045-2.2%+32.7%
Semi-detached£275,75016+2.7%+38.7%
Terraced£180,00023-14.3%+7.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£332,000
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)£37,394±£5,281 · #4,241 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,969
Price-to-income ?8.9×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

40Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

32 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 196 offences
North Norfolk42
East of England70
England83

Rank #609 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences115
Theft14
Burglary6
Vehicle crime0
Criminal damage & arson28
Public order & weapons16
Drugs4
Robbery0
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 21 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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