Earlham Road & College Road

Norwich · East of England · population 9,157 · 6 LSOAs

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

83Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,136 of 6,856 in England
  • #146 of 746 in East of England
  • #2 of 15 in Norwich
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,183
Median age (est.)35
Density7,924per km²
No qualifications6%
Degree or above58%
No car or van27%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 20%25–44 32%45–64 22%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 29%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 40%
Own outright 29%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 5%Private rent 40%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 7%Other: 20%
One person 34%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 7%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 37% · Associate professional 18% · Managers & directors 10%

All occupation groups
Professional37%
Associate professional18%
Managers & directors10%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service7%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure6%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 91%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 63% · Christian 27% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 15%

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

Earlham Road & College Road is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,136 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 15 in Norwich. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (96) but weak on Living environment (5). Typical homes here sold for about £305,000 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 177 sales), 31% above the wider Norwich median of £233,200. Typical household take-home income is around £48,449 a year, in the top third 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 90 · #684
Employment 95 · #341
Education 96 · #293
Health 71 · #2,007
Crime 70 · #2,020
Housing & access 93 · #464
Living environment 5 · #6,497

House prices ?

£305,000median (12m) · +3.4% yr · n=177
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£305,000177+3.4%+13.0%
Detached£520,00011-11.3%-10.3%
Semi-detached£308,25027-24.4%-6.7%
Terraced£312,500128+8.1%+16.2%
Flat£142,75011+12.0%-1.6%
This area£305,000
Norwich£233,200
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)£48,449±£7,057 · #1,365 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,423
Price-to-income ?6.3×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 ?

89Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

32 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 295 offences
Norwich109
East of England70
England83

Rank #576 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences96
Theft102
Burglary14
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson24
Public order & weapons31
Drugs5
Robbery2
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 43 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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