Heartsease & Pilling Park

Norwich · East of England · population 10,268 · 7 LSOAs

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

17Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,681 of 6,856 in England
  • #687 of 746 in East of England
  • #12 of 15 in Norwich
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,333
Median age (est.)39
Density4,493per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above20%
No car or van27%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 25%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 35%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 35%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 14%Other: 14%
One person 33%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 14%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Caring & leisure 13% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Caring & leisure13%
Professional12%
Skilled trades12%
Sales & customer service11%
Process & plant10%
Associate professional10%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 2%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 2%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 52% · Christian 37% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Heartsease & Pilling Park is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,681 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 15 in Norwich. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (84) but weak on Education (8). Typical homes here sold for about £232,500 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 109 sales), in line with the wider Norwich median of £233,200. Typical household take-home income is around £34,636 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 88 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 22 · #5,331
Employment 17 · #5,695
Education 8 · #6,291
Health 16 · #5,736
Crime 18 · #5,619
Housing & access 36 · #4,413
Living environment 84 · #1,074

House prices ?

£232,500median (12m) · -2.1% yr · n=109
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£232,500109-2.1%+24.2%
Detached£260,00012+6.1%
Semi-detached£250,000340.0%+31.6%
Terraced£228,00054-2.1%+20.0%
Flat£135,0009-10.0%-2.5%
This area£232,500
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)£34,636±£4,882 · #5,146 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,770
Price-to-income ?6.7×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 ?

35Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

88 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 905 offences
Norwich109
East of England70
England83

Rank #4,454 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences474
Theft120
Burglary16
Vehicle crime20
Criminal damage & arson97
Public order & weapons77
Drugs19
Robbery6
Other76

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 144 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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