Heigham Grove & St Augustines

Norwich · East of England · population 6,630 · 4 LSOAs

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

9Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,222 of 6,856 in England
  • #724 of 746 in East of England
  • #15 of 15 in Norwich
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,464
Median age (est.)37
Density5,649per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above33%
No car or van49%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 13%25–44 35%45–64 22%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 11%Mortgage/shared: 13%Social rent: 50%Private rent: 27%
Own outright 11%Mortgage/shared 13%Social rent 50%Private rent 27%

Households

One person: 54%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 10%Lone parent: 9%Other: 12%
One person 54%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 10%Lone parent 9%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Elementary 16% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Elementary16%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Sales & customer service9%
Skilled trades9%
Managers & directors8%
Administrative8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 4%Black: 4%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 87%Asian 4%Black 4%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 51% · Christian 35% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 21%

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

Heigham Grove & St Augustines is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,222 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 15 in Norwich. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (77) but weak on Crime (2). Typical homes here sold for about £177,750 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 94 sales), 24% below the wider Norwich median of £233,200. Typical household take-home income is around £28,413 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 178 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 11 · #6,072
Employment 9 · #6,250
Education 15 · #5,825
Health 5 · #6,503
Crime 2 · #6,716
Housing & access 77 · #1,602
Living environment 36 · #4,385

House prices ?

£177,750median (12m) · +1.3% yr · n=94
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£177,75094+1.3%+13.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£241,2508+1.8%
Terraced£215,00043-2.3%+21.1%
Flat£150,00043+11.1%+13.6%
This area£177,750
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)£28,413±£4,238 · #6,634 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,204
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 ?

26Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

178 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,183 offences
Norwich109
East of England70
England83

Rank #6,088 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences457
Theft337
Burglary29
Vehicle crime34
Criminal damage & arson121
Public order & weapons104
Drugs51
Robbery27
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 197 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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