Town Close

Norwich · East of England · population 10,993 · 7 LSOAs

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

52Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,316 of 6,856 in England
  • #452 of 746 in East of England
  • #3 of 15 in Norwich
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,938
Median age (est.)39
Density5,554per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above48%
No car or van37%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 15%25–44 32%45–64 23%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 19%Social rent: 23%Private rent: 33%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 19%Social rent 23%Private rent 33%

Households

One person: 45%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 14%Lone parent: 8%Other: 16%
One person 45%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 14%Lone parent 8%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 33% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 10%

All occupation groups
Professional33%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors10%
Elementary10%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service8%
Caring & leisure7%
Skilled trades6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 85%Asian: 7%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 85%Asian 7%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 51% · Christian 34% · Hindu 3%

Born outside the UK: 20%

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

Town Close sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,316 of 6,856 in England, and #3 of 15 in Norwich. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (88) but weak on Living environment (26). Typical homes here sold for about £255,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+2%) (from 178 sales), 9% above the wider Norwich median of £233,200. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,450 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £38,210 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 87 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 49 · #3,474
Employment 50 · #3,446
Education 60 · #2,720
Health 44 · #3,871
Crime 47 · #3,631
Housing & access 88 · #793
Living environment 26 · #5,071

House prices ?

£255,000median (12m) · +3.7% yr · n=178
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£255,000178+3.7%+2.2%
Detached£647,50016+3.6%+32.1%
Semi-detached£456,25018+29.1%+27.8%
Terraced£300,00080+4.3%+11.1%
Flat£156,00064-2.5%+7.6%
This area£255,000
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)£38,210±£5,544 · #3,966 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,588
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 ?

79Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

87 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 960 offences
Norwich109
East of England70
England83

Rank #4,422 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences347
Theft280
Burglary36
Vehicle crime35
Criminal damage & arson93
Public order & weapons93
Drugs36
Robbery19
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 160 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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