Loddon, Surlingham & Alpington

South Norfolk · East of England · population 8,916 · 6 LSOAs

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

64Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,500 of 6,856 in England
  • #339 of 746 in East of England
  • #10 of 16 in South Norfolk
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,849
Median age (est.)50
Density116per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above33%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 10%25–44 20%45–64 28%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 12%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 8%Other: 19%
One person 27%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 8%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 43% · Buddhist 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

Loddon, Surlingham & Alpington is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,500 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 16 in South Norfolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (91) but weak on Housing & access (20). Typical homes here sold for about £300,000 over the past year, down 6% across five years (from 97 sales), in line with the wider South Norfolk median of £300,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,719 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 31 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 62 · #2,582
Employment 56 · #2,994
Education 61 · #2,651
Health 75 · #1,691
Crime 91 · #601
Housing & access 20 · #5,509
Living environment 50 · #3,460

House prices ?

£300,000median (12m) · -14.3% yr · n=97
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£300,00097-14.3%-6.2%
Detached£425,00049+3.7%+13.3%
Semi-detached£255,00029-3.2%+1.4%
Terraced£222,00017-5.3%+6.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£300,000
South 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)£39,719±£5,640 · #3,505 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,324
Price-to-income ?7.6×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

78Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

31 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 275 offences
South Norfolk44
East of England70
England83

Rank #462 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences144
Theft32
Burglary17
Vehicle crime7
Criminal damage & arson34
Public order & weapons25
Drugs7
Robbery0
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 49 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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