Trowse, Poringland & Stoke Holy Cross

South Norfolk · East of England · population 12,979 · 8 LSOAs

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

84Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,115 of 6,856 in England
  • #142 of 746 in East of England
  • #1 of 16 in South Norfolk
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,707
Median age (est.)48
Density171per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above37%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 8%25–44 22%45–64 28%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 11%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 8%Other: 18%
One person 28%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 8%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 44% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Trowse, Poringland & Stoke Holy Cross is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,115 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #1 of 16 in South Norfolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (90) but weak on Housing & access (29). Typical homes here sold for about £325,000 over the past year, down 6% across five years (from 232 sales), 8% above the wider South Norfolk median of £300,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,741 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 33 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 84 · #1,115
Employment 77 · #1,547
Education 82 · #1,232
Health 84 · #1,095
Crime 90 · #697
Housing & access 29 · #4,865
Living environment 63 · #2,548

House prices ?

£325,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=232
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£325,0002320.0%-5.8%
Detached£427,500121+7.7%+5.0%
Semi-detached£280,00056-6.7%+1.8%
Terraced£275,00044+1.9%+8.7%
Flat£155,00011-28.6%+24.0%
This area£325,000
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)£44,741±£6,289 · #2,131 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,545
Price-to-income ?7.3×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 ?

84Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

33 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 426 offences
South Norfolk44
East of England70
England83

Rank #635 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences224
Theft73
Burglary30
Vehicle crime10
Criminal damage & arson31
Public order & weapons38
Drugs8
Robbery1
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 53 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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