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NR33 postcode area · East Suffolk

The NR33 postcode district spans 8 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in East Suffolk. Area Scores range from 4 to 84 across them. Every full NR33 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.

In summary

There is a sharp split within the NR33 district: Oulton Broad West scores 85 out of 100 (#1,040 of 6,856 nationally) while Lowestoft Harbour & Kirkley sits at 4 — neighbours on the map, 81 points apart on the index. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 1 neighbourhood in the least-deprived third of England and 3 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £177,500 in Lowestoft Harbour & Kirkley to £405,000 in Southwold, Reydon & Wrentham — a 2.3× gap within the NR33 district.

Living here

Typical net household income£35,060a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates
Recorded crime56per 1,000 residents, 12m
Median age (est.)49
Owner-occupied69%

Income: ONS model-based estimates (FYE 2023). Crime: data.police.uk, recorded incidents. Age & tenure: Census 2021. All OGL v3.0 — methodology.

House prices in the NR33 district

£222,000median home sold over the past year · +20.6% over 5 years · -2.2% over the year · 569 sales
Detached£300,000
Semi-detached£215,000
Terraced£182,000
Flat£133,000
East Suffolk£289,975
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.
Area Score:more deprivedless deprivedTap a neighbourhood to open it →
NeighbourhoodNat. rankArea scoreMedian price
Oulton Broad WestEast Suffolk 1,04085 £260,000
Worlingham & BarnbyEast Suffolk 2,45964 £290,000
Carlton ColvilleEast Suffolk 2,74760 £254,000
Southwold, Reydon & WrenthamEast Suffolk 3,63147 £405,000
Pakefield South & KessinglandEast Suffolk 3,81644 £215,000
Normanston & Oulton Broad EastEast Suffolk 4,79730 £220,000
Pakefield NorthEast Suffolk 5,79116 £202,000
Lowestoft Harbour & KirkleyEast Suffolk 6,5724 £177,500

People living in NR33 Census 2021

Residents61,327
Median age (est.)49
Density327per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above22%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 21%45–64 27%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 13%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 9%Other: 19%
One person 34%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 9%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 14% · Professional 14% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades14%
Professional14%
Caring & leisure13%
Associate professional11%
Managers & directors11%
Elementary11%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant9%
Administrative9%

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 46% · No religion 46% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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.

Towns & places in NR33

Places whose neighbourhoods overlap the NR33 district.

Lowestoft Oulton Pakefield

Nearby areas

Postcode districts around NR33.

NR32 NR34 IP18 NR31 NR35 NR99 IP19 NR30

A postcode district overlaps several neighbourhoods, so per-neighbourhood figures are shown alongside the district-wide medians — neighbouring areas can differ a lot. Neighbourhood (MSOA) boundaries contain ONS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025, Open Government Licence v3.0.