Dereham West, Necton & Gressenhall

Breckland · East of England · population 7,090 · 4 LSOAs

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

58Area Score / 100 ?
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In summary

Dereham West, Necton & Gressenhall is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,843 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 17 in Breckland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (82) but weak on Housing & access (10). Typical homes here sold for about £260,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+6%) (from 89 sales), in line with the wider Breckland median of £267,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,123 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 65 · #2,397
Employment 67 · #2,253
Education 43 · #3,933
Health 71 · #1,959
Crime 82 · #1,211
Housing & access 10 · #6,174
Living environment 56 · #3,007

House prices ?

£260,000median (12m) · +2.0% yr · n=89
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£260,00089+2.0%+6.1%
Detached£345,00050+14.0%+14.2%
Semi-detached£215,000230.0%+4.9%
Terraced£203,75016+15.6%+19.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£260,000
Breckland£267,000
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

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Affordability-adjusted Score ?

84Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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