Neighbourhoods in South Norfolk
Tap any row or map polygon to drill into that neighbourhood — hovering on desktop will preview the link before you click. Switch the tab strip above the table to focus on Affordability, Schools, Transport, Safety or Wealth — the columns swap and the default sort follows.
16 neighbourhoods · 87 sub-areas
Rent, scores and YoY change at a glance.
| South Norfolk 016 | £846 | +5.1% | 52 | 87 |
| Harleston & Pulham | £887 | +5.1% | 44 | 86 |
| Wymondham West | £887 | +5.1% | 80 | 85 |
| Diss & Roydon | £898 | +5.1% | 81 | 89 |
| South Norfolk 017 | £921 | +5.1% | 56 | 78 |
| Wymondham East & Spooner Row | £926 | +5.1% | 43 | 62 |
| Thurlton, Haddiscoe & Geldeston | £947 | +5.1% | 23 | 87 |
| Loddon, Surlingham & Alpington | £955 | +5.1% | 45 | 92 |
| Hethersett | £978 | +5.1% | 58 | 79 |
| Long Stratton, Carlton Rode & Tibenham | £988 | +5.1% | 33 | 91 |
| Hingham, Morley & Barnham Broom | £1,002 | +5.1% | 46 | 98 |
| Scole, Dickleburgh & Bressingham | £1,009 | +5.1% | 11 | 88 |
| Cringleford, Little Melton & Easton | £1,020 | +5.1% | 16 | 56 |
| Mulbarton, Tasburgh & Saxlingham Nethergate | £1,026 | +5.1% | 46 | 97 |
| Hempnall, Ditchingham & Wortwell | £1,027 | +5.1% | 21 | 94 |
| Trowse, Poringland & Stoke Holy Cross | £1,067 | +5.1% | 23 | 89 |
Sources: ONS, MHCLG, DfT, DESNZ, Defra, Police.uk, Ofsted, Ofcom, HM Land Registry. Some columns (salary, council tax, HPI) are published at council-area level.
Where to look in South Norfolk
Three short answers to "where should I focus?" in South Norfolk. Each list is filtered from the same neighbourhood data above — the basis of each shortlist is stated above the list so you know what's been weighted.
Lowest estimated monthly rent. Rent is the LAD-published ONS PIPR median, scaled per neighbourhood by local sale prices (Land Registry).
Highest composite liveability — combines safety, schools, transport access and rental affordability into one 0–100 score (higher = more liveable).
Highest liveability per pound of rent — desirable areas where rent stays close to or below the South Norfolk median.
Cost of living
Median rent and council tax across South Norfolk.
Rent & price breakdownBy bedroom count · property type · affordability
Rent: ONS PIPR (council area). Council tax: VOA + MHCLG. Sale prices: HM Land Registry.
Safety in South Norfolk
Crime in South Norfolk runs at 2.8× safer than the national average. Best 5% nationally (#14 of 318 cities) The supporting per-1,000-residents-per-year rate is 35.6, averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods.
How crime is measured
What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.
Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.
Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.
Crime detailTop crime types · safest neighbourhoods in this council area
Source: data.police.uk — incident counts adjusted for population, then averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods. National average = England + Wales population-weighted mean.
Schools in South Norfolk
100% of schools serving South Norfolk are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Best 5% nationally (#1 of 296 cities)
School breakdownOfsted distribution · best neighbourhoods for schools
Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.
Transport in South Norfolk
Modelled door-to-door commute from this council area to nearby employment hubs. Closest first.
Transport detailAll city commute times · mode share · best-connected neighbourhoods
DfT Journey Time Statistics + ONS Travel-to-Work.
Job access from South Norfolk
South Norfolk has 0.42 jobs per resident locally. Below median
Job access detailReachability tiers · sector mix in this council area
ONS BRES (jobs density) + DfT job-accessibility minutes.
Frequently asked about South Norfolk
Short answers to the questions we get most often. Each answer is anchored in the data above and links onward where you can dig deeper.
- What is the average rent in South Norfolk?
- The median monthly rent across South Norfolk is £969, based on ONS Private Rental Prices data. Individual neighbourhoods vary — see the shortlist above for the cheapest and most desirable areas.
- Where is the cheapest place to rent in South Norfolk?
- The cheapest neighbourhood in South Norfolk by estimated median rent is South Norfolk 016 at approximately £846/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.
- What's the best neighbourhood to live in South Norfolk?
- By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in South Norfolk is Diss & Roydon at 81/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.
- Is South Norfolk a safe area?
- South Norfolk has an average safety score of 81/100 across its constituent neighbourhoods (higher is safer). The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted so 100 means the safest 1% of England + Wales.
- What is council tax in South Norfolk?
- The most common council tax band in South Norfolk is not yet published, with the Band D annual charge currently around £295. Council tax is set at the local authority level so the same banding applies to every postcode within South Norfolk.
- What is the average salary in South Norfolk?
- The median annual resident salary in South Norfolk is £32,934, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in South Norfolk, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.
- What is the average house price in South Norfolk?
- The average property price in South Norfolk is approximately £306,118 according to HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Individual neighbourhoods vary — typically ±20% around this council area median.
- What's the rental yield in South Norfolk?
- Gross rental yield in South Norfolk is approximately 3.3% — the council-area level median rent annualised over the council-area level median sale price. Net yield (after agency, void, maintenance and tax) typically runs 30–40% lower.
- How long does it take to save a deposit in South Norfolk?
- Saving a 10% deposit at the council area median sale price on the council area median salary, while putting away 10% of takehome pay each month, takes approximately 4.8 years in South Norfolk. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.
- Is gigabit broadband available in South Norfolk?
- 100% of premises in South Norfolk are gigabit-capable per Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Coverage is patchier in older terraces and rural fringes — check your specific postcode for service availability.
- What's the unemployment rate in South Norfolk?
- 2.4% of 16-64 residents in South Norfolk are on the DWP Claimant Count — Universal Credit while seeking work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. That's the live monthly local indicator. It's narrower than the ONS Labour Force Survey "ILO unemployment rate" (which counts anyone actively job-seeking on a separate denominator) and narrower again than Census 2021's "% unemployed" (which is calculated against all 16+ residents and so isn't directly comparable).
- How many neighbourhoods are in South Norfolk?
- South Norfolk contains 16 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 87 sub-areas (local areas). Browse the full list at the bottom of this page or use the neighbourhood map above to drill into a specific area.
What you need on day one
All sub-areas in South Norfolk
Every local area, ordered by crawl priority. Most readers want the neighbourhood-level view — these are for deep-link cases or external search-engine arrivals.
- South Norfolk 015H
- South Norfolk 015D
- South Norfolk 003D
- South Norfolk 017D
- South Norfolk 015G
- South Norfolk 002A
- South Norfolk 013D
- South Norfolk 016B
- South Norfolk 011D
- South Norfolk 016C
- South Norfolk 003C
- South Norfolk 005A
- South Norfolk 002C
- South Norfolk 011F
- South Norfolk 009C
- South Norfolk 015F
- South Norfolk 006D
- South Norfolk 004D
- South Norfolk 008C
- South Norfolk 011C
- South Norfolk 017B
- South Norfolk 007J
- South Norfolk 002F
- South Norfolk 007I
- South Norfolk 013A
- South Norfolk 008D
- South Norfolk 015A
- South Norfolk 015B
- South Norfolk 006G
- South Norfolk 010B
- South Norfolk 014B
- South Norfolk 014D
- South Norfolk 005C
- South Norfolk 009D
- South Norfolk 007G
- South Norfolk 011E
- South Norfolk 004C
- South Norfolk 012A
- South Norfolk 017A
- South Norfolk 006E
- South Norfolk 007H
- South Norfolk 009A
- South Norfolk 004A
- South Norfolk 007A
- South Norfolk 012B
- South Norfolk 012C
- South Norfolk 013B
- South Norfolk 009B
- South Norfolk 012D
- South Norfolk 017C
- South Norfolk 002D
- South Norfolk 002E
- South Norfolk 006B
- South Norfolk 008F
- South Norfolk 006F
- South Norfolk 006I
- South Norfolk 016A
- South Norfolk 011A
- South Norfolk 003B
- South Norfolk 016F
- South Norfolk 007B
- South Norfolk 004B
- South Norfolk 016E
- South Norfolk 009G
- South Norfolk 010A
- South Norfolk 005D
- South Norfolk 002G
- South Norfolk 014E
- South Norfolk 013C
- South Norfolk 008B
- South Norfolk 006H
- South Norfolk 014F
- South Norfolk 005B
- South Norfolk 014A
- South Norfolk 015E
- South Norfolk 003A
- South Norfolk 008E
- South Norfolk 014C
- South Norfolk 009F
- South Norfolk 008A
Showing 80 of 87 sub-areas. Drill into any neighbourhood above for the full sub-area list.