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Administrative Areas

Ward
Methwold
Local Authority
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
County
Norfolk
Constituency
South West Norfolk
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
Households
132
Population
318
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
105
England❚IP26 4NU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
42
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
318
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
264
Single
49
Married
166
Civil partnership
8
Separated
5
Divorced
23
Widowed
13

Health

Population
318
Very good
150
Good
110
Fair
49
Bad
9

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
264
England❚IP26 4NU❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
47
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
61
Other qualifications
24
No qualifications
56

Ethnicity

Population
318
White British
286
White Irish
1
White Other
27
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
318
England
266
Scotland
1
Wales
1
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
4
Portugal
2
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
1
India
2
Philippines
1
USA
30

Religion

Population
318
Christian
221
Other
1
No religion
72
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
167
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
10
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
21
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
21
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
245
England❚IP26 4NU❚
Full-Time employee
98
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
34
Unemployed
4
Retired
41
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
132
Owned outright
39
Owned with mortgage
67
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
19
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
146
Occupied
132
Unoccupied
14
Detached
81
Semi detached
39
Terraced
23
Flat - converted
2
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
132
One person
27
Two people
54
Three people
30
Four people
15
Five people
3
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

IP26 4PL IP26 4PQ IP26 4NY IP26 4NW IP26 4NZ IP26 4QB IP26 4RH IP26 4PB IP26 4PD IP26 4NX IP26 4NN IP26 4PE

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019