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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
129
Population
288
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
89
England❚IP26 4PB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
288
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
237
Single
57
Married
130
Separated
10
Divorced
13
Widowed
27

Health

Population
288
Very good
114
Good
108
Fair
52
Bad
12
Very bad
13

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
237
England❚IP26 4PB❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
35
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
22
Apprenticeship
51
Other qualifications
18
No qualifications
76

Ethnicity

Population
288
White British
255
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
2
White Other
18
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Indian
1
Asian Chinese
1
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
1
Black Other
3
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
288
England
245
Scotland
4
Wales
4
Ireland
2
Germany
2
Spain
1
Zimbabwe
1
India
1
USA
21
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
288
Christian
211
Sikh
1
Other
1
No religion
58
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
139
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
7
Manufacturing
15
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
7
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
12
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
202
England❚IP26 4PB❚
Full-Time employee
78
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
34
Unemployed
4
Retired
27
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
58
Owned with mortgage
36
Rented - other social
11
Rented - private landlord
16
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
143
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
14
Detached
72
Semi detached
44
Terraced
21
Flat - purpose built
5
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
39
Two people
52
Three people
12
Four people
21
Five people
5

Nearby postcodes

IP26 4PW IP26 4NR IP26 4NS IP26 4NT IP26 4PA IP26 4NU

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