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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
105
Population
255
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
70
England❚IP26 5LF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
255
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
201
Single
41
Married
121
Separated
4
Divorced
21
Widowed
14

Health

Population
255
Very good
111
Good
106
Fair
30
Bad
7
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
201
England❚IP26 5LF❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
33
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
32
Apprenticeship
50
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
49

Ethnicity

Population
255
White British
242
White Other
4
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
4
Asian Other
1
Black African
1
Black Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
255
England
237
Scotland
4
Germany
1
India
1
Philippines
1
USA
8
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
255
Christian
131
Other
1
No religion
100
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
118
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
9
Mining
1
Manufacturing
10
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
2
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
13
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
177
England❚IP26 5LF❚
Full-Time employee
53
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
38
Unemployed
8
Retired
31
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
105
Owned outright
45
Owned with mortgage
33
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
20
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
118
Occupied
105
Unoccupied
13
Detached
60
Semi detached
31
Terraced
23
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
105
One person
17
Two people
54
Three people
14
Four people
14
Five people
4
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

IP26 5LW IP26 5LH IP26 5LJ IP26 5NL

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