Housing in NR21 9JU
What the homes in NR21 9JU are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Brancaster, Burnham Market & Docking
- Council
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,403 (2024)
NR21 9JUFakenham
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are detached houses (40.4%). Flats make up 2.5%, less than half the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
62.2% of households in the NR21 9JU area own their home, broadly in line with the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 17.9% of households, below the England figure of 20.5%. 47.8% own outright and 14.4% with a mortgage.
- Owned62.2%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.5%1%
- Private rented17.9%20.5%
- Social rented19.4%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.0 people living in it. 37.4% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged 66 or over (24.9%). 15.1% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in King's Lynn and West Norfolk (August 2026, +3.8% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around NR21 9JU (Brancaster, Burnham Market & Docking) (about 1,403 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.