Housing in NR5 8EU
What the homes in NR5 8EU are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Bowthorpe & West Earlham
- Council
- Norwich
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,076 (2024)
NR5 8EUNorwich
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are semi-detached houses (51.6%). Flats make up 17%, below the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
23.7% of households in the NR5 8EU area own their home, less than half the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 34.6% of households, well above the England figure of 20.5%. 16% own outright and 7.6% with a mortgage.
- Owned23.7%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.7%1%
- Private rented34.6%20.5%
- Social rented40.7%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.3%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.9 people living in it. 23.5% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is sharers or another multi-adult household (30.4%). 23.8% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Norwich
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Norwich (August 2026, +0.6% 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 NR5 8EU (Bowthorpe & West Earlham) (about 2,076 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.