Breckland
DistrictThe north east of the East of England. 148,095 people in 1,305 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
6 of Breckland’s 80 neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 20%.
How Breckland compares
Each dot is a council. The black line marks the middle one.
Every council ranked: average house price, annual price change, median full-time pay, house price to pay and deprivation score.
England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland each measure deprivation their own way, so Open Index never ranks them together.
House prices since 2000
Monthly average house price, smoothed. Breckland’s is 4 times its 2000 level, in step with East of England’s.
Wards in Breckland27
- All Saints & Wayland
- Ashill
- Attleborough Burgh & Haverscroft
- Attleborough Queens & Besthorpe
- Bedingfeld
- Dereham Neatherd
- Dereham Toftwood
- Dereham Withburga
- Forest
- Guiltcross
- Harling & Heathlands
- Hermitage
- Launditch
- Lincoln
- Mattishall
- Nar Valley
- Necton
- Saham Toney
- Shipdham-with-Scarning
- Swaffham
- The Buckenhams & Banham
- Thetford Boudica
- Thetford Burrell
- Thetford Castle
- Thetford Priory
- Upper Wensum
- Watton
Middle areas in Breckland17
- Attleborough
- Bawdeswell, Swanton Morley & North Elmham
- Buckenhams & Snetterton
- Dereham Central & Toftwood
- Dereham North & Neatherd
- Dereham West, Necton & Gressenhall
- East Harling, Garboldisham & Kenninghall
- Hockering, Mattishall & Cranworth
- Mundford, Weeting & Forest
- Shipdham, Bradenham & Saham Toney
- Swaffham
- Thetford Central & East
- Thetford North
- Thetford South
- Watton
- Wayland, Ellingham & Great Hockham
- Whissonsett, Litcham & Narborough
Constituencies mostly in Breckland1
Neighbourhoods in Breckland80
- Breckland 001A
- Breckland 001C
- Breckland 001E
- Breckland 001F
- Breckland 002A
- Breckland 002B
- Breckland 002C
- Breckland 002D
- Breckland 003A
- Breckland 003B
- Breckland 003C
- Breckland 003D
- Breckland 004A
- Breckland 004B
- Breckland 004C
- Breckland 004D
- Breckland 005A
- Breckland 005B
- Breckland 005C
- Breckland 005D
- Breckland 005E
- Breckland 005F
- Breckland 006A
- Breckland 006B
- Breckland 006C
- Breckland 006D
- Breckland 006E
- Breckland 007B
- Breckland 007C
- Breckland 007D
- Breckland 007E
- Breckland 007F
- Breckland 007G
- Breckland 008A
- Breckland 008B
- Breckland 008C
- Breckland 008D
- Breckland 008E
- Breckland 009A
- Breckland 009B
- Breckland 009C
- Breckland 009D
- Breckland 009E
- Breckland 010A
- Breckland 010B
- Breckland 010D
- Breckland 010E
- Breckland 010F
- Breckland 010G
- Breckland 011B
- Breckland 011C
- Breckland 011D
- Breckland 011E
- Breckland 011F
- Breckland 011G
- Breckland 012A
- Breckland 012B
- Breckland 012C
- Breckland 012D
- Breckland 013A
- Breckland 013B
- Breckland 013C
- Breckland 014A
- Breckland 014B
- Breckland 014C
- Breckland 014D
- Breckland 015A
- Breckland 015B
- Breckland 015C
- Breckland 016A
- Breckland 016B
- Breckland 016C
- Breckland 016D
- Breckland 016E
- Breckland 016F
- Breckland 017A
- Breckland 017B
- Breckland 017C
- Breckland 017D
- Breckland 017E
Breckland in brief
Breckland’s average house price was £268,905 in July 2026.
Full-time workers living in Breckland earned a median of £34,399 in 2025.
A home in Breckland costs 7.8 times local full-time pay.
Breckland has a deprivation score of 20.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.