Norfolk average salary comparison

The average salary is ranging between £35.7k in Breckland and £42.5k in Broadland. The UK average salary was £45.8k in 2024. Gross average salary is calculated for full-time employees. Employee has to be in the same job for over 12 months. The data collected is Tax Year Ending. The income includes incentive payments and are available for local government districts/counties.

Local authority	Average salary in 2024
Breckland	£35.7k
North Norfolk	£36.6k
Great Yarmouth	£36.9k
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	£38.0k
Norwich	£40.9k
South Norfolk	£42.2k
Broadland	£42.5k
United Kingdom	£45.8k

Norfolk average salary comparison by sex

The average salary for female is ranging between £31.0k in Breckland and £41.2k in Broadland. The UK average salary for female was £39.9k in 2024. The average salary for male is ranging between £38.5k in Breckland and £43.3k in Broadland. The UK average salary for male was £50.2k in 2024.

Local authority	Female average salary, 2024	Male average salary
Breckland	£31.0k	£38.5k
North Norfolk	£28.4k	£40.8k
Great Yarmouth	£31.6k	£39.4k
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	£35.2k	£40.1k
Norwich	£33.7k	£45.3k
South Norfolk	£37.5k	£45.7k
Broadland	£41.2k	£43.3k
United Kingdom	£39.9k	£50.2k

Norfolk median salary comparison

The median salary is ranging between £30.1k in North Norfolk and £36.6k in South Norfolk. The UK median salary was £37.4k in 2024.

Local authority	Median salary in 2024
North Norfolk	£30.1k
Breckland	£31.9k
Great Yarmouth	£32.8k
Norwich	£34.7k
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	£34.8k
Broadland	£35.8k
South Norfolk	£36.6k
United Kingdom	£37.4k

Norfolk median salary comparison by sex

The median salary for female is ranging between £26.2k in North Norfolk and £33.4k in South Norfolk. The UK median salary for female was £34.0k in 2024. The median salary for male is ranging between £ in North Norfolk and £39.5k in South Norfolk. The UK median salary for male was £40.0k in 2024.

Local authority	Female median salary in 2024	Male median salary
North Norfolk	£26.2k	N/A
Breckland	£28.6k	£33.3k
Great Yarmouth	£28.4k	£33.7k
Norwich	£31.9k	£36.4k
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	£31.7k	£37.4k
Broadland	£33.7k	£36.0k
South Norfolk	£33.4k	£39.5k
United Kingdom	£34.0k	£40.0k

Norfolk unemployment rate comparison

The unemployment rate is ranging between 3% in Broadland and 5.8% in Norwich. The UK unemployment rate was 3.7% in 2024.

Local authority	Unemployment rate in 2024
Broadland	3%
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	3.4%
Breckland	3.5%
North Norfolk	3.6%
United Kingdom	3.7%
South Norfolk	3.8%
Great Yarmouth	5.2%
Norwich	5.8%

Norfolk house price to earnings ratio

The median property price to median earnings ratio is ranging between 6.6 in Great Yarmouth and 10 in North Norfolk. Ie. Great Yarmouth resident with middle-income needs 6.6 gross annual salaries to buy a medium-priced property. Resident in North Norfolk needs 10 annual salaries. The England and Wales ratio was 7.54 in 2024.

Local authority	Median house price to median salary ratio in 2024
Great Yarmouth	6.6
Norwich	6.7
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	7.4
England and Wales	7.54
Broadland	7.9
South Norfolk	8
Breckland	8.1
North Norfolk	10

Norfolk net household income map

Map shows the net average household income in 2020 by middle layer super output area (MSOA). The lowest average net household income was in Great Yarmouth 006, with £25.1k. The area with the highest average net income was South Norfolk 002, with £41.0k. Median income was £32.4k - i.e. half of the areas had income equal or above £32.4k. Median income for England and Wales was 34.5k ( the lowest income was in Middlesbrough 001, £19.3k, the highest in Westminster 019, £67.0k).

The lowest income	£25.1k
The median income	£32.4k
The highest income	£41.0k

Norfolk working age population share

2022 population estimates.

44.3

Norfolk
average age

40.8

England & Wales
average age

age group	head-count	% share of population	% for Eng & Wales
0-15	150k	16.2%	18.5%
16-64	548k	59.1%	62.8%
65+	228k	24.7%	18.8%