Enderby and Narborough
Town · 12,271 residents
48Fair
Fair · among the lowest-scoring towns
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
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- Flood risk: 12% of the area is in the highest flood zone, so check the street
- Road noise reaches 60% of the area
- Schools scores 36, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Enderby and Narborough
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Enderby and Narborough a good place to live?
Enderby and Narborough scores 48/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as fair — 60 is typical for the country.
No topic reaches "very good" (70+); its best is affordability (67).
It scores lowest on schools (36).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Enderby and Narborough in East Midlands, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Enderby and Narborough
Enderby and Narborough reads as solid, semi-detached England — the kind of place where privet hedges are trimmed, driveways have two cars, and the housing stock has clearly not been touched by a developer's new-build brochure in some time. This is a settled town on the edge of Leicester, not a commuter dormitory built yesterday, and it looks it.
The practical picture here is coherent even if not spectacular. Narborough Rail Station gives you a direct line out without needing the car, which matters given the median age sits at 42.9 — older than the national average, suggesting a population that has largely finished with nappies and is now more concerned with train times and garden maintenance than school catchments. Schools are the area's soft spot: Enderby Danemill Primary and The Pastures Primary are both rated Good, but the area's own average Ofsted score is middling, and Brockington College, the main secondary, carries a Requires Improvement judgement and a negative Progress 8 score — worth knowing if you have teenagers rather than toddlers. Housing itself is unremarkable in the best sense: a semi-detached, freehold-dominated market (nine in ten sales are freehold) with a median price around £269,500, which is both below the national figure and about 8% cheaper than the wider Blaby district it sits within. A for-sale board here is advertising a paid-off garden and a manageable mortgage, not a status symbol.