Great Ellingham
Village · 792 residents
50Fair
Fair · among the lowest-scoring villages
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 44 per 1,000 people a year against 100
- Affordability scores 70, well above the typical 60
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- Health scores 29, below the typical 60
- Transport scores 31, below the typical 60
- Food & drink scores 39, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Great Ellingham
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Great Ellingham a good place to live?
Great Ellingham scores 50/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as fair — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (83) and affordability (70).
It scores lowest on health (29) and transport (31).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Great Ellingham in East of England, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Great Ellingham
Detached houses on generous plots, hedged gardens, cars rather than pavements doing the work of getting about — this is the look of Great Ellingham, a small Breckland village where the streets feel more like lanes than roads. It attracts an older crowd: the median age here sits well above the national figure, and this isn't a place that revolves around a nightlife strip or a café culture. It's quiet by design.
Housing here leans heavily detached and entirely freehold — of the recent sales sampled, the majority were detached houses, and every single one changed hands as a freehold. That tells you what a For Sale board here actually means: this is a village of family houses bought outright, not flats or leasehold flats-above-shops. Prices reflect that character — the median sale price runs meaningfully above the Breckland district average, and detached homes locally fetch noticeably more than the national detached average. Great Ellingham Primary School is the only school in the village itself, a community school with around 180 pupils; there's no rail station listed for the settlement, and the connectivity and transport grades reflect that reality — full-fibre broadband has reached about two-thirds of properties, which is solid, but getting anywhere by train means leaving the village first. This is a place for people who've already sorted their commute, or who don't have one.