Norwich: St. Andrew
Suburb · 1,921 residents
43Fair
Fair · among the lowest-scoring suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- 105 places to eat and drink
- 6 GP practices within a short walk
- Schools scores 74, well above the typical 60
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- Safety scores 18, below the typical 60
- Transport scores 31, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Norwich: St. Andrew
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Norwich: St. Andrew a good place to live?
Norwich: St. Andrew scores 43/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as fair — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for food & drink (99) and health (94).
It scores lowest on safety (18) and transport (31).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Norwich: St. Andrew in East of England, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Norwich: St. Andrew
Narrow lanes, converted merchant houses, and a density of flats over shops that tells you this is Norwich's old commercial core rather than a suburb in the usual sense — cafes and independent shopfronts sit beside student housing and city-centre offices, and at street level it feels more urban than most places carrying the "suburb" label.
The numbers back up that split personality. This is one of the more crowded corners of the East of England, packed in at roughly double the national population density, with a median age under 33 — a young, transient population rather than a settled one. Jane Austen College, rated Outstanding, gives the area a genuine secondary school anchor, though with only one school counted locally, most residents here are students, young professionals, or renters rather than families building a school run around the place. Housing follows the same logic: leasehold flats dominate the sales mix, freeholds are a minority, and the median sale price of £182,500 sits well below both the city and national medians — cheaper than the wider Norwich district by a considerable margin, driven down by a glut of flats that actually sell for less here than the national flat average, even as the handful of terraces that do trade command a striking premium over typical terrace prices elsewhere. A for-sale board on one of these streets is more likely advertising a one-bed conversion above a shop than a family semi.