Ormesby St Margaret
Village · 2,270 residents
58Good
Good · better than 3 in 10 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: 36 per 1,000 people a year against 100
- 1 GP practice within a short walk
- Affordability scores 72, well above the typical 60
Check before you view
- Flood risk: 12% of the area is in the highest flood zone, so check the street
- Transport scores 31, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Ormesby St Margaret
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Ormesby St Margaret a good place to live?
Ormesby St Margaret scores 58/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (77) and health (74).
It scores lowest on transport (31).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Ormesby St Margaret in East of England, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Ormesby St Margaret
Ormesby St Margaret is detached bungalows and family houses on quiet roads, the kind of place where the average resident is well into their fifties and the streets feel more settled than sought-out. This isn't a village people pass through on their way somewhere else — it's a destination for people who've already decided what they want, which is space, quiet, and a bit of distance from Great Yarmouth proper.
Housing here is overwhelmingly detached and freehold — of the recent sales, detached homes and freehold ownership dominate so thoroughly that anything else is a rounding error. A median house price a good deal higher than neighbouring Great Yarmouth tells you this is one of the pricier corners of that district, though set against the wider region and the country, prices still sit below what you'd pay for the equivalent detached home elsewhere — the local detached median runs well under the national detached average. That combination — a premium locally, a discount nationally — is the clearest signal of what you're buying into: a rural district's most comfortable pocket, not a hot property market. The two schools in the village, Ormesby Village Infant and Junior, serve the immediate community without the fanfare of an Ofsted rating attached in this data, and with median age pushing 54, this reads less as a young family's postcode and more as a place people move to once the school run is behind them.