PE31 6SZ

Bircham with Rudhams · King's Lynn and West Norfolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Bircham with Rudhams
Local authority: King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Constituency: North West Norfolk
Postcode district: PE31
Postcode sector: PE31 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
PE31 6RL	461 m
PE31 6UD	1.6 km
PE31 6WP	2.1 km
PE31 6GX	2.1 km
PE31 6RJ	2.1 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: PE31 6SZ
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 May 2013
Postcode area: PE
Postcode district: PE31
Postcode sector: PE31 6
Latitude: 52.839283
Longitude: 0.618199
British National Grid easting: 576,445
British National Grid northing: 330,072

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: East of England · E12000006
Local authority district: King's Lynn and West Norfolk · E07000146
Electoral ward: Bircham with Rudhams · E05012322
Parish or community: E04006288
Westminster constituency: North West Norfolk · E14001405
Output area: E00135465
Lower layer super output area: King's Lynn and West Norfolk 002C · E01026656
Middle layer super output area: King's Lynn and West Norfolk 002 · E02005552

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

Explore PE31

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools

Open schools: 1
Primary: 1
Secondary: 0

Harpley CofE VC Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
4.8 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: Not supplied
Postcode households: Not supplied
Residents per household: Not available
PE31 6 residents: 7,959

Age bands in PE31 6

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 12%
Age 15 to 24: 7.2%
Age 25 to 44: 15%
Age 45 to 64: 27.2%
Age 65 and over: 38.6%

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Nearby transport

Kings Lynn Rail Station

RLY · Kings Lynn
10.8 miles
King's Lynn Ferry Landing

FER · Kings Lynn
11.1 miles
King's Lynn Ferry Landing

FBT · Kings Lynn
11.1 miles
West Lynn Ferry Landing

FBT · West Lynn
11.2 miles
West Lynn Ferry Landing

FER · West Lynn
11.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for King's Lynn and West Norfolk 002C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,192 of 33,755

Income: 6 of 10
Employment: 4 of 10
Education and skills: 3 of 10
Health and disability: 4 of 10
Crime: 9 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 2 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Harpley CofE VC Primary School is the nearest published school at 3.0 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.