Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures

Babergh · East of England · population 6,396 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

63Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,534 of 6,856 in England
  • #345 of 746 in East of England
  • #5 of 11 in Babergh
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,123
Median age (est.)50
Density106per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above29%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 20%45–64 29%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 48%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 48%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 10%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 8%Other: 22%
One person 24%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 8%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 17% · Professional 15% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors17%
Professional15%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades13%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 41% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 4%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,534 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 11 in Babergh. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (85) but weak on Housing & access (9). Typical homes here sold for about £363,750 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 98 sales), 10% above the wider Babergh median of £330,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,379 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 29 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 62 · #2,576
Employment 69 · #2,130
Education 63 · #2,562
Health 81 · #1,321
Crime 85 · #1,006
Housing & access 9 · #6,216
Living environment 45 · #3,761

House prices ?

£363,750median (12m) · +7.0% yr · n=98
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£363,75098+7.0%+9.4%
Detached£425,00054-6.6%+9.0%
Semi-detached£320,00028+1.2%+12.3%
Terraced£275,00014+13.4%+22.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£363,750
Babergh£330,000
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£40,379±£5,700 · #3,309 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,560
Price-to-income ?9.0×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

60Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

29 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 187 offences
Babergh41
East of England70
England83

Rank #357 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences106
Theft10
Burglary7
Vehicle crime10
Criminal damage & arson22
Public order & weapons19
Drugs6
Robbery0
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 13 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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