North Sudbury & Long Melford

Babergh · East of England · population 6,294 · 3 LSOAs

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

69Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,151 of 6,856 in England
  • #288 of 746 in East of England
  • #3 of 11 in Babergh
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,181
Median age (est.)52
Density222per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above27%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 27%65+ 32%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 14%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 7%Other: 22%
One person 29%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 7%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Managers & directors 16% · Skilled trades 15%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Managers & directors16%
Skilled trades15%
Associate professional14%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 39% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

North Sudbury & Long Melford is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,151 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 11 in Babergh. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (78) and lowest on Housing & access (30). Typical homes here sold for about £386,500 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 130 sales), 17% above the wider Babergh median of £330,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,235 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 28 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 64 · #2,486
Employment 64 · #2,459
Education 50 · #3,412
Health 78 · #1,540
Crime 74 · #1,801
Housing & access 30 · #4,810
Living environment 62 · #2,617

House prices ?

£386,500median (12m) · +15.4% yr · n=130
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£386,500130+15.4%+18.9%
Detached£450,000700.0%+11.4%
Semi-detached£340,00031+7.9%+13.3%
Terraced£300,00024+9.1%+36.4%
Flat£180,0005+2.3%+19.2%
This area£386,500
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)£38,235±£5,388 · #3,952 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,988
Price-to-income ?10.1×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 ?

56Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

28 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 174 offences
Babergh41
East of England70
England83

Rank #273 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences95
Theft25
Burglary7
Vehicle crime7
Criminal damage & arson17
Public order & weapons14
Drugs4
Robbery0
Other5

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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