Sudbury

Babergh · East of England · population 11,783 · 8 LSOAs

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

40Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,118 of 6,856 in England
  • #561 of 746 in East of England
  • #11 of 11 in Babergh
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,623
Median age (est.)47
Density1,661per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above24%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 27%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 19%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 38%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 10%Other: 16%
One person 38%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 10%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Skilled trades 14% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Skilled trades14%
Elementary12%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors10%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant9%
Administrative7%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 48% · Christian 43% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Sudbury is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,118 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 11 in Babergh. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (65) and lowest on Education (23). Typical homes here sold for about £250,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+6%) (from 177 sales), 24% below the wider Babergh median of £330,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,936 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 100 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 39 · #4,200
Employment 37 · #4,310
Education 23 · #5,276
Health 42 · #4,001
Crime 29 · #4,872
Housing & access 65 · #2,397
Living environment 58 · #2,877

House prices ?

£250,000median (12m) · -3.8% yr · n=177
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£250,000177-3.8%+5.5%
Detached£375,00031+2.7%+11.9%
Semi-detached£265,00045-1.9%+10.4%
Terraced£215,00072-6.5%+3.1%
Flat£160,00029+14.3%-7.2%
This area£250,000
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)£33,936±£4,831 · #5,363 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,973
Price-to-income ?7.4×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

67Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

100 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,180 offences
Babergh41
East of England70
England83

Rank #4,945 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences588
Theft200
Burglary17
Vehicle crime31
Criminal damage & arson139
Public order & weapons114
Drugs61
Robbery8
Other22

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 111 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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