Gunton East, Corton & Somerleyton

East Suffolk · East of England · population 6,589 · 5 LSOAs

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

62Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,576 of 6,856 in England
  • #351 of 746 in East of England
  • #11 of 30 in East Suffolk
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,638
Median age (est.)55
Density178per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above27%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 11%15–24 8%25–44 17%45–64 31%65+ 33%

Tenure

Own outright: 55%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 55%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 5%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 5%Other: 24%
One person 28%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 5%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Managers & directors 15% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Managers & directors15%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional12%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 40% · Other 1%

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

Gunton East, Corton & Somerleyton is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,576 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 30 in East Suffolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Income (78) but weak on Housing & access (22). Typical homes here sold for about £302,500 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 92 sales), in line with the wider East Suffolk median of £289,975. Typical household take-home income is around £38,400 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 41 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 78 · #1,499
Employment 58 · #2,884
Education 54 · #3,131
Health 51 · #3,384
Crime 75 · #1,705
Housing & access 22 · #5,311
Living environment 52 · #3,309

House prices ?

£302,500median (12m) · -6.9% yr · n=92
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£302,50092-6.9%+14.2%
Detached£390,00049+7.7%+14.7%
Semi-detached£250,00023-0.7%+22.0%
Terraced£210,00013-11.2%+5.8%
Flat£107,0007
This area£302,500
East Suffolk£289,975
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)£38,400±£5,476 · #3,902 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,357
Price-to-income ?7.9×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 ?

76Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

41 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 268 offences
East Suffolk51
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,304 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences119
Theft27
Burglary22
Vehicle crime23
Criminal damage & arson43
Public order & weapons23
Drugs6
Robbery1
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 53 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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