Pakefield North

East Suffolk · East of England · population 6,678 · 5 LSOAs

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

16Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,791 of 6,856 in England
  • #695 of 746 in East of England
  • #27 of 30 in East Suffolk
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,745
Median age (est.)50
Density3,483per km²
No qualifications27%
Degree or above17%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 20%45–64 25%65+ 30%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 26%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 26%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 10%Other: 18%
One person 36%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 10%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Caring & leisure 14% · Elementary 14% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Caring & leisure14%
Elementary14%
Skilled trades13%
Sales & customer service11%
Process & plant11%
Professional11%
Associate professional9%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 43% · 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

Pakefield North is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,791 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #27 of 30 in East Suffolk. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (62) and lowest on Education (9). Typical homes here sold for about £202,000 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 69 sales), 30% below the wider East Suffolk median of £289,975. Typical household take-home income is around £30,964 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 58 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 18 · #5,599
Employment 10 · #6,195
Education 9 · #6,209
Health 16 · #5,756
Crime 31 · #4,742
Housing & access 62 · #2,617
Living environment 59 · #2,788

House prices ?

£202,000median (12m) · -4.7% yr · n=69
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£202,00069-4.7%+10.8%
Detached£285,00011+11.8%+12.9%
Semi-detached£202,00035-3.8%+8.0%
Terraced£175,00023-2.0%+19.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£202,000
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)£30,964±£4,493 · #6,201 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,536
Price-to-income ?6.5×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

36Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

58 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 388 offences
East Suffolk51
East of England70
England83

Rank #2,725 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences228
Theft44
Burglary6
Vehicle crime13
Criminal damage & arson54
Public order & weapons18
Drugs5
Robbery5
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 56 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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