Rendlesham, Orford & Hollesley

East Suffolk · East of England · population 11,134 · 6 LSOAs

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

59Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,829 of 6,856 in England
  • #391 of 746 in East of England
  • #13 of 30 in East Suffolk
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,158
Median age (est.)46
Density53per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above33%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 29%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 9%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 7%Other: 18%
One person 26%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 7%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Associate professional 17% · Professional 16% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Associate professional17%
Professional16%
Managers & directors15%
Skilled trades13%
Elementary11%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure8%
Process & plant6%
Sales & customer service5%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 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

Rendlesham, Orford & Hollesley is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,829 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 30 in East Suffolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (94) but weak on Housing & access (3). Typical homes here sold for about £310,000 over the past year, down 4% across five years (from 156 sales), 7% above the wider East Suffolk median of £289,975. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,959 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £43,387 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 30 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 82 · #1,253
Employment 84 · #1,129
Education 56 · #2,980
Health 69 · #2,123
Crime 94 · #389
Housing & access 3 · #6,661
Living environment 29 · #4,879

House prices ?

£310,000median (12m) · -6.1% yr · n=156
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£310,000156-6.1%-3.5%
Detached£438,00067+3.1%+14.2%
Semi-detached£280,00050-0.9%+16.7%
Terraced£240,00027-4.0%+2.1%
Flat£140,000120.0%-13.8%
This area£310,000
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)£43,387±£6,080 · #2,472 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,906
Price-to-income ?7.1×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 ?

71Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

30 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 335 offences
East Suffolk51
East of England70
England83

Rank #423 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences133
Theft35
Burglary35
Vehicle crime12
Criminal damage & arson37
Public order & weapons22
Drugs4
Robbery1
Other56

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 37 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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