Westerfield, Grundisburgh & Bredfield

East Suffolk · East of England · population 6,875 · 3 LSOAs

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

72Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,938 of 6,856 in England
  • #258 of 746 in East of England
  • #6 of 30 in East Suffolk
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,780
Median age (est.)52
Density77per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above38%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 16%45–64 33%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 50%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 50%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 10%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 6%Other: 22%
One person 24%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 6%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 20% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors20%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary6%
Process & plant5%
Sales & customer service4%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 40% · Other 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

Westerfield, Grundisburgh & Bredfield is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,938 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 30 in East Suffolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (97) but weak on Housing & access (8). Typical homes here sold for about £475,000 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 99 sales), 64% above the wider East Suffolk median of £289,975. Typical household take-home income is around £49,725 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 24 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 88 · #786
Employment 81 · #1,273
Education 76 · #1,609
Health 85 · #1,047
Crime 97 · #204
Housing & access 8 · #6,291
Living environment 23 · #5,256

House prices ?

£475,000median (12m) · +13.8% yr · n=99
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£475,00099+13.8%+18.8%
Detached£560,00059-6.7%+21.1%
Semi-detached£300,00030-2.0%0.0%
Terraced£287,50010+27.8%+10.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£475,000
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)£49,725±£7,087 · #1,109 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,735
Price-to-income ?9.6×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 ?

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

Recorded crime ?

24 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 164 offences
East Suffolk51
East of England70
England83

Rank #127 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences89
Theft19
Burglary21
Vehicle crime6
Criminal damage & arson14
Public order & weapons5
Drugs2
Robbery0
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 17 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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