Worlingham & Barnby

East Suffolk · East of England · population 8,476 · 5 LSOAs

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

64Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,459 of 6,856 in England
  • #331 of 746 in East of England
  • #8 of 30 in East Suffolk
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,486
Median age (est.)51
Density111per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above26%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 10%25–44 18%45–64 30%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 49%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 49%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 9%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 8%Other: 20%
One person 27%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 8%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Skilled trades 15% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Skilled trades15%
Managers & directors13%
Associate professional11%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative9%
Elementary9%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 42% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Worlingham & Barnby is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,459 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 30 in East Suffolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (92) but weak on Housing & access (23). Typical homes here sold for about £290,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 105 sales), in line with the wider East Suffolk median of £289,975. Typical household take-home income is around £40,403 a year, around the middle 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 70 · #2,061
Employment 64 · #2,445
Education 44 · #3,809
Health 67 · #2,274
Crime 92 · #540
Housing & access 23 · #5,297
Living environment 55 · #3,076

House prices ?

£290,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=105
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£290,0001050.0%+10.5%
Detached£389,00056+14.4%+28.8%
Semi-detached£239,25036-0.3%+9.0%
Terraced£210,00013-0.9%+13.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£290,000
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)£40,403±£5,727 · #3,306 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,419
Price-to-income ?7.2×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 ?

80Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

24 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 208 offences
East Suffolk51
East of England70
England83

Rank #150 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences125
Theft14
Burglary13
Vehicle crime9
Criminal damage & arson27
Public order & weapons13
Drugs2
Robbery0
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 20 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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