Yoxford, Wenhaston & Walberswick

East Suffolk · East of England · population 6,254 · 3 LSOAs

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

40Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,097 of 6,856 in England
  • #558 of 746 in East of England
  • #22 of 30 in East Suffolk
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,257
Median age (est.)58
Density34per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above37%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 7%25–44 15%45–64 31%65+ 37%

Tenure

Own outright: 57%Mortgage/shared: 19%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 57%Mortgage/shared 19%Social rent 9%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 6%Other: 24%
One person 29%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 6%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 19% · Skilled trades 17% · Professional 15%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors19%
Skilled trades17%
Professional15%
Associate professional13%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 41% · Other 1%

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

Yoxford, Wenhaston & Walberswick is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #4,097 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #22 of 30 in East Suffolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (85) but weak on Housing & access (0). Typical homes here sold for about £432,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 91 sales), 49% above the wider East Suffolk median of £289,975. Typical household take-home income is around £39,994 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 40 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 75 · #1,705
Employment 69 · #2,116
Education 42 · #3,960
Health 78 · #1,534
Crime 85 · #1,047
Housing & access 0 · #6,839
Living environment 3 · #6,620

House prices ?

£432,000median (12m) · +8.0% yr · n=91
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£432,00091+8.0%+18.4%
Detached£502,50056-6.1%+5.0%
Semi-detached£288,75022+1.8%+2.0%
Terraced£261,25010-6.7%+0.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£432,000
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)£39,994±£5,701 · #3,431 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,525
Price-to-income ?10.8×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 ?

29Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

40 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 249 offences
East Suffolk51
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,242 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences107
Theft42
Burglary27
Vehicle crime13
Criminal damage & arson30
Public order & weapons13
Drugs6
Robbery1
Other10

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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