Debenham, Stonham & Coddenham

Mid Suffolk · East of England · population 8,442 · 4 LSOAs

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

65Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,370 of 6,856 in England
  • #321 of 746 in East of England
  • #6 of 12 in Mid Suffolk
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,348
Median age (est.)51
Density57per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above36%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 10%25–44 17%45–64 33%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 8%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 6%Other: 21%
One person 23%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 6%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 18% · Skilled trades 14%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Managers & directors18%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional12%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 39% · Other 0%

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

Debenham, Stonham & Coddenham is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,370 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 12 in Mid Suffolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (96) but weak on Housing & access (6). Typical homes here sold for about £385,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 119 sales), 24% above the wider Mid Suffolk median of £311,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,184 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 32 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 87 · #896
Employment 88 · #786
Education 78 · #1,506
Health 91 · #636
Crime 96 · #272
Housing & access 6 · #6,407
Living environment 7 · #6,353

House prices ?

£385,000median (12m) · +2.9% yr · n=119
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£385,000119+2.9%+10.0%
Detached£445,00072-7.3%+13.4%
Semi-detached£340,00039+1.5%+22.5%
Terraced£238,7506-5.3%+1.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£385,000
Mid Suffolk£311,000
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)£44,184±£6,185 · #2,273 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,176
Price-to-income ?8.7×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 ?

54Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

32 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 267 offences
Mid Suffolk39
East of England70
England83

Rank #530 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences121
Theft32
Burglary33
Vehicle crime17
Criminal damage & arson23
Public order & weapons16
Drugs8
Robbery0
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 23 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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