Eye, Palgrave & Occold

Mid Suffolk · East of England · population 8,076 · 4 LSOAs

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

61Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,699 of 6,856 in England
  • #374 of 746 in East of England
  • #8 of 12 in Mid Suffolk
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,952
Median age (est.)53
Density70per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above31%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 9%25–44 18%45–64 29%65+ 31%

Tenure

Own outright: 50%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 50%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 11%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 8%Other: 22%
One person 26%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 8%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Managers & directors 17% · Skilled trades 15%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Managers & directors17%
Skilled trades15%
Associate professional13%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative9%
Process & plant6%
Sales & customer service5%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 40% · 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

Eye, Palgrave & Occold is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,699 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 12 in Mid Suffolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (87) but weak on Housing & access (10). Typical homes here sold for about £392,500 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 106 sales), 26% above the wider Mid Suffolk median of £311,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,578 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 31 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 79 · #1,458
Employment 71 · #1,979
Education 58 · #2,905
Health 84 · #1,088
Crime 87 · #862
Housing & access 10 · #6,181
Living environment 17 · #5,695

House prices ?

£392,500median (12m) · +10.2% yr · n=106
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£392,500106+10.2%+19.7%
Detached£445,00068+10.9%+9.6%
Semi-detached£285,00022+14.0%+21.9%
Terraced£201,50014-16.0%-8.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£392,500
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)£39,578±£5,601 · #3,544 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,221
Price-to-income ?9.9×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 ?

49Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

31 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 249 offences
Mid Suffolk39
East of England70
England83

Rank #465 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences129
Theft38
Burglary17
Vehicle crime11
Criminal damage & arson19
Public order & weapons22
Drugs5
Robbery1
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 18 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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