Needham Market South & Great Blakenham
Mid Suffolk · East of England · population 10,243 · 5 LSOAs
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #1,911 of 6,856 in England
- #251 of 746 in East of England
- #5 of 12 in Mid Suffolk
- Less deprived (top 30%)
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Associate professional 19% · Professional 16% · Managers & directors 13%
All occupation groups
| Associate professional | 19% |
| Professional | 16% |
| Managers & directors | 13% |
| Skilled trades | 12% |
| Administrative | 10% |
| Caring & leisure | 9% |
| Elementary | 8% |
| Process & plant | 7% |
| Sales & customer service | 6% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
No religion 47% · Christian 45% · Buddhist 1%
Born outside the UK: 10%
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
Needham Market South & Great Blakenham is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,911 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 12 in Mid Suffolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (96) but weak on Housing & access (14). Typical homes here sold for about £268,750 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+8%) (from 178 sales), 14% below the wider Mid Suffolk median of £311,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,129 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 30 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.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £268,750 | 178 | -4.2% | +7.5% |
| Detached | £382,500 | 60 | -4.0% | +17.7% |
| Semi-detached | £260,000 | 54 | -3.7% | +10.6% |
| Terraced | £236,250 | 50 | -1.6% | +6.2% |
| Flat | £140,000 | 14 | +13.8% | +1.4% |
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Household income
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 ?
- #645 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime ?
Rank #446 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).
| Category (12 months) | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 145 |
| Theft | 52 |
| Burglary | 14 |
| Vehicle crime | 29 |
| Criminal damage & arson | 30 |
| Public order & weapons | 25 |
| Drugs | 7 |
| Robbery | 0 |
| Other | 10 |
Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 41 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 →
Official sources
Nearby areas
The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.
Other areas in Mid Suffolk
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- ShifnalShropshire72£272,500
- Windermere South & StaveleyWestmorland and Furness72£350,000
- Benfleet NorthCastle Point72£368,500
- How Wood & Park StreetSt Albans72£570,000
- Elthorne ParkEaling72£831,250
- Groby West & RatbyHinckley and Bosworth72£270,000