Rickinghall, Walsham le Willows & Gislingham

Mid Suffolk · East of England · population 9,213 · 6 LSOAs

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

56Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,980 of 6,856 in England
  • #409 of 746 in East of England
  • #10 of 12 in Mid Suffolk
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,990
Median age (est.)52
Density77per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above31%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 17%45–64 32%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 48%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 48%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 9%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 7%Other: 21%
One person 26%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 7%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Managers & directors17%
Skilled trades15%
Associate professional12%
Administrative9%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure8%
Process & plant6%
Sales & customer service6%

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 51% · No religion 41% · Other 0%

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

Rickinghall, Walsham le Willows & Gislingham is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,980 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 12 in Mid Suffolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (97) but weak on Housing & access (5). Typical homes here sold for about £395,000 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 121 sales), 27% above the wider Mid Suffolk median of £311,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,190 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 80 · #1,369
Employment 76 · #1,630
Education 53 · #3,199
Health 83 · #1,136
Crime 97 · #176
Housing & access 5 · #6,538
Living environment 11 · #6,092

House prices ?

£395,000median (12m) · -1.5% yr · n=121
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£395,000121-1.5%+18.8%
Detached£485,00069-7.6%+18.3%
Semi-detached£270,00045-14.3%+12.5%
Terraced£246,0006-12.1%+26.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£395,000
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)£41,190±£5,894 · #3,072 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,868
Price-to-income ?9.6×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 ?

46Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

24 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 221 offences
Mid Suffolk39
East of England70
England83

Rank #132 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences104
Theft23
Burglary14
Vehicle crime9
Criminal damage & arson30
Public order & weapons24
Drugs4
Robbery0
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 38 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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