Stowmarket East & Needham Market North

Mid Suffolk · East of England · population 12,832 · 7 LSOAs

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

72Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,883 of 6,856 in England
  • #248 of 746 in East of England
  • #4 of 12 in Mid Suffolk
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,794
Median age (est.)39
Density1,331per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above28%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 30%45–64 27%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 8%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 10%Other: 11%
One person 30%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 10%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors12%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 51% · Christian 42% · Buddhist 0%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Stowmarket East & Needham Market North is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,883 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 12 in Mid Suffolk. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Employment (71) and lowest on Housing & access (50). Typical homes here sold for about £245,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 249 sales), 21% below the wider Mid Suffolk median of £311,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,056 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 61 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 67 · #2,281
Employment 71 · #1,979
Education 54 · #3,151
Health 63 · #2,507
Crime 68 · #2,185
Housing & access 50 · #3,453
Living environment 67 · #2,274

House prices ?

£245,000median (12m) · -2.0% yr · n=249
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£245,000249-2.0%+16.7%
Detached£335,00061+3.1%+14.9%
Semi-detached£262,50068+2.9%+22.1%
Terraced£210,000102+0.2%+9.5%
Flat£145,00018+9.8%+11.5%
This area£245,000
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)£44,056±£6,245 · #2,304 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,583
Price-to-income ?5.6×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

95Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

61 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 787 offences
Mid Suffolk39
East of England70
England83

Rank #2,960 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences377
Theft178
Burglary13
Vehicle crime11
Criminal damage & arson63
Public order & weapons70
Drugs32
Robbery12
Other31

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 59 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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