Stowmarket Outer, Finborough & Battisford

Mid Suffolk · East of England · population 8,156 · 4 LSOAs

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

81Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,273 of 6,856 in England
  • #167 of 746 in East of England
  • #1 of 12 in Mid Suffolk
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,736
Median age (est.)46
Density177per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above30%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 28%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 7%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 7%Other: 17%
One person 26%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 7%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors14%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary8%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service7%

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 49% · No religion 43% · 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

Stowmarket Outer, Finborough & Battisford is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,273 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #1 of 12 in Mid Suffolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Income (88) but weak on Housing & access (22). Typical homes here sold for about £295,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 177 sales), 5% below the wider Mid Suffolk median of £311,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,921 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 88 · #855
Employment 82 · #1,211
Education 67 · #2,288
Health 78 · #1,520
Crime 86 · #978
Housing & access 22 · #5,338
Living environment 78 · #1,534

House prices ?

£295,000median (12m) · -1.0% yr · n=177
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£295,000177-1.0%+14.1%
Detached£400,00077+1.3%+33.3%
Semi-detached£265,00060-5.4%+15.2%
Terraced£261,00026+4.4%+37.4%
Flat£148,50014-17.5%+0.3%
This area£295,000
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)£42,921±£6,042 · #2,608 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,184
Price-to-income ?6.9×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 ?

90Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

31 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 255 offences
Mid Suffolk39
East of England70
England83

Rank #503 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences166
Theft21
Burglary4
Vehicle crime5
Criminal damage & arson16
Public order & weapons18
Drugs8
Robbery1
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 25 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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