Stowupland, Mendlesham & Bacton

Mid Suffolk · East of England · population 7,513 · 4 LSOAs

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

62Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,617 of 6,856 in England
  • #360 of 746 in East of England
  • #7 of 12 in Mid Suffolk
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,376
Median age (est.)50
Density106per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above28%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 21%45–64 29%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 13%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 7%Other: 20%
One person 26%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 7%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Managers & directors 15% · Skilled trades 14%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Managers & directors15%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional13%
Administrative10%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant7%
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 42% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Stowupland, Mendlesham & Bacton is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,617 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 12 in Mid Suffolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (89) but weak on Housing & access (9). Typical homes here sold for about £313,500 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 153 sales), in line with the wider Mid Suffolk median of £311,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,096 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 32 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 71 · #2,007
Employment 71 · #1,986
Education 53 · #3,220
Health 76 · #1,616
Crime 89 · #759
Housing & access 9 · #6,222
Living environment 36 · #4,365

House prices ?

£313,500median (12m) · -2.8% yr · n=153
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£313,500153-2.8%+12.0%
Detached£389,74892+0.3%+13.8%
Semi-detached£267,50046-2.7%+11.5%
Terraced£245,00014+5.4%+8.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£313,500
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)£39,096±£5,506 · #3,689 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,997
Price-to-income ?8.0×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 ?

74Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

32 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 238 offences
Mid Suffolk39
East of England70
England83

Rank #538 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences120
Theft29
Burglary15
Vehicle crime15
Criminal damage & arson23
Public order & weapons26
Drugs2
Robbery2
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 29 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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