Bury St Edmunds Central

West Suffolk · East of England · population 8,534 · 6 LSOAs

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

58Area Score / 100 ?
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In summary

Bury St Edmunds Central is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,857 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 21 in West Suffolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (97) but weak on Crime (24). Typical homes here sold for about £290,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 173 sales), in line with the wider West Suffolk median of £289,972. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,648 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 61 · #2,699
Employment 57 · #2,918
Education 52 · #3,261
Health 55 · #3,090
Crime 24 · #5,180
Housing & access 97 · #224
Living environment 33 · #4,618

House prices ?

£290,000median (12m) · -1.7% yr · n=173
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£290,000173-1.7%+13.7%
Detached£450,00016-18.5%+10.4%
Semi-detached£325,00024+4.8%+6.6%
Terraced£315,00083+4.7%+0.8%
Flat£182,00050-1.0%-25.7%
This area£290,000
West Suffolk£289,972
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

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Affordability-adjusted Score ?

76Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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