Fornham, Great Barton & Rougham

West Suffolk · East of England · population 8,859 · 4 LSOAs

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

71Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,979 of 6,856 in England
  • #261 of 746 in East of England
  • #3 of 21 in West Suffolk
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,230
Median age (est.)47
Density116per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above34%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 23%45–64 25%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 12%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 8%Other: 20%
One person 27%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 8%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary7%
Process & plant6%
Sales & customer service5%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 41% · Hindu 1%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Fornham, Great Barton & Rougham is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,979 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 21 in West Suffolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (86) but weak on Housing & access (21). Typical homes here sold for about £350,000 over the past year, down 9% across five years (from 135 sales), 21% above the wider West Suffolk median of £289,972. Typical household take-home income is around £45,004 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 43 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 62 · #2,610
Employment 71 · #2,007
Education 57 · #2,918
Health 86 · #978
Crime 79 · #1,465
Housing & access 21 · #5,393
Living environment 74 · #1,801

House prices ?

£350,000median (12m) · -4.8% yr · n=135
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£350,000135-4.8%-9.4%
Detached£450,00061+1.2%+3.4%
Semi-detached£325,000470.0%+12.7%
Terraced£267,50025-3.4%-2.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£350,000
West Suffolk£289,972
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)£45,004±£6,305 · #2,080 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,877
Price-to-income ?7.8×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

69Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

43 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 381 offences
West Suffolk59
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,515 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences189
Theft54
Burglary19
Vehicle crime18
Criminal damage & arson45
Public order & weapons33
Drugs12
Robbery0
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 45 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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