Haverhill East & South

West Suffolk · East of England · population 11,499 · 6 LSOAs

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

44Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,851 of 6,856 in England
  • #522 of 746 in East of England
  • #18 of 21 in West Suffolk
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,149
Median age (est.)39
Density2,572per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above20%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 27%45–64 25%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 22%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 22%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 12%Other: 16%
One person 29%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 12%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 15% · Skilled trades 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary15%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure12%
Professional12%
Process & plant11%
Managers & directors10%
Sales & customer service8%
Administrative8%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 49% · Christian 43% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 15%

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

Haverhill East & South is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,851 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 21 in West Suffolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (88) but weak on Education (16). Typical homes here sold for about £239,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 124 sales), 18% below the wider West Suffolk median of £289,972. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,717 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £39,084 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 90 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 45 · #3,761
Employment 44 · #3,803
Education 16 · #5,722
Health 56 · #3,021
Crime 39 · #4,193
Housing & access 38 · #4,248
Living environment 88 · #855

House prices ?

£239,000median (12m) · -0.4% yr · n=124
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£239,000124-0.4%+16.6%
Detached£352,50026-3.4%+13.7%
Semi-detached£279,97532+4.7%+14.9%
Terraced£224,00058+0.7%+17.9%
Flat£149,7508-11.9%
This area£239,000
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)£39,084±£5,509 · #3,692 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,942
Price-to-income ?6.1×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 ?

75Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

90 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,036 offences
West Suffolk59
East of England70
England83

Rank #4,551 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences496
Theft168
Burglary37
Vehicle crime44
Criminal damage & arson98
Public order & weapons114
Drugs34
Robbery10
Other35

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 51 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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