Ixworth, Honington & Barnham

West Suffolk · East of England · population 6,655 · 4 LSOAs

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

60Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,720 of 6,856 in England
  • #377 of 746 in East of England
  • #11 of 21 in West Suffolk
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,597
Median age (est.)43
Density56per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above29%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 13%25–44 24%45–64 26%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 25%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 13%Private rent 25%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 8%Other: 16%
One person 30%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 8%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Associate professional 22% · Managers & directors 17% · Professional 15%

All occupation groups
Associate professional22%
Managers & directors17%
Professional15%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 42% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Ixworth, Honington & Barnham is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,720 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 21 in West Suffolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (94) but weak on Housing & access (6). Typical homes here sold for about £361,500 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 62 sales), 25% above the wider West Suffolk median of £289,972. Typical household take-home income is around £41,945 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 28 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 77 · #1,547
Employment 86 · #923
Education 57 · #2,959
Health 76 · #1,664
Crime 94 · #375
Housing & access 6 · #6,462
Living environment 25 · #5,119

House prices ?

£361,500median (12m) · +17.0% yr · n=62
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£361,50062+17.0%+13.9%
Detached£457,50034+18.8%+15.8%
Semi-detached£287,50014+5.5%+15.0%
Terraced£180,00013-28.0%-3.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£361,500
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)£41,945±£5,954 · #2,866 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,546
Price-to-income ?8.6×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 ?

58Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

28 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 189 offences
West Suffolk59
East of England70
England83

Rank #317 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences112
Theft21
Burglary11
Vehicle crime5
Criminal damage & arson13
Public order & weapons10
Drugs8
Robbery1
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 15 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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