South Newmarket & Racecourse

West Suffolk · East of England · population 9,859 · 6 LSOAs

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

62Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,576 of 6,856 in England
  • #351 of 746 in East of England
  • #9 of 21 in West Suffolk
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,753
Median age (est.)40
Density1,004per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above28%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 33%45–64 24%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 32%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 18%Private rent 32%

Households

One person: 42%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 8%Other: 15%
One person 42%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 8%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Associate professional 14% · Caring & leisure 14%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Associate professional14%
Caring & leisure14%
Skilled trades12%
Elementary12%
Managers & directors11%
Administrative8%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 6%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 88%Asian 6%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 38% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 25%

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

South Newmarket & Racecourse is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,576 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 21 in West Suffolk. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Employment (70) and lowest on Education (39). Typical homes here sold for about £285,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 144 sales), in line with the wider West Suffolk median of £289,972. Typical household take-home income is around £38,985 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 77 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 57 · #2,973
Employment 70 · #2,055
Education 39 · #4,166
Health 66 · #2,322
Crime 40 · #4,145
Housing & access 66 · #2,336
Living environment 44 · #3,809

House prices ?

£285,000median (12m) · +7.5% yr · n=144
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£285,000144+7.5%+18.4%
Detached£395,00021+4.9%+23.4%
Semi-detached£300,00039-6.2%+7.1%
Terraced£255,00065+2.0%+18.6%
Flat£195,00019+18.2%+12.1%
This area£285,000
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)£38,985±£5,584 · #3,720 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,657
Price-to-income ?7.3×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 ?

80Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

77 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 762 offences
West Suffolk59
East of England70
England83

Rank #3,937 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences348
Theft144
Burglary32
Vehicle crime27
Criminal damage & arson81
Public order & weapons84
Drugs22
Robbery8
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 36 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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