Stanton & Barningham

West Suffolk · East of England · population 6,848 · 5 LSOAs

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

55Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,069 of 6,856 in England
  • #420 of 746 in East of England
  • #16 of 21 in West Suffolk
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,839
Median age (est.)52
Density102per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above27%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 18%45–64 29%65+ 30%

Tenure

Own outright: 49%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 49%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 11%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 7%Other: 20%
One person 29%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 7%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Skilled trades 15% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Skilled trades15%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative10%
Elementary9%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 39% · Buddhist 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Stanton & Barningham is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,069 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 21 in West Suffolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (86) but weak on Housing & access (7). Typical homes here sold for about £320,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 81 sales), 10% above the wider West Suffolk median of £289,972. Typical household take-home income is around £38,087 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 27 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 74 · #1,815
Employment 70 · #2,082
Education 36 · #4,365
Health 72 · #1,904
Crime 86 · #985
Housing & access 7 · #6,366
Living environment 34 · #4,557

House prices ?

£320,000median (12m) · +6.8% yr · n=81
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£320,00081+6.8%+21.9%
Detached£377,50044+2.0%+18.0%
Semi-detached£275,00029+6.8%+15.8%
Terraced£253,0007+16.3%+34.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£320,000
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)£38,087±£5,408 · #4,011 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,573
Price-to-income ?8.4×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 ?

65Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

27 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 182 offences
West Suffolk59
East of England70
England83

Rank #233 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences91
Theft32
Burglary7
Vehicle crime15
Criminal damage & arson17
Public order & weapons12
Drugs5
Robbery1
Other2

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 28 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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