West Suffolk

Key figures

21 of 21 measures have a published figure for West Suffolk. Each figure is the publisher’s own, for the period named beside it.

Why the population is changing

The ONS breaks the year’s population change into its components (Year to mid-2025). These are its published figures for West Suffolk, not our estimates.

• 1,779 births and 1,777 deaths: natural change added 2 people.
• Moves within the UK (net) added 1,023 people.
• International migration (net) reduced the population by 96.
• The ONS’s balancing item (“Other”, mainly armed forces and prisoner adjustments) added 281.
• Altogether the population grew by 1,210 over the year (the sum of the components above — our addition of the ONS’s published figures).

The ONS has not yet published the Mid-2025 population level itself, so the closing bar is the Mid-2024 level plus the components above — the same addition as the total.

Each component is a series in its own right: births, deaths, moves within the UK and international migration.

Population change, year by year

The same decomposition for every published year in West Suffolk: births and deaths, net moves within the UK, net international migration, and the ONS’s balancing item.

Years to mid-2024 are the ONS’s rebased back series, made consistent with Census 2021 — its figures deliberately differ from the estimates published at the time. Every cell is a published figure; the total is the sum of net moves, natural change and other, which is our addition. A dash is a year the source does not publish for this area, never a zero.

Rates per 1,000 residents

The same population flows, adjusted for West Suffolk’s size, so they can be compared with any other area’s: each year’s flow divided by the population that mid-year, times 1,000.

A Civometry calculation, not a published figure: ONS publishes these flows and the population, but not the rates. Net rates are signed — below zero means more left than arrived. Rates are crude, not age-standardised, so areas with very different age structures still differ for reasons size cannot remove. Each link shows the full recipe and every year.

Pay against housing costs

How pay in West Suffolk moved over its latest published year, beside how the cost of buying and renting moved over theirs. The three series come from different publishers on different timetables, so each row covers its own year, named in the row.

Pay rose faster than both the house price and the rent over these periods.

Levels are the publishers’ own (ONS ASHE median annual pay for full-time employees living in the area; HM Land Registry UK House Price Index; ONS Price Index of Private Rents). The percentage changes are Civometry arithmetic on the two published values in each row. Pay is a survey of employees and says nothing about a particular household; one year is weather, not climate.

Who runs the council

Labour, Independent, Green and Liberal Democrat coalition (2026) — Conservative 24, Other and independent 19, Labour 15, Reform UK 3, Green 2, Liberal Democrat 1 of 64 seats.

Since 2016: Conservative (2019–2022); Conservative (largest party, no overall majority) (2023–2024); Labour, Independent, Green and Liberal Democrat coalition (2025–2026)

Not an official statistic. Compiled by Open Council Data UK, an independent project, not by any government department: no official body publishes council political control. Councils are matched to GSS codes by name here; county councils and districts abolished before the current boundaries are not included. This is the one dataset on the site that is not read from an official publication, and every page that shows it says so. Source: Open Council Data UK (CC0).

Between the censuses

How West Suffolk’s religion, ethnic-group and country-of-birth make-up changed between the 2011 and 2021 censuses, category by category. The two censuses compared.

Crime

11,454 recorded offences in the 12 months to June 2026, 60.5 per 1,000 residents. Full crime profile, by category and month.

Deprivation, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

The English Indices of Deprivation (IoD2025) rank every one of West Suffolk’s 107 neighbourhoods against the rest of England, where rank 1 is the most deprived. Each neighbourhood’s page carries its full rank and domain deciles.

Most deprived here: West Suffolk 009C (rank 4,541), West Suffolk 004A (rank 4,961), West Suffolk 009B (rank 5,494). Least deprived: West Suffolk 012C (rank 32,905), West Suffolk 012B (rank 32,563), West Suffolk 014C (rank 32,307).

Published for this area

• Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 10.9% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£39,628 a year
• Median annual pay, female full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 13.7% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£37,838 a year
• Median annual pay, male full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 7.6% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£40,781 a year
• Asylum seekers supported in each council area2026 Q2 · up 660.0% on a year earlier · Home Office, published 27 August 202638 people
• Families in B&Bs beyond the six-week legal limit2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 20260 households
• Births by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,779 people
• Census 2011 usual residentsCensus 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026170,756 people
• Census 2021 usual residentsCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026179,948 people
• People claiming unemployment-related benefitsJuly 2026 · up 7.1% on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20262,880 people
• Claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16 to 64July 2026 · up 0.2 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20262.5%
• Outstanding council borrowing2026 Q2 · down 2.7% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 3 September 2026£8.9m
• Council investments held2026 Q2 · down 26.6% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 3 September 2026£29.4m
• Earmarked council reservesYear ending March 2025 · up 16.6% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026£51.8m
• Unallocated council reservesYear ending March 2025 · up 2.0% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026£5.6m
• Council spending on servicesYear ending March 2025 · down 0.7% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026£24.5m
• Band D council tax by billing authorityYear ending March 2027 · up 4.8% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 25 March 2026£2,351 a year
• Deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,777 people
• Dwellings on the Council Tax valuation listsYear ending March 2025 · VOA, published 25 September 202584,280 dwellings
• Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 18 December 20253,669 kWh a year
• Employment deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 20259.2% of working-age residents
• Mean domestic gas consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 5 May 202610,277 kWh a year
• House price annual changeJune 2026 · up 3.0 points on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 20261.6%
• Average house priceJune 2026 · up 1.6% on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 2026£296,879
• Households in temporary accommodation2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 202681 households
• Households assessed as owed a homelessness duty2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026184 households
• Deprivation: IMD average score2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202516.2 score
• Deprivation: share of small areas in England's most deprived tenth2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 20250% of the district's LSOAs
• Income deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202515.8% of residents
• Net internal migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,023 people
• International migration into a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,040 people
• Net international migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026-96 people
• International migration out of a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,136 people
• Births minus deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20262 people
• Other population change by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026281 people
• Population by local authorityMid-2024 · up 1.3% on a year earlier · ONS, published 26 September 2025188,485 people
• Private rent annual changeJuly 2026 · up 0.1 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 20263.9%
• Average private rent a monthJuly 2026 · up 3.9% on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 2026£1,179 a month
• Households with children in temporary accommodation2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 202632 households
• Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 4.4% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£755 a week

National figures that apply here

These are not measured for West Suffolk; they are the figure for the nation or the UK, shown because they apply to everyone in it.

• Average Band D council tax (England average)Year ending March 2027 · up 4.9%£2,392 a year
• Unemployment rate (UK)2026 Q2 · up 0.2 points4.9%
• Universal Credit caseload (Great Britain)Year ending March 2025 · up 16.3%5,473,000 households
• Persistent absence (England)2024/25 academic year · down 1.8 points18.1%
• Average annual electricity bill (UK)2025 · down 1.3%£1,069 a year

Then and now

The first and last years published for West Suffolk, and the difference between the two. Both figures are published for this area; the difference is those two numbers subtracted, which you can check by hand.

• 12,3002014→10,2772024

  Mean domestic gas consumption per meter

  In West Suffolk, mean domestic gas consumption per meter fell from 12,300 in 2014 to 10,277 in 2024, a change of 2,023 or 16.4% (DESNZ).

  How this figure was worked out

  10,277 in 2024 − 12,300 in 2014 = −2,023, which is 16.4% of the figure for 2014.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 10,277.39 and 12,300.47, and 10,277.39 − 12,300.47 = 2,023.08.

  11 published years spanning 10 years, from DESNZ. Years before the current series come from Mean domestic gas consumption per meter, 2012 onwards, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In West Suffolk, mean domestic gas consumption per meter fell from 12,300 in 2014 to 10,277 in 2024, a change of 2,023 or 16.4% (DESNZ).

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• 4,3672015→3,6692024

  Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter

  In West Suffolk, mean domestic electricity consumption per meter fell from 4,367 in 2015 to 3,669 in 2024, a change of 698 or 16.0% (DESNZ).

  How this figure was worked out

  3,669 in 2024 − 4,367 in 2015 = −698, which is 16.0% of the figure for 2015.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 3,668.99 and 4,367.41, and 3,668.99 − 4,367.41 = 698.42.

  10 published years spanning 9 years, from DESNZ. Years before the current series come from Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter, 2012 onwards, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In West Suffolk, mean domestic electricity consumption per meter fell from 4,367 in 2015 to 3,669 in 2024, a change of 698 or 16.0% (DESNZ).

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• £1,821Year ending March 2021→£2,351Year ending March 2027

  Band D council tax by billing authority

  In West Suffolk, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,821 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,351 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £531 or 29.1%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

  How this figure was worked out

  £2,351 in the year ending March 2027 − £1,821 in the year ending March 2021 = £531, which is 29.1% of the figure for the year ending March 2021.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 2,351.47 and 1,820.89, and 2,351.47 − 1,820.89 = 530.58.

  7 published years spanning 6 years, from MHCLG. Years before the current series come from Band D council tax by billing authority, 2020-21 to 2024-25, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In West Suffolk, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,821 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,351 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £531 or 29.1%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

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• £28,5582018→£39,6282025

  Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In West Suffolk, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £28,558 in 2018 to £39,628 in 2025, a change of £11,070 or 38.8%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £39,628 in 2025 − £28,558 in 2018 = £11,070, which is 38.8% of the figure for 2018.

  8 published years spanning 7 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In West Suffolk, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £28,558 in 2018 to £39,628 in 2025, a change of £11,070 or 38.8%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• £5392018→£7552025

  Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In West Suffolk, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £539 in 2018 to £755 in 2025, a change of £217 or 40.2%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £755 in 2025 − £539 in 2018 = £217, which is 40.2% of the figure for 2018.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 755.20 and 538.60, and 755.20 − 538.60 = 216.60.

  8 published years spanning 7 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In West Suffolk, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £539 in 2018 to £755 in 2025, a change of £217 or 40.2%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• 575Year to mid-2012→1,023Year to mid-2025

  Net internal migration by local authority

  In West Suffolk, net internal migration by local authority rose from 575 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,023 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 448 or 77.9% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,023 in Year to mid-2025 − 575 in Year to mid-2012 = 448, which is 77.9% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Internal migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In West Suffolk, net internal migration by local authority rose from 575 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,023 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 448 or 77.9% (ONS).

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• 1,200Year to mid-2012→1,040Year to mid-2025

  International migration into a local authority

  In West Suffolk, international migration into a local authority fell from 1,200 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,040 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 160 or 13.3% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,040 in Year to mid-2025 − 1,200 in Year to mid-2012 = −160, which is 13.3% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration in by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In West Suffolk, international migration into a local authority fell from 1,200 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,040 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 160 or 13.3% (ONS).

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• 872Year to mid-2012→1,136Year to mid-2025

  International migration out of a local authority

  In West Suffolk, international migration out of a local authority rose from 872 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,136 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 264 or 30.3% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,136 in Year to mid-2025 − 872 in Year to mid-2012 = 264, which is 30.3% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration out by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In West Suffolk, international migration out of a local authority rose from 872 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,136 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 264 or 30.3% (ONS).

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• 328Year to mid-2012→-96Year to mid-2025

  Net international migration by local authority

  In West Suffolk, net international migration by local authority fell from 328 in Year to mid-2012 to -96 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 424 or 129.3% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  -96 in Year to mid-2025 − 328 in Year to mid-2012 = −424, which is 129.3% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In West Suffolk, net international migration by local authority fell from 328 in Year to mid-2012 to -96 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 424 or 129.3% (ONS).

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• 2,270Year to mid-2012→1,779Year to mid-2025

  Births by local authority

  In West Suffolk, births by local authority fell from 2,270 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,779 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 491 or 21.6% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,779 in Year to mid-2025 − 2,270 in Year to mid-2012 = −491, which is 21.6% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Births by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In West Suffolk, births by local authority fell from 2,270 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,779 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 491 or 21.6% (ONS).

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• 1,472Year to mid-2012→1,777Year to mid-2025

  Deaths by local authority

  In West Suffolk, deaths by local authority rose from 1,472 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,777 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 305 or 20.7% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,777 in Year to mid-2025 − 1,472 in Year to mid-2012 = 305, which is 20.7% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Deaths by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In West Suffolk, deaths by local authority rose from 1,472 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,777 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 305 or 20.7% (ONS).

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• 798Year to mid-2012→2Year to mid-2025

  Births minus deaths by local authority

  In West Suffolk, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 798 in Year to mid-2012 to 2 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 796 or 99.7% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  2 in Year to mid-2025 − 798 in Year to mid-2012 = −796, which is 99.7% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Natural change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In West Suffolk, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 798 in Year to mid-2012 to 2 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 796 or 99.7% (ONS).

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• -1,362Year to mid-2012→281Year to mid-2025

  Other population change by local authority

  In West Suffolk, other population change by local authority rose from -1,362 in Year to mid-2012 to 281 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,643 or 120.6% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  281 in Year to mid-2025 − -1,362 in Year to mid-2012 = 1,643, which is 120.6% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Other population change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In West Suffolk, other population change by local authority rose from -1,362 in Year to mid-2012 to 281 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,643 or 120.6% (ONS).

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• £4m2020 Q1→£8.9m2026 Q2

  Outstanding council borrowing

  In West Suffolk, outstanding council borrowing rose from £4m in 2020 Q1 to £8.9m in 2026 Q2, a change of £4.9m or 122.0%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

  How this figure was worked out

  £8.9m in 2026 Q2 − £4m in 2020 Q1 = £4.9m, which is 122.0% of the figure for 2020 Q1.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 8.88 and 4.00, and 8.88 − 4.00 = 4.88.

  26 published years spanning 6 years, from MHCLG. Years before the current series come from Outstanding council borrowing, 2010 to 2020, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In West Suffolk, outstanding council borrowing rose from £4m in 2020 Q1 to £8.9m in 2026 Q2, a change of £4.9m or 122.0%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

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Compare West Suffolk with another place

Every figure both areas publish, side by side, from its own publisher with the period named:

• West Suffolk and Birmingham
• West Suffolk and Leeds
• West Suffolk and North Yorkshire
• West Suffolk and Somerset
• West Suffolk and Cornwall
• West Suffolk and Buckinghamshire

Or open any two areas as /compare/places/<area>/<area> — the address carries the whole comparison.

Nearby areas

The closest other local authorities, each with its own report card and a side-by-side comparison:

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• Mid Suffolk · compare

Areas like West Suffolk

The local authorities whose published rents, pay, house prices, council tax and claimant count sit closest to West Suffolk’s, wherever they are in the UK. Computed from the figures, not curated.

• East Lothian · compare
• Tewkesbury · compare
• Midlothian · compare
• Braintree · compare
• Cheltenham · compare
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Since you moved here

Pick the year you arrived, and see what every series published for West Suffolk said then and says now, with the periods named. West Suffolk since you moved here, or read the whole run year by year.

Where these figures come from

Every figure above is published by the body named here, for the release named here. Figures marked as a Civometry calculation are arithmetic on those published figures and are not official statistics.

Not yet published here

Income, employment, benefits by area, health, education and religion for West Suffolk are on the way where an open official source exists; where one does not, the data gaps register says why. Local claimant counts are behind a login.