Is Western’s End in Babergh a nice place to live?

Western's End is classified by the ONS as White Suburban Communities. Western's End is in the lowest 40% of postcodes for crime (see map). The road has a slightly lower level of deprivation compared to the rest of the country.

Geography

Western's End is located in the Brantham ward of the Babergh district in Suffolk.
Coordinates 51.960792, 1.064103
Grid Ref TM106335
Suburb Brantham
Constituency South Suffolk
Postcodes CO11 1RS

House Prices

We have no record of house sales in Western's End in the last 3 years. Therefore we cannot provide a house price analysis for this road.

Crime in Western's End, Suffolk

There were no street crime incidents recorded by Suffolk Police in Western's End during September 2024.

Crime Deprivation

The Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) government statistics have a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal crime. We have taken the lower super output area (LSOA) that includes Western's End and compared that to the average for the Brantham ward.

You are more likely to be a victim of personal crime in Western's End, when compared to the average EIMD rank for the Brantham ward

Social economic statistics for Western's End

These statistics are taken from the English Index of Multiple Deprivation's decile figures, with 1 being the worst and 10 being the best. As these are decile figures, a score of 1 for example would mean Western's End is on the top 10% of most deprived LSOAs, conversely a score of 10 would mean Western's End is in the top 10% of least deprived LSOAs in the country.

Income Deprivation

The Income Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of the population in and around Western's End experiencing deprivation relating to low income.
Residents in around Western's End are experiencing average levels of income deprivation.

Employment Deprivation

The Employment Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of working-age residents in and around Western's End involuntarily excluded from the labour market. This includes the unemployed, those who are sick or disabled, or have caring responsibilities.
Residents in Western's End are experiencing average levels of employment deprivation

Health & Disability Deprivation

The Health Deprivation and Disability Domain measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health. This does not include aspects of behaviour or the environment that may be lead to predicted future health and disability problems.
Residents in Western's End are in the top 30% least health & disability deprived in the country

Index of Multiple Deprivation

The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is an overall relative measure of deprivation constructed by combining seven measures of deprivation. It encapsulates a broad socio-economic view of Western's End, from outside living quality, housing quality, access to services and crime.
Residents in Western's End are experiencing average levels of deprivation

2021 Census for Western's End

We chosen some choice data from the 2021 census, that will hopefully give you socio-economic a snapshot of Western's End.

Unemployment in Western's End

The census is now the only reliable source to find the proportion of residents that are unemployed or under-employed as the Department for Work and pensions no longer do so and haven't since the introduction of Universal Credit.
0% of Western's End residents were unemployed during the Covid 19 pandemic

Retirees (OAPs) in Western's End

The proportion of retirees in a road should give you an indication of the demographics of Western's End. The proportion of retirees on Western's End is 9.02% higher than the national average of 18.6%.
27.62% of Western's End residents were retired during the last census

Home ownership in Western's End

The proportion of home owners on Western's End is 19.74% higher than the national average of 62%. 10.43% of properties in Western's End are private rented and 6.96% are social rented.
81.74% of residents of Western's End own their home

Country of Birth of Western's End residents

The proportion if Western's End residents born in the UK is 13.81% higher than the England national average of 82.65%. 3.54% of Western's End residents were born outside the UK.
96.46% of Western's End residents were born in the UK

Western's End Summary

Western's End has a higher level of home ownership than the national average. This is an indicator that finding private rented accomodation in Western's End maybe difficult.

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