Is Speckled Wood Close in Babergh a nice place to live?

Speckled Wood Close is classified by the ONS as White Suburban Communities. Speckled Wood Close is in the top 30% of highest crime postcodes (see map). The road has some of the lowest levels of deprivation in the country.

Geography

Speckled Wood Close is located in the Sproughton & Pinewood ward of the Babergh district in Suffolk.
Coordinates 52.033742, 1.115434
Grid Ref TM137418
Suburb Pinewood
Constituency South Suffolk
Postcodes IP8 3TG

House Prices

We have no record of house sales in Speckled Wood Close in the last 3 years. Therefore we cannot provide a house price analysis for this road.

Crime in Speckled Wood Close, Suffolk

There were no street crime incidents recorded by Suffolk Police in Speckled Wood Close 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 Speckled Wood Close and compared that to the average for the Sproughton & Pinewood ward.

You are more likely to be a victim of personal crime in Speckled Wood Close, when compared to the average EIMD rank for the Sproughton & Pinewood ward

Social economic statistics for Speckled Wood Close

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 Speckled Wood Close is on the top 10% of most deprived LSOAs, conversely a score of 10 would mean Speckled Wood Close 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 Speckled Wood Close experiencing deprivation relating to low income.
Residents in around Speckled Wood Close are in the top 10% least income deprived in the country.

Employment Deprivation

The Employment Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of working-age residents in and around Speckled Wood Close involuntarily excluded from the labour market. This includes the unemployed, those who are sick or disabled, or have caring responsibilities.
Residents in Speckled Wood Close are in the top 10% least employment deprived in the country

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 Speckled Wood Close are in the top 10% 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 Speckled Wood Close, from outside living quality, housing quality, access to services and crime.
Residents in Speckled Wood Close are in the top 10% least deprived in the country

2021 Census for Speckled Wood Close

We chosen some choice data from the 2021 census, that will hopefully give you socio-economic a snapshot of Speckled Wood Close.

Unemployment in Speckled Wood Close

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.
0.51% of Speckled Wood Close residents were unemployed during the Covid 19 pandemic

Retirees (OAPs) in Speckled Wood Close

The proportion of retirees in a road should give you an indication of the demographics of Speckled Wood Close. The proportion of retirees on Speckled Wood Close is 5.78% lower than the national average of 18.6%.
12.82% of Speckled Wood Close residents were retired during the last census

Home ownership in Speckled Wood Close

The proportion of home owners on Speckled Wood Close is 15.67% higher than the national average of 62%. 21.36% of properties in Speckled Wood Close are private rented and 0.97% are social rented.
77.67% of residents of Speckled Wood Close own their home

Country of Birth of Speckled Wood Close residents

The proportion if Speckled Wood Close residents born in the UK is 11.25% higher than the England national average of 82.65%. 6.1% of Speckled Wood Close residents were born outside the UK.
93.9% of Speckled Wood Close residents were born in the UK

Speckled Wood Close Summary

Speckled Wood Close has a higher level of home ownership than the national average. This is an indicator that finding private rented accomodation in Speckled Wood Close maybe difficult.

Speckled Wood Close has very low levels of employment deprivation, suggesting that finding work in the local area maybe easier compared to the rest of the country.

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