Is Queen’s Road in East Suffolk a nice place to live?

Queen's Road is classified by the ONS as Hampered Aspiration. Queen's Road is in the top 20% of highest crime postcodes (see map). The road is one of the most deprived in the country

Geography

Queen's Road is located in the Harbour & Normanston ward of the East Suffolk district in Suffolk.
Coordinates 52.484299, 1.751844
Grid Ref TM548939
Suburb Lowestoft
Constituency Waveney

House Prices

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

Crime in Queen's Road, Suffolk

There were 2 street crime incidents in Queen's Road in September 2024. These are the latest figures released by Suffolk Police Force.
Source: data.police.uk, Statistics date: September 2024
September 2024 Crime Incidents in Queen's Road
# Category Outcome
1 Violent Crime Under investigation
2 Violent Crime Under investigation

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 Queen's Road and compared that to the average for the Harbour & Normanston ward.

You are more likely to be a victim of personal crime in Queen's Road, when compared to the average EIMD rank for the Harbour & Normanston ward

Social economic statistics for Queen's Road

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 Queen's Road is on the top 10% of most deprived LSOAs, conversely a score of 10 would mean Queen's Road 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 Queen's Road experiencing deprivation relating to low income.
Residents in around Queen's Road are in the top 10% of most income deprived in the country.

Employment Deprivation

The Employment Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of working-age residents in and around Queen's Road involuntarily excluded from the labour market. This includes the unemployed, those who are sick or disabled, or have caring responsibilities.
Residents in Queen's Road are in the top 10% of the most 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 Queen's Road are in the top 10% of the most 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 Queen's Road, from outside living quality, housing quality, access to services and crime.
Residents in Queen's Road are in the top 10% of the most deprived in the country

2021 Census for Queen's Road

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

Unemployment in Queen's Road

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.
3.78% of Queen's Road residents were unemployed during the Covid 19 pandemic

Retirees (OAPs) in Queen's Road

The proportion of retirees in a road should give you an indication of the demographics of Queen's Road. The proportion of retirees on Queen's Road is 10.49% lower than the national average of 18.6%.
8.11% of Queen's Road residents were retired during the last census

Home ownership in Queen's Road

The proportion of home owners on Queen's Road is 29.54% lower than the national average of 62%. 47.37% of properties in Queen's Road are private rented and 20.18% are social rented.
32.46% of residents of Queen's Road own their home

Country of Birth of Queen's Road residents

The proportion if Queen's Road residents born in the UK is 8.95% higher than the England national average of 82.65%. 8.4% of Queen's Road residents were born outside the UK.
91.6% of Queen's Road residents were born in the UK

Queen's Road Summary

With house prices in Queen's Road less than the average for Suffolk and very high levels of income depirvation, this is an indicator of a very poor road. Queen's Road is the the top 10% of income deprivated streets in England. Queen's Road has a lower level of home ownership than the national average. This is an indicator that finding private rented accomodation in Queen's Road maybe easier than surrounding areas.

Queen's Road has very high levels of employment deprivation, suggesting that finding work in the local area maybe harder compared to the rest of the country.

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