Bungay
Bungay is a town in Norfolk, England, with a population of around 5,127. It has around 1 pharmacy and 14 restaurants and cafés, along with 26 bus stops. The average sold house price is around £299,787, and there were around 29 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Bungay area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the South Norfolk area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 141,948 residents at roughly 156 people per km².
- Council
- South Norfolk
- County
- Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk
- Police force
- Norfolk
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 48th of 294 English council areas — better than 84% of them.
A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology
Weather
10°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 12° / 10° · 60% rain
- Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Sunny
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:54Sunset 16:21
9h 27m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
17US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 6.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
27 reported · August 2026▲ 4% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences11
- Criminal damage & arson6
- Anti-social behaviour4
- Other theft2
Neighbourhood team: Bungay and Wainford · Suffolk
Local policing priorities
- To work with partner organisations, retailers, businesses and the community to tackle the issues of crime and anti-social behaviour withi…
- To reduce the illegal and dangerous use of e-bikes, e-scooters and non-road worthy off road bikes through targeted enforcement, education…
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
311 reported road collisions (2025)
96 killed or seriously injured · 428 casualties · 21.9 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
69 food businesses within 2 miles
- 62 rated 4–5 ★ (54 top)
- 2 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- 29 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Beccles (8.9 km):
Loading live departures…
Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£307,735 average▼ 0.2% YoY
Across South Norfolk · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£981 average monthly rent▲ 3.1% YoY
- 1 bed £696
- 2 bed £890
- 3 bed £1,107
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
Affordability
8.1× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 8.1 times median annual pay (8.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Property sales
2,101 property sales in the last 12 months
12 months to May 2026
A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.
Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres1
- Gyms1
- Swimming pools1
- Sports pitches20
- Golf courses1
- Playgrounds10
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
141,948 residents in South Norfolk · 156/km²
- Under 16: 17%
- 16–64: 58%
- 65+: 24%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,323
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,011
- Net moves+2,312
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
Less deprived than the average in England
Ranked 220 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£2,483 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band B (27% of 67,580)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
78 schools · 20,759 pupils
64 primary · 8 secondary · 6 other
Ofsted: 24 of 31 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (77%)
74 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Wymondham CollegeOutstanding
- Hobart High SchoolGood
- Long Stratton High SchoolGood
- Diss High School
- Framingham Earl High School
- Hethersett Academy
- Ormiston Victory Academy
- Wymondham High Academy
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Norfolk
Care & health services
880 CQC-registered services
- Care homes319
- GP practices128
- Dentists172
- Homecare agencies178
- Hospitals & hospices29
CQC ratings: 80% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 25 Inadequate
Source: Care Quality Commission · Norfolk
Heritage & planning
- In a conservation area (Bungay)
- Not in the Green Belt
- 205 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
254 applications decided
90.2% granted · 229 granted, 25 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Your MP
Adrian Ramsay
Green Party
Waveney Valley
Recent votes:
- AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
- AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
- AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
- AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Conservative (minority)
- Lab 9
- Con 23
- LD 9
- Grn 1
- Oth 4
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools5
- GPs & clinics1
- Pharmacies1
- Supermarkets1
- Parks & greens5
- Restaurants & cafés15
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
6,695 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
27 jobs advertised · £40,519 avg
e.g. Welder Fabricator, CLASS 1 DRIVERS, Senior Care Assistant
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£767 median full-time weekly pay
2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£25,437 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
47% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: D · 67,071 certificates
10.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Grid electricity
67% low-carbon electricity
Wind 43% · Gas 32% · Nuclear 18% · Biomass 7%
134 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity
Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy (Norfolk): 61.1 women · 61.3 men
71% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.5
- Feeling worthwhile7.9
- Happiness yesterday7.7
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Health services
3 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in NR35
- Bungay Medical Centre
- Cats
- Cats - Suffolk
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Waveney Valley:
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks370 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects258 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases226 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills218 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND202 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Bungay Priory · 0.1 kmBungay Priory was a Benedictine nunnery in the town of Bungay in the English county of Suffolk. It was founded c. 1160–1185 by the Countess Gundreda, wife or widow of Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk, upon lands of her…
Bungay St Mary · 0.1 kmBungay St Mary was a civil parish in the administrative county of East Suffolk, in Suffolk, England. At the 1901 census, Bungay St Mary had a population of 1674. The church, St Mary's Church is a Grade I listed building.
St Mary's Church, Bungay · 0.1 kmSt Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the town of Bungay, Suffolk, England. The church and the ruins of the adjacent priory are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I l…
Bungay Holy Trinity · 0.2 kmBungay Holy Trinity is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Bungay, in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. At the 1901 census, Bungay Holy Trinity had a population of 1640. The church,…
Bungay · 0.2 kmBungay is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. It lies in the Waveney Valley, 5+1⁄2 miles west of Beccles on the edge of The Broads, and at the neck of a mea…

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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Bungay?
- Bungay is a town in Norfolk, England, in the South Norfolk local authority.
- What is the population of Bungay?
- Bungay has an approximate settlement population of 5,127.
- How deprived is Bungay?
- The South Norfolk local authority, which includes Bungay, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.