Elmsett

9°COvercast

• Today: 10° / 8° · 16% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

• 7.0 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

162 reported road collisions (2025)

44 killed or seriously injured · 224 casualties · 17.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

1 food businesses within 2 miles

• 1 rated 4–5 ★ (1 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£331,207 average▲ 0.9% YoY

Across Babergh · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£965 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £717
• 2 bed £916
• 3 bed £1,110

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

10.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.6 times median annual pay (10.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,320 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

• Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · BP (9.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · BP (9.2 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Offton & Willisham Village Hall (3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

92,345 residents in Babergh · 156/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 27%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,365
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,128
• Net moves+1,237

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 184 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,342 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (28% of 44,270)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

55 schools · 14,846 pupils

38 primary · 5 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 22 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

45 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Babergh

692 CQC-registered services

• Care homes197
• GP practices92
• Dentists135
• Homecare agencies208
• Hospitals & hospices15

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Suffolk

• Not in the Green Belt
• 19 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

223 applications decided

91.5% granted · 204 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

James Cartlidge

Conservative

South Suffolk

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Independent / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 1
• Con 6
• LD 4
• Grn 10
• Ref 2
• Oth 9

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,725 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£682 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,849 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 43,181 certificates

11.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

80% low-carbon electricity

Wind 49% · Nuclear 21% · Gas 18% · Biomass 11%

86 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Suffolk): 61.7 women · 62.1 men

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

4 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in IP7

• Wattisham Medical Centre
• Bildeston Health Centre
• Hadleigh Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Suffolk:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks314 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Automatic extension for Non- Molestation order when it is breached232 local signatures · 10,314 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills180 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND169 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth167 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Elmsett · 0.1 km

  Elmsett is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located around three miles north-east of Hadleigh, it is in Babergh district. In 2005, it had a population of 826, reducing to 788 at the 2011 census.

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  Elmsett Park Wood · 0.9 km

  Elmsett Park Wood is an 8.6-hectare (21-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Elmsett in Suffolk.

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  Wolves Wood · 2.6 km

  Wolves Wood is a woodland near Hadleigh, Suffolk. It is one of 7 ancient woodland areas within Suffolk. An ancient woodland is defined as a site that has been continuously occupied by woodland from the year 1600 or be…

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  Aldham, Suffolk · 3.0 km

  Aldham is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. Located around 8 miles (13 km) west of Ipswich, in 2005 it had a population of 200, reducing to 175 at the 2011 Census.

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  Whatfield · 3.1 km

  Whatfield is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located around 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Hadleigh, it is part of Babergh district.

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  Offton · 3.2 km

  Offton is a village in Suffolk, England. The name is derived from the Old English "Offas farm/settlement", suggesting a potential Anglo-Saxon origin for the settlement, if not earlier.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)