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Little Waldingfield

Little Waldingfield is a village in Suffolk, England, with a population of around 1,800. It has 2 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Sudbury, 6.2 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Little Waldingfield area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Babergh area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 92,345 residents at roughly 156 people per km².

Council
Babergh
County
Suffolk
Constituency
South Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
64/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 50th of 294 English council areas — better than 83% of them.

Home affordability24
Affordable rents45
Good schools66
Life expectancy89
Low deprivation62
Employment78
Low council tax72

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 80% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

10°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 13° / 9° · 49% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:55Sunset 16:25

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

18 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 14 rated 4–5 ★ (12 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Sudbury (6.2 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Sudbury (Suffolk) (6.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£331,207 average▲ 0.9% YoY

Across Babergh · to 2026-08

Detached£483,902
Semi-detached£311,195
Terraced£243,230
Flat£152,550

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Property sales

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

EV charging

9 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Rectory Manor (for Hotel Guests Only) (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches1
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

92,345 residents in Babergh · 156/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,342 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,561
B £1,821
C £2,081
D £2,342
E £2,862
F £3,382
G £3,903
H £4,683

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Ormiston Sudbury AcademyRequires improvement
  • East Bergholt High School
  • Hadleigh High School
  • Holbrook Academy
  • Thomas Gainsborough School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Babergh

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Little Waldingfield)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 38 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

223 applications decided

91.5% granted · 204 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

James Cartlidge

Conservative

South Suffolk

Recent votes:

  • NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

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)

Amenities nearby

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

4,725 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised · £20,763 avg

e.g. Morning Delivery Driver

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

84% low-carbon electricity

Wind 56% · Nuclear 19% · Gas 15% · Biomass 9%

70 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

5 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in CO10

  • Hardwicke House Group Practice
  • Glemsford Surgery
  • Siam Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Suffolk:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Little Waldingfield · 0.1 km

    Little Waldingfield is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located two miles from its sister village, Great Waldingfield, it is part of the Babergh district, and includes the hamlet of Humble Green. In 202…

  • Babergh Hundred · 1.7 km

    Babergh was a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of 71,882 acres (290.90 km2). Its name survives in that of Babergh District, the local government district of southern Suffolk that includes the former hundred as well as t…

  • Brent Eleigh Woods · 2.6 km

    Brent Eleigh Woods is a 31.7-hectare (78-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Lavenham in Suffolk, England.

  • Great Waldingfield · 2.7 km

    Great Waldingfield is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England about two miles (3 km) north-east of Sudbury and two miles (3 km) south-west of its sister village, Little Waldingfield. The…

  • Milden Thicks · 2.8 km

    Milden Thicks is a 42.3-hectare (105-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Great Waldingfield in Suffolk, England. It is in four separate blocks, Bulls Cross Wood, Hazel Wood and the adjoining H…

  • Milden Castle · 2.9 km

    Milden Castle was a motte-and-bailey castle on Foxburrow hill in Milden, a village in Suffolk, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Little Waldingfield?
Little Waldingfield is a town in Suffolk, England, in the Babergh local authority.
How deprived is Little Waldingfield?
The Babergh local authority, which includes Little Waldingfield, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.