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Worlingworth

Worlingworth is a village in Suffolk, England, with a population of around 802. It has 6 bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Worlingworth area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Mid Suffolk area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 102,695 residents at roughly 118 people per km².

Council
Mid Suffolk
County
Suffolk
Constituency
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Police force
Suffolk
74/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 8th of 294 English council areas — better than 97% of them.

Home affordability54
Affordable rents70
Good schools58
Life expectancy94
Low deprivation72
Employment92
Low council tax78

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

18°CCloudy

  • Today: 22° / 17° · 80% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 17° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:17

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

Crime

2 reported · July 2026 33% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences2

Neighbourhood team: Debenham and Eye · Suffolk

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social behaviour to include behaviour of vehicle users
  • Targeting overnight offences within the rural community.

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

139 reported road collisions (2024)

36 killed or seriously injured · 184 casualties · 13.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

7 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Diss (14.8 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£320,276 average 5.8% YoY

Across Mid Suffolk · to 2026-06

Detached£447,263
Semi-detached£279,689
Terraced£225,032
Flat£140,641

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,001 average monthly rent 5.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £718
  • 2 bed £919
  • 3 bed £1,118

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

8.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.0 times median annual pay (8.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

EV charging

1 charging location within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 7 kW
  • Nearest: PIS Wilby VH (4.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches5
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

102,695 residents in Mid Suffolk · 118/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 229 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,317 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (27% of 50,370)

A £1,545
B £1,802
C £2,059
D £2,317
E £2,832
F £3,347
G £3,861
H £4,634

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

Schools

57 schools · 14,148 pupils

46 primary · 7 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 18 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

54inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Debenham High SchoolGood
  • Stowupland High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Claydon High School
  • Hartismere School
  • Stowmarket High School
  • Stradbroke High School
  • Thurston Community College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Mid Suffolk

Care & health services

691 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes196
  • GP practices91
  • Dentists136
  • Homecare agencies209
  • Hospitals & hospices15

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 11 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Suffolk

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

187 applications decided

89.8% granted · 168 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Adrian Ramsay

Green Party

Waveney Valley

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Green majority

  • Con 3
  • LD 4
  • Grn 23
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,565 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

2 jobs advertised

e.g. Become a Maths Tutor in Worlingworth – Flexible & Remote, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Worlingworth – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£764 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,233 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 · 49,211 certificates

10.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

42% low-carbon electricity

Gas 55% · Nuclear 26% · Biomass 9% · Solar 5%

229 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82.6 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction8.0
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Waveney Valley:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • The Swan Inn, Worlingworth · 0.1 km

    The Swan Inn is a public house in the village of Worlingworth, Suffolk, England. It is a Grade II listed building.

  • Worlingworth · 0.1 km

    Worlingworth is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England, located around ten miles south-east of Diss. In 2011 it had a total population of 802 people.

  • Worlingworth railway station · 1.3 km

    Worlingworth railway station was a station located in Worlingworth, Suffolk. It was on the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway between Kenton and Horham. It opened on 29 September 1908, and closed on 28 July 1952, 44 years afte…

  • Hartismere Rural District · 1.6 km

    Hartismere Rural District was a rural district in the county of East Suffolk, England. It was expanded in 1934 by merging with the disbanded Hoxne Rural District with a slight readjustment of boundaries. It was named…

  • Bedfield · 2.0 km

    Bedfield is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England.

  • Tannington · 2.2 km

    Tannington is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around ten miles south-east of Diss, in 2005 its population was 110. At the 2011 Census the population had fa…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Worlingworth?
Worlingworth is a town in Suffolk, England, in the Mid Suffolk local authority.
What is the population of Worlingworth?
Worlingworth has an approximate settlement population of 802.
How deprived is Worlingworth?
The Mid Suffolk local authority, which includes Worlingworth, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.