Babergh: local statistics
Babergh is a district council area in the East of England, home to an estimated 97,833 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Babergh, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in Babergh took home £682.10 a week before tax, or £33,904 over a year. It is the 2nd lowest of all 45 council areas in the East of England, and 15.3% less than across the East of England. Jobs based in Babergh paid a median £651.30 a week, £30.80 less than the figure for people who live there. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £540.10: a change of +26% before inflation.
A girl born in Babergh in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 85.0 years and a boy 81.7 years, on the ONS's period measure (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.4 years for women and -0.2 for men. It is the 11th highest for women of all 45 council areas in the East of England.
The ONS counted 4,725 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Babergh in March 2026, 2% more than in 2016. There are 48 per 1,000 residents, mid-table in the East of England, 19th of 45.
The claimant count for Babergh stood at 1,340 in August 2026, or 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for the East of England was 3.3%. Twelve months before, it was 2.3%. Over the last five years it peaked at 3.4% in August 2021 and was lowest at 2.1% in October 2023.
An estimated 75.4% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Babergh were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 8.0 points), against 78.3% across the East of England. Its lowest reading in the series was 69.3% and its highest 81.1%.
97,833 people lived in Babergh in mid-2025, according to the ONS, up 1.0% on mid-2024. That is 8,442 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 9.4%, against +8.5% for the East of England as a whole, the 17th fastest growth of 45 in the East of England. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
Average Band D council tax in Babergh is £2,341.55 for 2026-27, 4.9% more than in 2025-26. That makes it the 28th highest of all 45 council areas in the East of England. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,547.00, so it has risen 51%.
The average house price in Babergh was £330,523 in July 2026, a rise of 0.7% in twelve months. It ranks as mid-table in the East of England, 23rd of 45 (regional average £337,518). The July peak was £336,168 in 2023, and prices are 30% above July 2016. The average price is 9.7 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Babergh. That ratio is the 9th highest ratio of all 45 council areas in the East of England.
The Home Office does not publish recorded crime for Babergh on its own for recent years, so this page gives the figure for the Suffolk police force area: 44,078 offences excluding fraud in the year to March 2026, 431 fewer than the year before.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 89,391 |
| 2016 | 89,584 |
| 2017 | 89,918 |
| 2018 | 90,456 |
| 2019 | 90,917 |
| 2020 | 91,491 |
| 2021 | 92,724 |
| 2022 | 94,279 |
| 2023 | 95,803 |
| 2024 | 96,906 |
| 2025 | 97,833 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £253,512 |
| July 2017 | £279,397 |
| July 2018 | £290,069 |
| July 2019 | £287,942 |
| July 2020 | £288,044 |
| July 2021 | £305,178 |
| July 2022 | £335,638 |
| July 2023 | £336,168 |
| July 2024 | £328,393 |
| July 2025 | £328,218 |
| July 2026 | £330,523 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £540.10 a week |
| 2016 | £545.70 a week |
| 2017 | £562.30 a week |
| 2018 | £580.00 a week |
| 2019 | £615.00 a week |
| 2020 | £558.80 a week |
| 2021 | £574.90 a week |
| 2022 | £589.00 a week |
| 2023 | £639.10 a week |
| 2024 | £690.80 a week |
| 2025 | £682.10 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,547 |
| 2017-18 | £1,592.60 |
| 2018-19 | £1,669.74 |
| 2019-20 | £1,751.49 |
| 2020-21 | £1,820.21 |
| 2021-22 | £1,896.72 |
| 2022-23 | £1,953.53 |
| 2023-24 | £2,034.74 |
| 2024-25 | £2,132.39 |
| 2025-26 | £2,233.16 |
| 2026-27 | £2,341.55 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 73.0% |
| 2016/17 | 71.4% |
| 2017/18 | 69.3% |
| 2018/19 | 81.1% |
| 2019/20 | 75.6% |
| 2020/21 | 77.9% |
| 2021/22 | 70.9% |
| 2022/23 | 70.3% |
| 2023/24 | 70.8% |
| 2024/25 | 79.3% |
| 2025/26 | 75.4% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 84.6 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.4 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 84.1 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 84.2 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.6 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 85.1 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 85.0 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 84.7 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 84.6 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.6 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 85.0 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 4,610 |
| 2017 | 4,630 |
| 2018 | 4,620 |
| 2019 | 4,700 |
| 2020 | 4,695 |
| 2021 | 4,705 |
| 2022 | 4,730 |
| 2023 | 4,690 |
| 2024 | 4,730 |
| 2025 | 4,690 |
| 2026 | 4,725 |
Questions about Babergh
What is the average salary in Babergh?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Babergh was £682.10 a week in April 2025 (£33,904 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is life expectancy in Babergh?
85.0 years for women and 81.7 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Babergh?
The ONS claimant count was 1,340 in August 2026, 2.4% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the population of Babergh?
97,833 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
How much is Band D council tax in Babergh?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,341.55 for 2026-27.
What is the average house price in Babergh?
£330,523 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+0.7% on a year).
Who has power over Babergh
Every body that makes decisions for Babergh, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Babergh council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Babergh in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- South Suffolk: James Cartlidge (Conservative) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime (police force area): This figure covers the whole Suffolk police force area, not just Babergh, because the Home Office tables do not give Babergh on its own. It is the sum of the force's partnership rows, including offences not assigned to a partnership, and excludes fraud.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the East of England
- UK figures: UK average weekly earnings growth · Life expectancy at birth (UK) · UK unemployment rate
- Other council areas in the East of England: Broxbourne · East Cambridgeshire · Great Yarmouth · Harlow · Three Rivers · Uttlesford
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