Ipswich: local statistics
Ipswich is a district council area in the East of England, home to an estimated 139,457 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 Ipswich, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
A typical home in Ipswich cost £221,445 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, up 1.3% on a year before. Among council areas that puts it the 2nd lowest in the East of England (regional average £337,518). Since July 2016 prices have risen 28%; the July high in the series was £228,434 in 2023. The average price is 6.0 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Ipswich. That ratio is the 2nd lowest ratio in the East of England.
The ONS estimates that 139,457 people lived in Ipswich in mid-2025, a change of -0.4% in a year. That is 237 fewer people than in mid-2015, a fall of 0.2%, against +8.5% for the East of England as a whole. That is the slowest growth in the East of England. The mid-2025 estimate is the lowest in the series.
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in Ipswich took home £691.30 a week before tax, or £36,660 over a year. That is 14.1% below the figure for the East of England and the 42nd highest of 45 in the East of England. The workplace figure, £692.30, is within £5 of it. In 2015 the residents' median was £479.90, so it has risen 44% before inflation.
In August 2026, 3,940 people in Ipswich were on the claimant count, 4.5% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for the East of England was 3.3%. Twelve months before, it was 4.1%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 4.1% (November 2025) and 6.2% (August 2021).
The police recorded 91.0 crimes per 1,000 residents in Ipswich in the year to March 2026 (12,692 offences in all), the 8th highest rate of 42 in the East of England. A year earlier it was 89.4. In the year to March 2016 it was 37.9 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Ipswich is £2,468.25, up £109.71 on 2025-26. It is the 9th highest of 45 in the East of England. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,657.26.
In 2022 to 2024, women in Ipswich had a life expectancy at birth of 83.0 years; for men it was 79.2, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. In 2012 to 2014 the figures were 83.3 and 79.2. It is the 35th highest for women of 45 in the East of England.
5,960 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Ipswich in March 2026, 15% more than in 2016. There are 43 per 1,000 residents, 37th of 45 in the East of England, counting from the highest.
An estimated 76.3% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Ipswich were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 7.6 points); the figure for the East of England was 78.3%. Its lowest reading in the series was 72.1% and its highest 85.1%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 139,694 |
| 2016 | 141,245 |
| 2017 | 141,922 |
| 2018 | 141,643 |
| 2019 | 140,809 |
| 2020 | 139,889 |
| 2021 | 139,638 |
| 2022 | 139,581 |
| 2023 | 139,698 |
| 2024 | 140,042 |
| 2025 | 139,457 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £173,125 |
| July 2017 | £186,674 |
| July 2018 | £196,833 |
| July 2019 | £190,561 |
| July 2020 | £192,588 |
| July 2021 | £209,892 |
| July 2022 | £228,298 |
| July 2023 | £228,434 |
| July 2024 | £214,482 |
| July 2025 | £218,578 |
| July 2026 | £221,445 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £479.90 a week |
| 2016 | £492.90 a week |
| 2017 | £508.70 a week |
| 2018 | £501.40 a week |
| 2019 | £549.60 a week |
| 2020 | £518.00 a week |
| 2021 | £552.00 a week |
| 2022 | £592.90 a week |
| 2023 | £639.70 a week |
| 2024 | £686.60 a week |
| 2025 | £691.30 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,657.26 |
| 2017-18 | £1,701.81 |
| 2018-19 | £1,782.99 |
| 2019-20 | £1,867.05 |
| 2020-21 | £1,935.72 |
| 2021-22 | £2,011.59 |
| 2022-23 | £2,070.82 |
| 2023-24 | £2,154.68 |
| 2024-25 | £2,254.05 |
| 2025-26 | £2,358.54 |
| 2026-27 | £2,468.25 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 37.9 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 96.3 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 115.8 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 121.9 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 121.1 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 95.0 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 98.4 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 110.2 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 92.5 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 89.4 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 91.0 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 74.6% |
| 2016/17 | 75.8% |
| 2017/18 | 76.1% |
| 2018/19 | 79.4% |
| 2019/20 | 75.5% |
| 2020/21 | 72.1% |
| 2021/22 | 84.9% |
| 2022/23 | 85.1% |
| 2023/24 | 77.7% |
| 2024/25 | 80.1% |
| 2025/26 | 76.3% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.3 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.2 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.3 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.4 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.2 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.2 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.0 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.1 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 82.8 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 82.7 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.0 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 5,205 |
| 2017 | 5,425 |
| 2018 | 5,395 |
| 2019 | 5,465 |
| 2020 | 5,445 |
| 2021 | 5,625 |
| 2022 | 5,905 |
| 2023 | 5,955 |
| 2024 | 5,910 |
| 2025 | 5,830 |
| 2026 | 5,960 |
Questions about Ipswich
What is the average house price in Ipswich?
£221,445 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+1.3% on a year).
What is the population of Ipswich?
139,457 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is the average salary in Ipswich?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Ipswich was £691.30 a week in April 2025 (£36,660 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Ipswich?
The ONS claimant count was 3,940 in August 2026, 4.5% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the crime rate in Ipswich?
91.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
How much is Band D council tax in Ipswich?
£2,468.25 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is life expectancy in Ipswich?
83.0 years for women and 79.2 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
Who has power over Ipswich
Every body that makes decisions for Ipswich, 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
- Ipswich council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Ipswich 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
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich: Patrick Spencer (Conservative) MP
- Ipswich: Jack Abbott (Labour (Co-op)) 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: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
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 house price · UK population · UK average weekly earnings growth
- Other council areas in the East of England: Breckland · Broadland · Cambridge · Epping Forest · North Hertfordshire · Norwich
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