Mid Suffolk: local statistics
Mid Suffolk is a district council area in the East of England, home to an estimated 113,047 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 Mid Suffolk, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
113,047 people lived in Mid Suffolk in mid-2025, according to the ONS, a change of +2.1% in a year. That is 14,287 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 14.5%, against +8.5% for the East of England as a whole. That is the 4th fastest growth of 45 in the East of England. No earlier year in the series was higher.
2.1% of Mid Suffolk residents aged 16 to 64 (1,350 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026; the rate for the East of England was 3.3%. A year earlier the rate was 1.9%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 1.8% (January 2026) and 2.6% (August 2021).
Life expectancy at birth in Mid Suffolk is 85.2 years for women and 80.7 years for men (2022 to 2024) (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.8 years for women and -0.8 for men. It is the 7th highest for women of the 45 council areas in the East of England.
Average Band D council tax in Mid Suffolk is £2,316.88 for 2026-27, 4.9% more than in 2025-26. It is 34th of 45 in the East of England, counting from the highest. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,546.04.
Homes in Mid Suffolk sold for an average of £315,898 in July 2026, a rise of 3.2% in twelve months. Among council areas that puts it the 29th highest of the 45 council areas in the East of England (regional average £337,518). Prices are 28% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. The average price is 7.6 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Mid Suffolk. That ratio is the 34th highest ratio of 45 in the East of England.
Median weekly pay for full-time employees who live in Mid Suffolk was £763.70 in April 2025, or £41,350 over a year. It is the 30th highest of 45 in the East of England, and 5.1% less than across the East of England. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £755.50, £8.20 lower. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £512.50: a change of +49% before inflation.
The ONS counted 5,625 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Mid Suffolk in March 2026, 5% more than in 2016. There are 50 per 1,000 residents, the 17th highest of the 45 council areas in the East of England.
An estimated 79.5% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Mid Suffolk were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 7.1 points), against 78.3% across the East of England. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 69.2% to 84.7%.
The Home Office does not publish recorded crime for Mid Suffolk 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 | 98,760 |
| 2016 | 98,731 |
| 2017 | 99,263 |
| 2018 | 99,744 |
| 2019 | 100,840 |
| 2020 | 101,570 |
| 2021 | 103,398 |
| 2022 | 105,678 |
| 2023 | 108,145 |
| 2024 | 110,775 |
| 2025 | 113,047 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £247,124 |
| July 2017 | £265,392 |
| July 2018 | £275,979 |
| July 2019 | £267,423 |
| July 2020 | £274,210 |
| July 2021 | £282,217 |
| July 2022 | £312,474 |
| July 2023 | £309,485 |
| July 2024 | £304,446 |
| July 2025 | £306,217 |
| July 2026 | £315,898 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £512.50 a week |
| 2016 | £501.80 a week |
| 2017 | £508.60 a week |
| 2018 | £546.20 a week |
| 2019 | £569.10 a week |
| 2020 | £552.30 a week |
| 2021 | £597.90 a week |
| 2022 | £630.10 a week |
| 2023 | £662.50 a week |
| 2024 | £725.60 a week |
| 2025 | £763.70 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,546.04 |
| 2017-18 | £1,589.32 |
| 2018-19 | £1,664.36 |
| 2019-20 | £1,744.24 |
| 2020-21 | £1,811.78 |
| 2021-22 | £1,885.01 |
| 2022-23 | £1,940.88 |
| 2023-24 | £2,016.68 |
| 2024-25 | £2,111.44 |
| 2025-26 | £2,208.43 |
| 2026-27 | £2,316.88 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 74.2% |
| 2016/17 | 76.1% |
| 2017/18 | 79.9% |
| 2018/19 | 81.3% |
| 2019/20 | 84.7% |
| 2020/21 | 78.7% |
| 2021/22 | 79.1% |
| 2022/23 | 81.7% |
| 2023/24 | 69.2% |
| 2024/25 | 73.8% |
| 2025/26 | 79.5% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 84.4 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.6 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 85.2 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 84.8 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.9 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.9 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.7 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 84.7 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 84.6 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 85.1 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 85.2 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 5,340 |
| 2017 | 5,430 |
| 2018 | 5,425 |
| 2019 | 5,480 |
| 2020 | 5,515 |
| 2021 | 5,515 |
| 2022 | 5,630 |
| 2023 | 5,610 |
| 2024 | 5,635 |
| 2025 | 5,565 |
| 2026 | 5,625 |
Questions about Mid Suffolk
What is the population of Mid Suffolk?
113,047 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Mid Suffolk?
1,350 in August 2026 (2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is life expectancy in Mid Suffolk?
85.2 years for women and 80.7 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
How much is Band D council tax in Mid Suffolk?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,316.88 for 2026-27.
What is the average house price in Mid Suffolk?
£315,898 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+3.2% on a year).
What is the average salary in Mid Suffolk?
£763.70 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
Who has power over Mid Suffolk
Every body that makes decisions for Mid Suffolk, 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
- Mid Suffolk council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Mid Suffolk 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
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket: Dr Peter Prinsley (Labour) MP
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich: Patrick Spencer (Conservative) MP
- Waveney Valley: Adrian Ramsay (Green Party) 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 Mid Suffolk, because the Home Office tables do not give Mid Suffolk 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 population · UK unemployment rate · Life expectancy at birth (UK)
- Other council areas in the East of England: Broxbourne · Fenland · Hertsmere · North Norfolk · Watford · Welwyn Hatfield
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