#1Thurston
3,009 peopleMean household income·£46,437 after tax·#454 of 2,178 in England and Wales
Thurston, #1 on this list · Photo: Donama · CC BY-SA 3.0Suffolk rankings · Income
Towns with the highest household incomes in Suffolk
Thurston has the highest household incomes of Suffolk’s 35 towns of 2,500+: £64,365 a year before tax, on average (ONS, 2022–23). The typical town here averages £55,688.
ONS small-area income estimates, financial year ending 2023: the mean income of a household before tax (ONS models means, not medians, for small areas), averaged over the town’s neighbourhoods. A described list: no letters. The rank across England and Wales sits beside each figure.
#1£64,365
#2Martlesham Heath
2,730 peopleMean household income·£46,725 after tax·#465 of 2,178 in England and Wales
#3Capel St Mary
2,992 peopleMean household income·£44,430 after tax·#477 of 2,178 in England and Wales
All 35 towns, ranked
Mean household income, highest first. Small towns sit inside one ONS area of 5,000 to 15,000 people, so their figure is partly their surroundings’. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied). Each rank across England and Wales links to the national list.
35 towns.
#TownMean household incomeAfter taxUK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which town in Suffolk has the highest household income?
Thurston: its households average £64,365 a year before tax (£46,437 after). Martlesham Heath and Capel St Mary follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By mean household income before tax in ONS’s small-area estimates (April 2022 to March 2023), highest first: each neighbourhood’s figure weighted by its share of the town’s residents.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers Suffolk’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Suffolk is on the county page.
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Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.
Best places to live34 towns · #1 KesgraveBest small towns24 towns · #1 Capel St MaryMost affordable towns34 towns · #1 KessinglandSafest towns34 towns · #1 WorlinghamTowns with the best schools34 towns · #1 GlemsfordHealthiest towns34 towns · #1 Capel St MaryBest towns for jobs & income34 towns · #1 Martlesham HeathMost walkable towns34 towns · #1 Bury St EdmundsTowns with the lowest flood risk34 towns · #1 Capel St Mary and 6 moreBest towns for the outdoors34 towns · #1 Trimley St MaryMost historic towns34 towns · #1 Long MelfordTowns with the most civic life34 towns · #1 FramlinghamTowns with the lowest council tax35 towns · #1 WorlinghamDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters35 towns · #1 Trimley St MaryDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers35 towns · #1 Beck RowDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers35 towns · #1 KessinglandDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts35 towns · #1 Trimley St MaryDescribed, no lettersDriest towns35 towns · #1 FelixstoweDescribed, no lettersWettest towns35 towns · #1 SaxmundhamDescribed, no letters
County by county
Towns with the highest household incomes, county by county
BedfordshireBerkshireBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCheshireClwydCornwallCounty DurhamCumbriaDerbyshireDevonDorsetDyfedEast Riding of YorkshireEast SussexEssexGloucestershireGreater ManchesterGwentHampshireHertfordshireKentLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonMerseysideMid GlamorganNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshireShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireSuffolkSurreyTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWiltshireWorcestershire
Sources: ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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