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A village of 1,838 in Suffolk, East of England.
Woolpit has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Its strongest subject is hazard risk (A): 0% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. Its weakest is walkability (C): 11% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. The median home sold for £365,000 in the last three years, 6.3 times what households in the Mid Suffolk council area earn in a year.
The 3 things Woolpit does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Woolpit is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists them inside Woolpit’s built-up area.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Woolpit.
That puts Woolpit above both Suffolk’s towns (23%) and England’s towns (18%). 6.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Woolpit has a median age of 52.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Woolpit | Suffolk | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 6.7% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 31% | 23% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.2% | 6.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 34% | 27% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Suffolk and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woolpit Primary AcademyLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 123 | D− |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
On this, Woolpit is above both Suffolk’s towns (88) and England’s towns (39). Woolpit’s listed buildings include Church of St Mary, Grade I. Woolpit has 49 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 2 Grade I, 1 Grade II*.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Women here live to 86.9 on average and men to 82.4 (2019–23). At the census, 21% of people here had a disability, above both Suffolk’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (17%). The nearest A&E to Woolpit is West Suffolk Hospital, 7.8 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Woolpit | Suffolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5% | 5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 21% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 28% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
In the comparison, Woolpit comes below both Suffolk’s towns (44%) and England’s towns (45%). 87% of commuters drove to work at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
For Woolpit, that is below both Suffolk’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (21%). 70% of households own their home.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £450,000 | 73 |
| Semi-detached | £269,500 | 23 |
| Terraced | £260,000 | 21 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Woolpit sits above both Suffolk’s towns (6.7) and England’s towns (9.4) on this measure. Police recorded 99 crimes inside Woolpit’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 20 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 53% of the crimes; the police category includes harassment and stalking.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolpit | 1,838 | — | — | B+ | C+ | B+ |
| Elmswell | 4,446 | 1.4 | A− | A− | B | A− |
| Haughley | 1,316 | 3.3 | — | A | C | B+ |
| Thurston | 3,009 | 4 | B+ | B+ | C | A |
| Stowmarket | 21,537 | 5.1 | B | A | C+ | C+ |
| Stowupland | 2,019 | 5.7 | — | A | C+ | B+ |
| Walsham le Willows | 1,258 | 5.8 | — | A− | A | A |
| Ixworth | 2,296 | 5.8 | — | C | B | A− |
Haughley, Stowupland, Walsham le Willows and Ixworth have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 10.9 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Church of St Mary.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £365,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £260,000, semi-detached houses £269,500 and detached houses £450,000.
Village in Suffolk, England
Woolpit is a built-up area of 1,838 people, in the Mid Suffolk council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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