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Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures

Middle area

West Babergh. 7,135 people in 58 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by ward

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£355,000
2,554th highest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
6,121
2,923rd lowest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
80.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures compares

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Median sale price11 middle areas, Babergh · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Babergh11 areas from £254,000 to £422,500. The middle area is £342,000. Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures is £355,000.
£355,0005th highest
Population11 middle areas, Babergh · 2021
Population: every middle area in Babergh11 areas from 6,121 to 11,622. The middle area is 8,200. Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures is 6,121.
6,121lowest
Gigabit broadband coverage11 middle areas, Babergh · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Babergh11 areas from 53.6% to 95.1%. The middle area is 71.7%. Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures is 80.9%.
80.9%5th highest
Claimant rate11 middle areas, Babergh · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Babergh11 areas from 1.2% to 4.3%. The middle area is 2.1%. Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures is 1.9%.
1.9%4th lowest

Figures for the whole of Babergh

These figures are published for the whole of Babergh, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Babergh and not Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures alone. See Babergh

Average house price
£330,523
Up 0.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£33,904
30th lowest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.7×
61st least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
15.4
104th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures in brief

The median price paid for a home in Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures was £355,000 in 2025.

Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures had 6,121 usual residents at the census.

In Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures, 80.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.