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Thurston, Badwell Ash & Elmswell North

Middle area

West Mid Suffolk. 10,554 people in 51 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 Thurston, Badwell Ash & Elmswell North’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£347,500
2,680th highest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
8,870
2,264th highest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
75.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Thurston, Badwell Ash & Elmswell North compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

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Median sale price12 middle areas, Mid Suffolk · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Mid Suffolk12 areas from £250,000 to £405,000. The middle area is £343,750. Thurston, Badwell Ash & Elmswell North is £347,500.
£347,5006th highest
Population12 middle areas, Mid Suffolk · 2021
Population: every middle area in Mid Suffolk12 areas from 6,159 to 12,792. The middle area is 8,153. Thurston, Badwell Ash & Elmswell North is 8,870.
8,8705th highest
Gigabit broadband coverage12 middle areas, Mid Suffolk · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Mid Suffolk12 areas from 26.4% to 81.8%. The middle area is 61.8%. Thurston, Badwell Ash & Elmswell North is 75.6%.
75.6%4th highest
Claimant rate12 middle areas, Mid Suffolk · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Mid Suffolk12 areas from 1.3% to 3.6%. The middle area is 2.1%. Thurston, Badwell Ash & Elmswell North is 2.2%.
2.2%joint 3rd highest

Figures for the whole of Mid Suffolk

These figures are published for the whole of Mid Suffolk, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Mid Suffolk and not Thurston, Badwell Ash & Elmswell North alone. See Mid Suffolk

Average house price
£315,898
Up 3.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£41,350
113th highest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.6×
155th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
14.4
86th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Thurston, Badwell Ash & Elmswell North in brief

The median price paid for a home in Thurston, Badwell Ash & Elmswell North was £347,500 in 2025.

Thurston, Badwell Ash & Elmswell North had 8,870 usual residents at the census.

In Thurston, Badwell Ash & Elmswell North, 75.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Thurston, Badwell Ash & Elmswell North, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.