Property market | £275,929 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is London Stansted (48.8 miles) | |
Broadband | 56.0mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Ethnic diversity | White: 96.8% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 3.1% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) | |
Socio-economic status | Ranked 224 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 505 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich level) | |
Community | Median age is 47.8 | Population of 2,154 | Happiness is Above Average for Suffolk, High for UK | |
Crime | 2.0 burglaries per 1k people (Mid Suffolk) | |
Commute (approx) | - Stratford (London) (94 mins) - Cambridge (102 mins) - London Liverpool Street (103 mins) - Highbury & Islington (122 mins) - Manchester Piccadilly (320 mins) | |
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£275,929 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is London Stansted (48.8 miles) | |
56.0mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 47.8 | 2,154 | Happiness is Above Average for Suffolk, High for UK | |
Ranked 224 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 505 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich level) | |
2.0 burglaries per 1k people (Mid Suffolk) | |
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The property market in Eye has had a steep increase over the last few years but a recent decline. Based on data published on 15 November 2023, on average a detached house costs £455,523, which is down -1.6% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £275,929 (down -2.6% on last year) , a terraced house £228,844 (down -3.6% on last year) and a flat £144,364. Renting a two bedroom flat will cost you approximately £658 per month. Property prices in Eye are similar to the average property prices across Suffolk and are slightly lower compared to other locations with a similar density in England. When looking at the annual change in property prices in Eye, prices have had a greater decrease than the annual average price decrease seen across the Suffolk region.
Property data is based on Mid Suffolk level pricing data and is as at September 2023 (publicised 15 November 2023)
Detached and Semi-detached House Trend (£) to September 2023
County | Avg Detached Price | Annual Change | Avg Semi-Detached Price | Annual Change |
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Rutland | £557,774 | +11.3% | £341,529 | +11.7% |
Northumberland | £333,743 | +7.3% | £183,403 | +6.1% |
Lancashire | £326,887 | +4.3% | £195,848 | +3.4% |
Leicestershire | £432,076 | +3.9% | £262,308 | +3.0% |
Derbyshire | £340,545 | +3.7% | £209,276 | +2.9% |
Oxfordshire | £706,629 | +3.5% | £450,305 | +3.5% |
Merseyside | £340,051 | +3.4% | £214,398 | +2.4% |
Gloucestershire | £536,963 | +3.4% | £330,457 | +3.4% |
Nottinghamshire | £334,429 | +2.8% | £206,257 | +2.8% |
Wiltshire | £521,688 | +2.7% | £328,877 | +3.0% |
Greater Manchester | £396,806 | +2.7% | £254,125 | +2.3% |
West Yorkshire | £351,673 | +2.5% | £210,889 | +2.0% |
West Midlands | £407,684 | +2.2% | £245,250 | +2.4% |
East Riding of Yorkshire | £326,098 | +2.2% | £203,163 | +2.1% |
Staffordshire | £364,884 | +2.1% | £221,783 | +2.1% |
Herefordshire | £434,518 | +2.1% | £276,148 | +2.2% |
South Yorkshire | £284,409 | +2.0% | £182,869 | +1.9% |
West Sussex | £686,980 | +1.9% | £441,716 | +2.3% |
Kent | £619,795 | +1.8% | £386,201 | +1.4% |
Shropshire | £404,408 | +1.8% | £252,891 | +1.8% |
Warwickshire | £515,326 | +1.8% | £299,238 | +1.3% |
Devon | £503,963 | +1.6% | £337,624 | +2.3% |
North Yorkshire | £422,027 | +1.5% | £265,231 | +1.2% |
Norfolk | £406,137 | +1.4% | £267,820 | +1.2% |
North Northamptonshire | £426,370 | +1.3% | £254,947 | +1.2% |
Buckinghamshire | £853,940 | +1.2% | £460,891 | +1.2% |
West Northamptonshire | £478,844 | +0.9% | £279,006 | +0.7% |
Hampshire | £628,455 | +0.6% | £386,140 | +1.0% |
Lincolnshire | £307,354 | +0.6% | £205,466 | +1.4% |
Worcestershire | £455,558 | +0.6% | £276,201 | +0.9% |
Essex | £586,972 | +0.4% | £379,804 | 0.0% |
Somerset | £465,131 | +0.3% | £296,160 | +0.7% |
Suffolk | £454,636 | +0.2% | £283,920 | +0.6% |
East Sussex | £595,763 | +0.1% | £385,074 | +0.4% |
Cambridgeshire | £486,349 | 0.0% | £330,028 | +0.2% |
Surrey | £957,680 | -0.2% | £546,201 | +0.7% |
Isle of Wight | £435,441 | -0.4% | £298,787 | 0.0% |
Hertfordshire | £939,983 | -0.7% | £542,021 | -0.2% |
Cornwall | £453,159 | -1.1% | £300,170 | -0.6% |
Dorset | £528,863 | -1.3% | £348,080 | -0.8% |
Recent property transactions in the area
Listed below are some recent property purchases in the area, to give you an idea of the market. Click on a postcode if you would like to see data on that specific area of Eye, or click here to browse the longer list of Eye property transactions from 2023.
Eye has a few schools nearby to choose from. We did not find any secondary schools, but there are some primary school options, including Occold Primary School (Academy) which is a primary school based in The Street, Eye. Example schools in the area are listed below, with some information on their rating and access criteria.
School | Type | Latest Rating | Parent View Reviews (if available) | Ofsted Report (if available) | Address |
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St Edmund's Primary School Save school | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | 2: Good (5/23/2019) | Ofsted Report Link | Eye | |
St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary School, Eye Save school | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | 2: Good (9/22/2022) | 36 submissions 100.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Eye |
Occold Primary School Save school | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | 2: Good (9/30/2011) | Ofsted Report Link | Eye |
School | Type |
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St Edmund's Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (5/23/2019) |
St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary School, Eye Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (9/22/2022) 36 submissions 100.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
Occold Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (9/30/2011) |
Station | Distance from Eye | Commute options |
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Diss A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed -4% from the previous year. | 6 miles |
- Stratford (London) (95 mins - Greater Anglia - £775 monthly fare) View details - Cambridge (1 change(s) - 102 mins - Greater Anglia) View details - London Liverpool Street (104 mins - Greater Anglia - £775 monthly fare) View details - Highbury & Islington (1 change(s) - 122 mins - London Overground - £775 monthly fare) View details |
Stowmarket A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed -5% from the previous year. | 15 miles |
- Cambridge (74 mins - Greater Anglia) View details - Stratford (London) (81 mins - Greater Anglia - £689 monthly fare) View details - London Liverpool Street (90 mins - Greater Anglia - £689 monthly fare) View details - Highbury & Islington (1 change(s) - 108 mins - London Overground - £689 monthly fare) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 142 mins - Govia Thameslink Railway (Great Northern) - £689 monthly fare) View details - London St Pancras (1 change(s) - 154 mins - Thameslink - £689 monthly fare) View details - London Bridge (1 change(s) - 169 mins - Thameslink - £689 monthly fare) View details - York (1 change(s) - 172 mins - Grand Central) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (Mid Suffolk) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
Ethnicity | % of Mid Suffolk residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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White | 96.8% | 81.7% |
Mixed | 1.4% | 2.9% |
Asian | 0.8% | 9.3% |
Black | 0.5% | 4.0% |
Other | 0.4% | 2.1% |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the Central Suffolk and North Ipswich consituency level. Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
Type of occupation | % of residents (over 16 years old) | Rank within England & Wales |
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Intermediate occupations | 12.9% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 13.0% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 13.2% | 224 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 21.9% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 5.6% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 11.6% | |
Routine occupations | 11.3% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 5.4% | 505 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 5.1% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Suffolk is average (50mbps). Eye is faster than this, with average download speeds of 56.0mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the Central Suffolk and North Ipswich level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 56.0 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 92.3% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 1.0% |
Crime stats were found at the Mid Suffolk level:
Type | Mid Suffolk | UK |
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Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 39 | 93 |
Burglaries (per thousand people) | 2 | 5 |
Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 4 | 10 |
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 0 | 1 |
Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 18 | 36 |
We use an API provided by Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to identify any live flood warnings to be aware of and we also provide insight into whether flooding could occur from rivers, sea and groundwater within 1km of Eye.
There are no live flood warnings in the area, according to our interpretation of the DEFRA API.
The areas in the table below have been identified by the DEFRA API as areas where it is possible for flooding to occur from rivers, sea and in some locations, groundwater. Some of these areas will have measures in place to minimise the risk of flooding and they may be monitored by the Flood Warning Service.
Area | Cause | Description |
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East Anglia | Waveney | The River Waveney from Diss and the River Dove from Mendlesham, to Ellingham, including Bungay |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Eye, Suffolk Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £275,929 Detached: £455,523 | 39 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 13.2% residents in higher managerial positions 5.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Sudbury, Suffolk Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £320,503 Detached: £510,974 | 51 | Primary: 6Secondary: 2 | 13.4% residents in higher managerial positions 5.6% residents long-term unemployed |
East Bergholt, Suffolk Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £320,503 Detached: £510,974 | 51 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 | 13.4% residents in higher managerial positions 5.6% residents long-term unemployed |
Hadleigh, Suffolk Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £320,503 Detached: £510,974 | 51 | Primary: 1Secondary: 1 | 13.4% residents in higher managerial positions 5.6% residents long-term unemployed |
Framlingham, Suffolk Affordability: Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £288,448 Detached: £465,556 | 69 | Primary: 1Secondary: 1 | 13.2% residents in higher managerial positions 5.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Affordability: Outstanding schools Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose Local M&S | Semi-detached: £288,448 Detached: £465,556 | 69 | Primary: 11Secondary: 6 | 13.3% residents in higher managerial positions 5.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Southwold, Suffolk Affordability: Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £288,448 Detached: £465,556 | 69 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 | 12.3% residents in higher managerial positions 6.2% residents long-term unemployed |
Aldeburgh, Suffolk Affordability: Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £288,448 Detached: £465,556 | 69 | Primary: 2Secondary: | 12.3% residents in higher managerial positions 6.2% residents long-term unemployed |
Thorpeness, Suffolk Affordability: Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £288,448 Detached: £465,556 | 69 | Primary: Secondary: | 12.3% residents in higher managerial positions 6.2% residents long-term unemployed |
Walberswick, Suffolk Affordability: Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £288,448 Detached: £465,556 | 69 | Primary: 1Secondary: 1 | 12.3% residents in higher managerial positions 6.2% residents long-term unemployed |
Woodbridge, Suffolk Affordability: Outstanding schools Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £288,448 Detached: £465,556 | 69 | Primary: 5Secondary: 2 | 12.3% residents in higher managerial positions 6.2% residents long-term unemployed |
Beccles, Suffolk Affordability: Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £288,448 Detached: £465,556 | 69 | Primary: 5Secondary: 2 | 8.0% residents in higher managerial positions 8.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Coddenham, Suffolk Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £275,929 Detached: £455,523 | 39 | Primary: Secondary: | 13.2% residents in higher managerial positions 5.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Name | Property | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby |
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Eye, Suffolk Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £275,929 Detached: £455,523 | 39 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
Sudbury, Suffolk Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £320,503 Detached: £510,974 | 51 | Primary: 6Secondary: 2 |
East Bergholt, Suffolk Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £320,503 Detached: £510,974 | 51 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 |
Hadleigh, Suffolk Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £320,503 Detached: £510,974 | 51 | Primary: 1Secondary: 1 |
Framlingham, Suffolk Affordability: Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £288,448 Detached: £465,556 | 69 | Primary: 1Secondary: 1 |
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Affordability: Outstanding schools Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose Local M&S | Semi-detached: £288,448 Detached: £465,556 | 69 | Primary: 11Secondary: 6 |
Southwold, Suffolk Affordability: Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £288,448 Detached: £465,556 | 69 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 |
Aldeburgh, Suffolk Affordability: Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £288,448 Detached: £465,556 | 69 | Primary: 2Secondary: |
Thorpeness, Suffolk Affordability: Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £288,448 Detached: £465,556 | 69 | Primary: Secondary: |
Walberswick, Suffolk Affordability: Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £288,448 Detached: £465,556 | 69 | Primary: 1Secondary: 1 |
Woodbridge, Suffolk Affordability: Outstanding schools Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £288,448 Detached: £465,556 | 69 | Primary: 5Secondary: 2 |
Beccles, Suffolk Affordability: Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £288,448 Detached: £465,556 | 69 | Primary: 5Secondary: 2 |
Coddenham, Suffolk Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £275,929 Detached: £455,523 | 39 | Primary: Secondary: |
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