Property market | £320,503 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is London Stansted (31.0 miles) | |
Broadband | 46.0mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Ethnic diversity | White: 96.7% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 3.3% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) | |
Socio-economic status | Ranked 214 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 489 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (South Suffolk level) | |
Community | Median age is 48.8 | Happiness is Above Average for Suffolk, High for UK | |
Crime | 2.0 burglaries per 1k people (Babergh) | |
Commute (approx) | - Stratford (London) (54 mins) - London Liverpool Street (63 mins) - Highbury & Islington (82 mins) | |
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£320,503 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is London Stansted (31.0 miles) | |
46.0mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 48.8 | Happiness is Above Average for Suffolk, High for UK | |
Ranked 214 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 489 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (South Suffolk level) | |
2.0 burglaries per 1k people (Babergh) | |
- Stratford (London) (54 mins) - London Liverpool Street (63 mins) - Highbury & Islington (82 mins) | |
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Lower Layham has one main store nearby, Morrisons Hadleigh. We found one nearby bar: The Queens Head. Regarding restaurants and other types of eateries, we found many nearby, including: Cobblers Waffle House, Dynasty Oriental Cuisine, INDIA VILLA, Jet Lounge, Paddy and Scotts, Royal Bengal, The Flying Guardsman, Tito's Ristorante, Ita... (see map below for more). There are a few cafes and coffee shops nearby, including: Cobblers Cafe & Wine Bar, Huffers Cafe. Lower Layham has a range of train stations and schools nearby, as shown in the map below.
The property market in Lower Layham 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 £510,974, which is down -2.2% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £320,503 (down -3.4% on last year) , a terraced house £250,016 (down -4.0% on last year) and a flat £137,577. Renting a two bedroom flat will cost you approximately £707 per month. Property prices in Lower Layham are a little higher than the average property prices across Suffolk and are similar when compared to other locations with a similar density in England. When looking at the annual change in property prices in Lower Layham, prices have had a greater decrease than the annual average price decrease seen across the Suffolk region.
Property data is based on Babergh 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 Lower Layham, or click here to browse the longer list of Lower Layham property transactions from 2023.
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Lower Layham has a few schools nearby to choose from. There are a mix of both primary and secondary schools nearby, including Hadleigh High School (Academy) which is a secondary school based in High Lands Road, Ipswich. 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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Hadleigh Community Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (5/26/2016) | Ofsted Report Link | Hadleigh | |
Beaumont Community Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (9/19/2018) | Ofsted Report Link | Ipswich | |
Hadleigh High School Save school | Secondary school Academy converter - Mixed | 2: Good (10/21/2015) | Ofsted Report Link | Ipswich | |
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hadleigh Save school | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | 2: Good (2/12/2020) | Ofsted Report Link | Ipswich |
School | Type |
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Hadleigh Community Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (5/26/2016) |
Beaumont Community Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (9/19/2018) |
Hadleigh High School Ofsted report Save school | Secondary school Latest rating - 2: Good (10/21/2015) |
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hadleigh Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (2/12/2020) |
Station | Distance from Lower Layham | Commute options |
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Manningtree A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed -3% from the previous year. | 8 miles |
- Stratford (London) (76 mins - Greater Anglia - £555 monthly fare) View details - London Liverpool Street (86 mins - Greater Anglia - £582 monthly fare) View details - Highbury & Islington (1 change(s) - 82 mins - London Overground - £582 monthly fare) View details - Cambridge (1 change(s) - 114 mins - Greater Anglia) View details |
Mistley A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed -4% from the previous year. | 10 miles |
- Stratford (London) (1 change(s) - 73 mins - Greater Anglia - £555 monthly fare) View details - London Liverpool Street (1 change(s) - 82 mins - Greater Anglia - £590 monthly fare) View details - Cambridge (1 change(s) - 136 mins - Greater Anglia) View details |
Alresford (Essex) A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +4% from the previous year. | 15 miles |
- Stratford (London) (1 change(s) - 74 mins - Greater Anglia - £509 monthly fare) View details - London Liverpool Street (1 change(s) - 84 mins - Greater Anglia - £539 monthly fare) View details - Highbury & Islington (1 change(s) - 102 mins - London Overground - £539 monthly fare) View details - Cambridge (1 change(s) - 162 mins - Greater Anglia) View details |
Wivenhoe A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed +0% from the previous year. | 15 miles |
- Stratford (London) (1 change(s) - 67 mins - Greater Anglia - £509 monthly fare) View details - London Liverpool Street (1 change(s) - 77 mins - Greater Anglia - £539 monthly fare) View details - Highbury & Islington (1 change(s) - 90 mins - London Overground - £539 monthly fare) View details - Cambridge (1 change(s) - 149 mins - Greater Anglia) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (Babergh) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
Ethnicity | % of Babergh residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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White | 96.7% | 81.7% |
Mixed | 1.5% | 2.9% |
Asian | 0.9% | 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 South Suffolk 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 | 12.2% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 14.0% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 13.4% | 214 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 21.9% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 5.6% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 11.8% | |
Routine occupations | 11.0% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 5.6% | 489 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 4.5% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Suffolk is average (50mbps). Lower Layham is consistent with this, with average download speeds of 46.0mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the South Suffolk level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 46.0 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 93.5% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 0.8% |
Crime stats were found at the Babergh level:
Type | Babergh | UK |
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Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 51 | 93 |
Burglaries (per thousand people) | 2 | 5 |
Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 6 | 10 |
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 0 | 1 |
Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 22 | 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 Lower Layham.
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 | Brett | The River Brett from Lavenham to Higham, including Monks Eleigh and Hadleigh |
East Anglia | River Box, River Brett | The River Box from Boxford, to and including Thorrington Street, and the River Brett from Cockfield, to and including Higham |
East Anglia | Stour | The River Stour from Sudbury to Dedham, including Henny Street, Lamarsh, Bures, Nayland and Stratford St Mary |
East Anglia | Stour | The River Stour from Sudbury to Boxted, including Bures and Nayland |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Lower Layham, 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 |
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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Lower Layham, Suffolk Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £320,503 Detached: £510,974 | 51 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 |
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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