IP31 3HQ

Walsham-le-Willows · Mid Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bury St Edmunds
Local authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley
Postcode district
IP31
Postcode sector
IP31 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP31 3HN 267 m
IP31 3HG 294 m
IP31 3HF 339 m
IP31 3HE 467 m
IP31 3HH 671 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP31 3HQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP31
Postcode sector
IP31 3
Latitude
52.268764
Longitude
0.925497
British National Grid easting
599,711
British National Grid northing
267,430

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Mid Suffolk · E07000203
Parish or community
E04010553
Westminster constituency
Waveney Valley · E14001569
Output area
E00153096
Lower layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 002A · E01030039
Middle layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 002 · E02006262

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Property

At this postcode

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27 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
10, Elmswell Road, Great Ashfield, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 3HQ 10 October 2025 £341,050
3, Elmswell Road, Great Ashfield, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 3HQ 29 November 2024 £350,000
7, Elmswell Road, Great Ashfield, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 3HQ 15 November 2024 £325,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. Elmswell Community Primary School

    Community school

    3.7 km
  2. Thurston Church of England Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    4.1 km
  3. Norton CEVC Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    4.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
21
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 8
  • Burglary 6
  • Other crime 2
  • Other theft 2
  • Vehicle crime 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
59

31 female, 28 male

Postcode households
22
Residents per household
2.7
IP31 3 residents
7,297

Age bands in IP31 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.1%

1,103 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

689 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.2%

1,402 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.2%

2,209 residents

Age 65 and over
26.1%

1,911 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider IP31 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • Church

    BCT · Great Ashfield

    0.2 miles
  • Church

    BCT · Great Ashfield

    0.2 miles
  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Long Thurlow

    0.8 miles
  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Long Thurlow

    0.8 miles
  • Maltings Farm

    BCT · Daisy Green

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mid Suffolk 002A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,002 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £341,050 from 5 recorded sales in IP31 3HQ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Mid Suffolk is £320,276 in June 2026, up 5.8% year on year.

Schools

Published establishments

4 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Elmswell Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.3 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

Published police records

21 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 8 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.