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Babergh District Council
Local authority area: Babergh
Babergh is a district council in Suffolk, in the East of England region of England. It covers 593.8 km² and had 94,277 residents in 2022 — about 159 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Hadleigh and Ipswich.
Town hall in the administrative centreTown Hall, Hadleigh
Photo: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
People
Population
Estimates recorded for Babergh, 2012–2022.
Residents, 202294,277+7.3% since 2012
Land area593.8km²229.3 sq mi
Density159/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#326of 382 UK councils · #276 in England
Population estimates4 data points
87.9K89.2K91.4K94.3K
2012201520182022
History
How the council came to be
- 1974Created
Babergh became a local authority area.
Same county
All councils in East of EnglandOther councils in Suffolk
Elections
24 electoral wards
Census 2021: 92,338 residents in 40,202 households across the wards; 26.6% aged 65+, 71.0% of homes owned, 11.6% of households without a car.
1Great Cornard4,051 households · 19.4% aged 65+9,9502Chadacre2,646 households · 25.6% aged 65+6,1593Long Melford2,727 households · 31.6% aged 65+6,0324Hadleigh South2,648 households · 28.6% aged 65+5,9335Sproughton & Pinewood2,604 households · 17.9% aged 65+5,8416Sudbury North West2,477 households · 25.1% aged 65+5,341
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Council offices
Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.
CLAVENHAM NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANCouncil office · Sudbury CO10 9QNPEast Bergholt Parish CouncilParish council · Colchester CO7 6QT · hours listed
Westminster
Constituencies
Source: Wikidata Q797643 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.