Electoral wardE05012566
Box Vale ward, Babergh
Box Vale is one of 24 electoral wards of Babergh District Council, in Suffolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 2,869 residents in 1,233 households — 73 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Suffolk constituency; for county elections it is in the Cosford and Stour Valley divisions.
Residents, 20212,869council ward average 3,847
Households1,2332.33 residents per household
Density73/ km²about 39.41 km² · Babergh 156
Aged 65+29.0%Babergh: 26.6% · under 16: 15.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.3% · 122
5–94.7% · 134
10–156.8% · 196
16–194.0% · 115
20–243.1% · 90
25–347.2% · 208
35–4916.2% · 465
50–6424.7% · 708
65–7415.5% · 446
75–849.7% · 277
85+3.8% · 108
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.0% · 99
1 car or van33.7% · 416
2 cars or vans37.7% · 465
3 or more20.5% · 253
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Babergh overall: 71.0% owned, 13.3% social rented, 14.8% private rented.
Owned outright47.0% · 579
With mortgage28.4% · 350
Shared ownership0.7% · 9
Social rented13.0% · 160
Private rented10.8% · 133
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house49.7% · 613
Semi-detached house27.8% · 343
Terraced house16.1% · 198
Purpose-built flat5.1% · 63
Converted house0.4% · 5
Other conversion0.4% · 5
Above shop / office0.3% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012566- Council
- Babergh District Council
- County council
- Suffolk County Council
- County division
- Cosford, Stour Valley
- Constituency
- South Suffolk
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 20 of 24
Parishes in the ward
BoxfordBrent EleighEdwardstoneGrotonMildenMonks Eleigh
Other wards in the same constituency
AAssington31.6% aged 65+ · 84.5% owned2,654BBrantham24.3% aged 65+ · 78.6% owned2,609BBrett Vale26.9% aged 65+ · 80.4% owned3,156BBures St Mary & Nayland30.2% aged 65+ · 70.7% owned2,873CCapel St Mary31.0% aged 65+ · 86.1% owned3,107CChadacre25.6% aged 65+ · 75.6% owned6,159CCopdock & Washbrook28.7% aged 65+ · 78.8% owned3,227EEast Bergholt30.3% aged 65+ · 78.6% owned2,724GGanges25.0% aged 65+ · 78.4% owned2,381GGreat Cornard19.4% aged 65+ · 66.2% owned9,950HHadleigh North22.4% aged 65+ · 61.4% owned2,822HHadleigh South28.6% aged 65+ · 64.6% owned5,933LLavenham33.3% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned5,254LLong Melford31.6% aged 65+ · 72.0% owned6,032
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.