Electoral wardE05012570
Capel St Mary ward, Babergh
Capel St Mary is one of 24 electoral wards of Babergh District Council, in Suffolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 3,107 residents in 1,327 households — 399 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Suffolk constituency; for county elections it is in the Samford division.
Residents, 20213,107council ward average 3,847
Households1,3272.34 residents per household
Density399/ km²about 7.79 km² · Babergh 156
Aged 65+31.0%Babergh: 26.6% · under 16: 16.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.8% · 118
5–95.3% · 164
10–157.4% · 229
16–193.5% · 110
20–244.2% · 130
25–347.7% · 238
35–4917.2% · 533
50–6420.0% · 622
65–7416.1% · 501
75–8411.2% · 347
85+3.7% · 115
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.2% · 109
1 car or van35.6% · 472
2 cars or vans39.3% · 522
3 or more16.9% · 224
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Babergh overall: 71.0% owned, 13.3% social rented, 14.8% private rented.
Owned outright53.1% · 704
With mortgage33.0% · 438
Shared ownership2.1% · 28
Social rented5.4% · 72
Private rented6.3% · 84
Type of home
Detached house66.3% · 880
Semi-detached house24.5% · 325
Terraced house6.5% · 86
Purpose-built flat2.4% · 32
Converted house0.2% · 2
Other conversion0.1% · 1
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012570- Council
- Babergh District Council
- County council
- Suffolk County Council
- County division
- Samford
- Constituency
- South Suffolk
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 24
Parishes in the ward
Capel St. Mary
Other wards in the same constituency
AAssington31.6% aged 65+ · 84.5% owned2,654BBox Vale29.0% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned2,869BBrantham24.3% aged 65+ · 78.6% owned2,609BBrett Vale26.9% aged 65+ · 80.4% owned3,156BBures St Mary & Nayland30.2% aged 65+ · 70.7% owned2,873CChadacre25.6% 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.