Electoral wardE05012578
Lavenham ward, Babergh
Lavenham is one of 24 electoral wards of Babergh District Council, in Suffolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,254 residents in 2,418 households — 112 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Suffolk constituency; for county elections it is in the Cosford and Sudbury East and Waldingfield divisions.
Residents, 20215,254council ward average 3,847
Households2,4182.17 residents per household
Density112/ km²about 46.79 km² · Babergh 156
Aged 65+33.3%Babergh: 26.6% · under 16: 13.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.8% · 202
5–94.6% · 241
10–155.3% · 281
16–193.3% · 172
20–243.4% · 180
25–348.4% · 439
35–4914.4% · 757
50–6423.5% · 1,233
65–7417.6% · 923
75–8411.3% · 596
85+4.4% · 230
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.7% · 260
1 car or van39.1% · 945
2 cars or vans34.0% · 823
3 or more16.2% · 391
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Babergh overall: 71.0% owned, 13.3% social rented, 14.8% private rented.
Owned outright48.6% · 1,176
With mortgage23.2% · 562
Shared ownership0.7% · 16
Social rented16.4% · 397
Private rented10.8% · 261
Lives rent free0.3% · 7
Type of home
Detached house47.1% · 1,140
Semi-detached house29.0% · 702
Terraced house18.5% · 448
Purpose-built flat4.3% · 103
Converted house0.3% · 8
Other conversion0.5% · 11
Above shop / office0.2% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012578- Council
- Babergh District Council
- County council
- Suffolk County Council
- County division
- Cosford, Sudbury East and Waldingfield
- Constituency
- South Suffolk
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 24
Parishes in the ward
ChiltonCockfieldGreat WaldingfieldLavenhamLittle Waldingfield
Council offices in this ward
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% owned2,873CCapel 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% owned5,933LLong 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.