Electoral wardE05012584
Stour ward, Babergh
Stour is one of 24 electoral wards of Babergh District Council, in Suffolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 3,273 residents in 1,258 households — 138 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Suffolk constituency; for county elections it is in the Peninsula division.
Residents, 20213,273council ward average 3,847
Households1,2582.6 residents per household
Density138/ km²about 23.75 km² · Babergh 156
Aged 65+26.2%Babergh: 26.6% · under 16: 20.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.8% · 125
5–95.2% · 171
10–1511.0% · 360
16–196.9% · 225
20–243.9% · 129
25–346.6% · 215
35–4915.5% · 507
50–6420.9% · 685
65–7412.6% · 413
75–848.9% · 292
85+4.6% · 152
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.0% · 138
1 car or van35.8% · 451
2 cars or vans34.7% · 437
3 or more18.6% · 234
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Babergh overall: 71.0% owned, 13.3% social rented, 14.8% private rented.
Owned outright45.2% · 569
With mortgage25.8% · 325
Shared ownership1.0% · 12
Social rented13.2% · 166
Private rented14.9% · 188
Type of home
Detached house52.9% · 665
Semi-detached house29.2% · 367
Terraced house13.5% · 170
Purpose-built flat3.7% · 46
Converted house0.2% · 2
Other conversion0.2% · 3
Above shop / office0.4% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012584- Council
- Babergh District Council
- County council
- Suffolk County Council
- County division
- Peninsula
- Constituency
- South Suffolk
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 24
Parishes in the ward
HarksteadHolbrookStutton
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% owned5,933LLavenham33.3% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned5,254
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.