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Sudbury North West ward, Babergh

Sudbury North West is one of 24 electoral wards of Babergh District Council, in Suffolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,341 residents in 2,477 households — 1,311 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Suffolk constituency; for county elections it is in the Sudbury division.

Residents, 20215,341council ward average 3,847
Households2,4772.16 residents per household
Density1,311/ km²about 4.07 km² · Babergh 156
Aged 65+25.1%Babergh: 26.6% · under 16: 14.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.0% · 215
5–94.7% · 249
10–155.7% · 305
16–194.2% · 224
20–245.4% · 290
25–3411.6% · 619
35–4917.1% · 912
50–6422.2% · 1,188
65–7412.5% · 670
75–848.6% · 460
85+3.9% · 210

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van21.8% · 539
1 car or van41.7% · 1,033
2 cars or vans26.3% · 651
3 or more10.3% · 254
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Babergh overall: 71.0% owned, 13.3% social rented, 14.8% private rented.

Owned outright36.8% · 912
With mortgage24.1% · 596
Shared ownership1.3% · 31
Social rented16.4% · 406
Private rented21.4% · 529
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house24.6% · 610
Semi-detached house30.4% · 754
Terraced house23.7% · 587
Purpose-built flat13.5% · 335
Converted house1.6% · 40
Other conversion3.1% · 77
Above shop / office2.9% · 73
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.