Electoral wardE05012588
Sudbury South West ward, Babergh
Sudbury South West is one of 24 electoral wards of Babergh District Council, in Suffolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 2,838 residents in 1,399 households — 1,292 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Suffolk constituency; for county elections it is in the Sudbury and Sudbury East and Waldingfield divisions.
Residents, 20212,838council ward average 3,847
Households1,3992.03 residents per household
Density1,292/ km²about 2.20 km² · Babergh 156
Aged 65+32.8%Babergh: 26.6% · under 16: 12.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.3% · 121
5–94.3% · 122
10–154.2% · 118
16–193.5% · 99
20–245.2% · 147
25–3410.0% · 285
35–4914.5% · 411
50–6421.3% · 605
65–7414.7% · 416
75–8412.8% · 363
85+5.4% · 152
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.0% · 294
1 car or van45.8% · 641
2 cars or vans24.8% · 347
3 or more8.4% · 117
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Babergh overall: 71.0% owned, 13.3% social rented, 14.8% private rented.
Owned outright45.0% · 632
With mortgage22.2% · 311
Shared ownership0.5% · 7
Social rented10.9% · 153
Private rented21.0% · 294
Lives rent free0.4% · 6
Type of home
Detached house25.3% · 354
Semi-detached house26.5% · 371
Terraced house34.6% · 484
Purpose-built flat9.9% · 138
Converted house2.1% · 30
Other conversion1.1% · 16
Above shop / office0.4% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012588- Council
- Babergh District Council
- County council
- Suffolk County Council
- County division
- Sudbury, Sudbury East and Waldingfield
- Constituency
- South Suffolk
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 24
Parishes in the ward
Sudbury
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.