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East Suffolk Council

Local authority area: East Suffolk

East Suffolk is a district council in Suffolk, in the East of England region of England. It covers 1,261.9 km² and had 247,080 residents in 2022 — about 196 people per km². The authority dates from 2019. The council is based in Melton.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for East Suffolk, 2015–2022.

Residents, 2022247,080+0.1% since 2015

Land area1,261.9km²487.2 sq mi

Density196/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#104of 382 UK councils · #96 in England

Population estimates3 data points

246.9K248.2K247.1K

201520182022

History

How the council came to be

2019
Created
Formed from Suffolk Coastal, Waveney.

Same county

Other councils in Suffolk

All councils in East of England

West Suffolk182,228 Ipswich139,247 Mid Suffolk105,723 Babergh94,277

Elections

29 electoral wards

Census 2021: 246,881 residents in 111,090 households across the wards; 27.7% aged 65+, 68.9% of homes owned, 15.8% of households without a car.

1Harbour & Normanston7,306 households · 16.7% aged 65+15,902 2Kesgrave6,044 households · 19.4% aged 65+14,885 3Beccles & Worlingham6,725 households · 29.1% aged 65+14,591 4Kirkley & Pakefield6,343 households · 27.4% aged 65+13,312 5Eastern Felixstowe6,217 households · 36.8% aged 65+12,978 6Oulton Broad5,788 households · 29.7% aged 65+12,890

All wards of East Suffolk

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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

CEast Suffolk Council - Customer Service CentreCouncil office · Lowestoft NR33 0EQ · hours listed CFramlingham TownCouncil office · Woodbridge IP13 9BH · hours listed

Westminster

Constituencies

Suffolk Coastal · 13 wards Lowestoft · 9 wards Central Suffolk and North Ipswich · 5 wards Waveney Valley · 2 wards

Source: Wikidata Q54554266 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.