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Electoral wardE05015548

Aldeburgh & Leiston ward, East Suffolk

Aldeburgh & Leiston is one of 29 electoral wards of East Suffolk Council, in Suffolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 11,741 residents in 5,611 households — 144 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Suffolk Coastal constituency; for county elections it is in the Wilford and Aldeburgh and Leiston and Blything divisions.

Residents, 202111,741council ward average 8,513
Households5,6112.09 residents per household
Density144/ km²about 81.42 km² · East Suffolk 196
Aged 65+33.6%East Suffolk: 27.7% · under 16: 13.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.0% · 475
5–93.9% · 461
10–155.4% · 638
16–193.3% · 390
20–243.9% · 456
25–349.4% · 1,098
35–4913.8% · 1,618
50–6422.6% · 2,654
65–7417.4% · 2,038
75–8411.4% · 1,336
85+4.8% · 568

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.9% · 782
1 car or van44.4% · 2,494
2 cars or vans30.2% · 1,695
3 or more11.4% · 642
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; East Suffolk overall: 68.9% owned, 13.1% social rented, 17.6% private rented.

Owned outright48.6% · 2,725
With mortgage17.9% · 1,004
Shared ownership0.3% · 18
Social rented16.1% · 904
Private rented17.1% · 958
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house35.9% · 2,020
Semi-detached house36.1% · 2,029
Terraced house19.1% · 1,075
Purpose-built flat5.8% · 325
Converted house1.1% · 60
Other conversion0.7% · 37
Above shop / office1.0% · 54
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 19
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015548
County division
Wilford, Aldeburgh and Leiston, Blything
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
18 of 29

Parishes in the ward

AldeburghAldringham cum ThorpeBenhallFristonKnodishallLeistonMiddletonSnapeSternfieldTheberton

Other wards in the same constituency

DDeben23.4% aged 65+ · 68.7% owned5,750EEastern Felixstowe36.8% aged 65+ · 71.3% owned12,978KKelsale & Yoxford32.6% aged 65+ · 70.2% owned3,934MMartlesham & Purdis Farm29.3% aged 65+ · 79.7% owned6,773MMelton28.0% aged 65+ · 73.7% owned5,439OOrwell & Villages26.9% aged 65+ · 77.8% owned10,453RRendlesham & Orford21.9% aged 65+ · 69.8% owned4,948SSaxmundham22.9% aged 65+ · 59.3% owned4,778SSouthwold41.9% aged 65+ · 72.0% owned3,842WWestern Felixstowe21.2% aged 65+ · 57.2% owned11,350WWoodbridge34.1% aged 65+ · 67.8% owned7,881WWrentham, Wangford & Westleton33.7% aged 65+ · 71.7% owned4,202

All 29 wards of East Suffolk

Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.