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Electoral wardE05012735

Beccles & Worlingham ward, East Suffolk

Beccles & Worlingham is one of 29 electoral wards of East Suffolk Council, in Suffolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 14,591 residents in 6,725 households — 598 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lowestoft constituency; for county elections it is in the Beccles division.

Residents, 202114,591council ward average 8,513
Households6,7252.17 residents per household
Density598/ km²about 24.42 km² · East Suffolk 196
Aged 65+29.1%East Suffolk: 27.7% · under 16: 15.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.9% · 568
5–95.1% · 740
10–156.7% · 980
16–193.8% · 558
20–244.4% · 649
25–349.9% · 1,445
35–4916.2% · 2,369
50–6420.8% · 3,038
65–7414.6% · 2,133
75–8410.3% · 1,498
85+4.2% · 610

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van16.6% · 1,119
1 car or van46.6% · 3,133
2 cars or vans26.9% · 1,807
3 or more9.9% · 666
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright44.1% · 2,966
With mortgage23.7% · 1,595
Shared ownership0.6% · 38
Social rented14.3% · 961
Private rented17.2% · 1,154
Lives rent free0.2% · 11

Type of home

Detached house40.3% · 2,710
Semi-detached house28.7% · 1,928
Terraced house24.9% · 1,672
Purpose-built flat3.7% · 246
Converted house0.8% · 52
Other conversion0.6% · 38
Above shop / office0.7% · 44
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 36
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05012735
County division
Beccles
Constituency
Lowestoft
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
13 of 29

Parishes in the ward

BarnbyBecclesNorth CoveWorlingham

Other wards in the same constituency

CCarlton & Whitton28.7% aged 65+ · 70.4% owned10,696CCarlton Colville21.1% aged 65+ · 78.1% owned9,677GGunton & St Margarets27.8% aged 65+ · 67.2% owned9,715HHarbour & Normanston16.7% aged 65+ · 43.3% owned15,902KKessingland34.2% aged 65+ · 70.9% owned4,241KKirkley & Pakefield27.4% aged 65+ · 60.0% owned13,312LLothingland31.0% aged 65+ · 76.5% owned3,523OOulton Broad29.7% aged 65+ · 76.6% owned12,890

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 v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.