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Electoral wardE05012743

Gunton & St Margarets ward, East Suffolk

Gunton & St Margarets is one of 29 electoral wards of East Suffolk Council, in Suffolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 9,715 residents in 4,212 households — 2,292 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lowestoft constituency; for county elections it is in the Gunton and Oulton divisions.

Residents, 20219,715council ward average 8,513
Households4,2122.31 residents per household
Density2,292/ km²about 4.24 km² · East Suffolk 196
Aged 65+27.8%East Suffolk: 27.7% · under 16: 17.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.1% · 402
5–95.3% · 511
10–157.6% · 740
16–194.1% · 401
20–244.4% · 424
25–349.5% · 919
35–4916.3% · 1,579
50–6421.0% · 2,040
65–7413.7% · 1,332
75–8410.4% · 1,010
85+3.7% · 357

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van20.8% · 878
1 car or van42.5% · 1,789
2 cars or vans26.1% · 1,100
3 or more10.6% · 445
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright44.0% · 1,853
With mortgage23.2% · 977
Shared ownership0.2% · 9
Social rented21.1% · 888
Private rented11.3% · 476
Lives rent free0.2% · 9

Type of home

Detached house44.5% · 1,873
Semi-detached house24.2% · 1,018
Terraced house22.2% · 934
Purpose-built flat6.8% · 288
Converted house1.8% · 76
Other conversion0.2% · 10
Above shop / office0.2% · 9
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05012743
County division
Gunton, Oulton
Constituency
Lowestoft
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
5 of 29

Parishes in the ward

LowestoftOulton

Other wards in the same constituency

BBeccles & Worlingham29.1% aged 65+ · 67.8% owned14,591CCarlton & Whitton28.7% aged 65+ · 70.4% owned10,696CCarlton Colville21.1% aged 65+ · 78.1% owned9,677HHarbour & 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.