Halesworth & Blything ward, East Suffolk

Halesworth & Blything is one of 29 electoral wards of East Suffolk Council, in Suffolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,076 residents in 3,843 households — 125 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Waveney Valley constituency; for county elections it is in the Halesworth and Blything divisions.

Residents, 20218,076council ward average 8,513

Households3,8432.1 residents per household

Density125/ km²about 64.61 km² · East Suffolk 196

Aged 65+34.9%East Suffolk: 27.7% · under 16: 14.3%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.0% · 326

5–95.1% · 409

10–155.2% · 420

16–193.1% · 250

20–243.3% · 270

25–349.2% · 740

35–4913.8% · 1,111

50–6421.5% · 1,735

65–7417.2% · 1,393

75–8412.1% · 975

85+5.5% · 447

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.3% · 548

1 car or van45.4% · 1,744

2 cars or vans28.2% · 1,082

3 or more12.2% · 469

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright51.2% · 1,966

With mortgage19.1% · 733

Shared ownership0.5% · 20

Social rented14.4% · 555

Private rented14.8% · 567

Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house41.7% · 1,602

Semi-detached house35.1% · 1,349

Terraced house16.8% · 647

Purpose-built flat4.1% · 156

Converted house0.6% · 23

Other conversion0.6% · 24

Above shop / office1.0% · 37

Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05012744
Council: East Suffolk Council
County council: Suffolk County Council
County division: Halesworth, Blything
Constituency: Waveney Valley
Region: East of England
Density rank in council: 20 of 29

Parishes in the ward

BlyfordBrampton with StovenHalesworthHoltonSothertonSpexhallWenhaston with Mells HamletWesthallWissett

Other wards in the same constituency

BBungay & Wainford29.3% aged 65+ · 68.1% owned8,655

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.