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Electoral wardE05012748

Kessingland ward, East Suffolk

Kessingland is one of 29 electoral wards of East Suffolk Council, in Suffolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 4,241 residents in 2,060 households — 571 people per km², the 25th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lowestoft constituency; for county elections it is in the Kessingland and Southwold division.

Residents, 20214,241council ward average 8,513
Households2,0602.06 residents per household
Density571/ km²about 7.42 km² · East Suffolk 196
Aged 65+34.2%East Suffolk: 27.7% · under 16: 12.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.7% · 157
5–94.4% · 187
10–154.6% · 195
16–193.3% · 141
20–243.8% · 160
25–349.7% · 413
35–4913.2% · 559
50–6423.1% · 978
65–7418.2% · 771
75–8411.9% · 504
85+4.2% · 177

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van16.4% · 338
1 car or van48.2% · 992
2 cars or vans25.6% · 527
3 or more9.9% · 203
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright48.6% · 1,000
With mortgage22.3% · 459
Shared ownership0.5% · 11
Social rented15.5% · 319
Private rented13.0% · 268

Type of home

Detached house27.8% · 573
Semi-detached house33.8% · 696
Terraced house32.2% · 663
Purpose-built flat4.1% · 84
Converted house0.8% · 16
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.5% · 11
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 15
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05012748
County division
Kessingland and Southwold
Constituency
Lowestoft
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
14 of 29

Parishes in the ward

Kessingland

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% owned9,677GGunton & St Margarets27.8% aged 65+ · 67.2% owned9,715HHarbour & Normanston16.7% aged 65+ · 43.3% owned15,902KKirkley & 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.