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Electoral wardE05012754

Oulton Broad ward, East Suffolk

Oulton Broad is one of 29 electoral wards of East Suffolk Council, in Suffolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 12,890 residents in 5,788 households — 1,614 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lowestoft constituency; for county elections it is in the Lowestoft South and Oulton divisions.

Residents, 202112,890council ward average 8,513
Households5,7882.23 residents per household
Density1,614/ km²about 7.99 km² · East Suffolk 196
Aged 65+29.7%East Suffolk: 27.7% · under 16: 15.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.3% · 550
5–95.1% · 659
10–156.1% · 786
16–193.1% · 402
20–244.5% · 577
25–3411.2% · 1,450
35–4915.5% · 2,001
50–6420.5% · 2,641
65–7415.0% · 1,936
75–8410.4% · 1,341
85+4.3% · 548

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.2% · 820
1 car or van44.1% · 2,550
2 cars or vans30.9% · 1,789
3 or more10.9% · 629
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright47.8% · 2,766
With mortgage28.9% · 1,671
Shared ownership0.3% · 19
Social rented8.8% · 510
Private rented14.2% · 822
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house45.2% · 2,614
Semi-detached house30.5% · 1,763
Terraced house17.1% · 989
Purpose-built flat4.7% · 271
Converted house0.4% · 21
Other conversion0.7% · 39
Above shop / office0.4% · 23
Caravan, mobile1.2% · 69
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05012754
County division
Lowestoft South, Oulton
Constituency
Lowestoft
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
8 of 29

Parishes in the ward

LowestoftOultonOulton Broad

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% owned15,902KKessingland34.2% aged 65+ · 70.9% owned4,241KKirkley & Pakefield27.4% aged 65+ · 60.0% owned13,312LLothingland31.0% aged 65+ · 76.5% owned3,523

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.