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Electoral wardE05012762

Wrentham, Wangford & Westleton ward, East Suffolk

Wrentham, Wangford & Westleton is one of 29 electoral wards of East Suffolk Council, in Suffolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 4,202 residents in 1,928 households — 32 people per km², the 26th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Suffolk Coastal constituency; for county elections it is in the Halesworth and Kessingland and Southwold and Blything divisions.

Residents, 20214,202council ward average 8,513
Households1,9282.18 residents per household
Density32/ km²about 129.29 km² · East Suffolk 196
Aged 65+33.7%East Suffolk: 27.7% · under 16: 12.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.9% · 164
5–93.7% · 155
10–155.2% · 219
16–193.6% · 151
20–243.4% · 142
25–347.7% · 323
35–4913.7% · 574
50–6425.1% · 1,055
65–7418.7% · 787
75–8410.9% · 458
85+4.1% · 172

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van7.9% · 153
1 car or van40.1% · 773
2 cars or vans34.1% · 657
3 or more17.9% · 344
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright52.2% · 1,007
With mortgage19.5% · 376
Shared ownership0.3% · 6
Social rented9.9% · 191
Private rented18.0% · 348
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house49.0% · 945
Semi-detached house32.7% · 631
Terraced house15.1% · 291
Purpose-built flat0.3% · 6
Converted house0.8% · 15
Other conversion0.9% · 18
Above shop / office0.3% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.8% · 16
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05012762
County division
Halesworth, Kessingland and Southwold, Blything
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
29 of 29

Parishes in the ward

BenacreBlythburghBramfieldCovehitheDarshamDunwichFrostendenHenstead with Hulver StreetRushmereSouth CoveThoringtonUggeshallWangford with HenhamWestletonWrentham

Other wards in the same constituency

AAldeburgh & Leiston33.6% aged 65+ · 66.5% owned11,741DDeben23.4% aged 65+ · 68.7% owned5,750EEastern Felixstowe36.8% aged 65+ · 71.3% owned12,978KKelsale & Yoxford32.6% aged 65+ · 70.2% owned3,934MMartlesham & Purdis Farm29.3% aged 65+ · 79.7% owned6,773MMelton28.0% aged 65+ · 73.7% owned5,439OOrwell & Villages26.9% aged 65+ · 77.8% owned10,453RRendlesham & Orford21.9% aged 65+ · 69.8% owned4,948SSaxmundham22.9% aged 65+ · 59.3% owned4,778SSouthwold41.9% aged 65+ · 72.0% owned3,842WWestern Felixstowe21.2% aged 65+ · 57.2% owned11,350WWoodbridge34.1% aged 65+ · 67.8% owned7,881

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.