Electoral wardE05007120

Castle Hill ward, Ipswich

Castle Hill is one of 16 electoral wards of Ipswich Borough Council, in Suffolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,432 residents in 3,061 households — 4,238 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Central Suffolk and North Ipswich constituency; for county elections it is in the St. Margaret's and Westgate and Whitehouse and Whitton divisions.

Residents, 20217,432council ward average 8,728

Households3,0612.43 residents per household

Density4,238/ km²about 1.75 km² · Ipswich 3,535

Aged 65+22.8%Ipswich: 16.5% · under 16: 17.5%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.4% · 399

5–95.8% · 435

10–156.3% · 466

16–194.2% · 309

20–244.6% · 345

25–3412.0% · 893

35–4917.9% · 1,329

50–6421.1% · 1,566

65–7411.8% · 878

75–847.5% · 558

85+3.5% · 259

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.4% · 412

1 car or van40.4% · 1,237

2 cars or vans34.2% · 1,048

3 or more12.0% · 367

Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Ipswich overall: 55.4% owned, 20.8% social rented, 23.0% private rented.

Owned outright46.2% · 1,414

With mortgage37.3% · 1,142

Shared ownership0.1% · 4

Social rented6.5% · 200

Private rented9.8% · 301

Type of home

Detached house20.0% · 611

Semi-detached house68.9% · 2,109

Terraced house5.6% · 172

Purpose-built flat4.2% · 130

Converted house0.8% · 23

Other conversion0.2% · 6

Above shop / office0.3% · 9

Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05007120
Council: Ipswich Borough Council
County council: Suffolk County Council
County division: St. Margaret's and Westgate, Whitehouse and Whitton
Constituency: Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Region: East of England
Density rank in council: 7 of 16

Other wards in the same constituency

WWhitehouse13.7% aged 65+ · 55.1% owned9,104 WWhitton21.1% aged 65+ · 60.6% owned8,286

All 16 wards of Ipswich

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.