Electoral wardE05007128
Sprites ward, Ipswich
Sprites is one of 16 electoral wards of Ipswich Borough Council, in Suffolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,776 residents in 2,956 households — 5,567 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Ipswich constituency; for county elections it is in the Chantry division.
Residents, 20216,776council ward average 8,728
Households2,9562.29 residents per household
Density5,567/ km²about 1.22 km² · Ipswich 3,535
Aged 65+22.5%Ipswich: 16.5% · under 16: 19.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 353
5–96.5% · 438
10–157.7% · 525
16–194.3% · 288
20–244.1% · 279
25–3411.8% · 797
35–4918.7% · 1,268
50–6419.2% · 1,304
65–7411.0% · 744
75–847.6% · 516
85+3.9% · 263
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van24.4% · 721
1 car or van42.4% · 1,252
2 cars or vans24.8% · 732
3 or more8.5% · 251
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Ipswich overall: 55.4% owned, 20.8% social rented, 23.0% private rented.
Owned outright33.3% · 986
With mortgage25.3% · 749
Shared ownership0.2% · 7
Social rented27.1% · 803
Private rented13.4% · 396
Lives rent free0.6% · 18
Type of home
Detached house10.7% · 317
Semi-detached house44.5% · 1,318
Terraced house26.1% · 773
Purpose-built flat17.3% · 511
Converted house0.7% · 22
Other conversion0.3% · 8
Above shop / office0.3% · 10
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05007128- Council
- Ipswich Borough Council
- County council
- Suffolk County Council
- County division
- Chantry
- Constituency
- Ipswich
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 16
Other wards in the same constituency
AAlexandra9.6% aged 65+ · 38.3% owned10,692BBixley26.7% aged 65+ · 79.9% owned7,446BBridge13.0% aged 65+ · 40.8% owned9,841GGainsborough16.6% aged 65+ · 56.6% owned8,847GGipping14.1% aged 65+ · 40.3% owned9,397HHolywells13.7% aged 65+ · 56.1% owned8,120PPriory Heath14.0% aged 65+ · 53.9% owned9,651RRushmere18.1% aged 65+ · 69.2% owned8,482SSt John's14.9% aged 65+ · 62.2% owned9,700SSt Margaret's21.1% aged 65+ · 65.2% owned8,388SStoke Park20.7% aged 65+ · 51.9% owned7,279WWestgate9.6% aged 65+ · 38.7% owned10,199
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.