Electoral wardE05007127
St Margaret's ward, Ipswich
St Margaret's is one of 16 electoral wards of Ipswich Borough Council, in Suffolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,388 residents in 3,663 households — 2,131 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Ipswich constituency; for county elections it is in the St. Margaret's and Westgate division.
Residents, 20218,388council ward average 8,728
Households3,6632.29 residents per household
Density2,131/ km²about 3.94 km² · Ipswich 3,535
Aged 65+21.1%Ipswich: 16.5% · under 16: 17.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.3% · 360
5–95.6% · 468
10–157.7% · 650
16–195.1% · 425
20–244.3% · 360
25–3411.4% · 960
35–4920.1% · 1,686
50–6420.3% · 1,707
65–7410.8% · 909
75–846.6% · 552
85+3.7% · 313
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.3% · 782
1 car or van43.4% · 1,589
2 cars or vans27.4% · 1,003
3 or more7.9% · 289
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Ipswich overall: 55.4% owned, 20.8% social rented, 23.0% private rented.
Owned outright37.0% · 1,356
With mortgage28.2% · 1,033
Shared ownership0.4% · 14
Social rented8.1% · 296
Private rented26.2% · 960
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house33.5% · 1,228
Semi-detached house19.1% · 701
Terraced house21.0% · 770
Purpose-built flat18.8% · 687
Converted house6.1% · 224
Other conversion1.2% · 44
Above shop / office0.2% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05007127- Council
- Ipswich Borough Council
- County council
- Suffolk County Council
- County division
- St. Margaret's and Westgate
- Constituency
- Ipswich
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 16 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% owned8,482SSprites22.5% aged 65+ · 58.6% owned6,776SSt John's14.9% aged 65+ · 62.2% owned9,700SStoke 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.