Electoral wardE05007130
Westgate ward, Ipswich
Westgate is one of 16 electoral wards of Ipswich Borough Council, in Suffolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 10,199 residents in 4,515 households — 8,683 people per km², the 2nd 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, 202110,199council ward average 8,728
Households4,5152.26 residents per household
Density8,683/ km²about 1.17 km² · Ipswich 3,535
Aged 65+9.6%Ipswich: 16.5% · under 16: 20.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.1% · 721
5–96.5% · 665
10–156.8% · 698
16–195.2% · 530
20–246.4% · 650
25–3419.1% · 1,948
35–4922.4% · 2,281
50–6416.9% · 1,725
65–745.9% · 600
75–842.7% · 280
85+1.0% · 101
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van34.5% · 1,558
1 car or van45.0% · 2,033
2 cars or vans16.3% · 736
3 or more4.2% · 188
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Ipswich overall: 55.4% owned, 20.8% social rented, 23.0% private rented.
Owned outright16.0% · 723
With mortgage22.7% · 1,023
Shared ownership0.6% · 28
Social rented19.2% · 869
Private rented41.4% · 1,869
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house6.4% · 291
Semi-detached house22.8% · 1,028
Terraced house35.1% · 1,585
Purpose-built flat26.5% · 1,196
Converted house6.6% · 300
Other conversion1.1% · 51
Above shop / office1.4% · 61
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05007130- 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
- 1 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% owned9,700SSt Margaret's21.1% aged 65+ · 65.2% owned8,388SStoke Park20.7% aged 65+ · 51.9% owned7,279
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.