Electoral wardE05007131
Whitehouse ward, Ipswich
Whitehouse is one of 16 electoral wards of Ipswich Borough Council, in Suffolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 9,104 residents in 3,856 households — 3,499 people per km², the 7th 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 Whitehouse and Whitton division.
Residents, 20219,104council ward average 8,728
Households3,8562.36 residents per household
Density3,499/ km²about 2.60 km² · Ipswich 3,535
Aged 65+13.7%Ipswich: 16.5% · under 16: 21.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.5% · 593
5–97.4% · 671
10–157.8% · 708
16–194.2% · 385
20–245.9% · 536
25–3416.6% · 1,514
35–4920.2% · 1,838
50–6417.7% · 1,612
65–747.7% · 703
75–844.6% · 423
85+1.3% · 119
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.4% · 864
1 car or van44.9% · 1,730
2 cars or vans25.8% · 994
3 or more7.0% · 268
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Ipswich overall: 55.4% owned, 20.8% social rented, 23.0% private rented.
Owned outright24.6% · 947
With mortgage30.5% · 1,176
Shared ownership1.0% · 40
Social rented24.9% · 959
Private rented18.7% · 722
Lives rent free0.3% · 11
Type of home
Detached house8.4% · 325
Semi-detached house39.4% · 1,517
Terraced house30.9% · 1,191
Purpose-built flat19.7% · 758
Converted house0.9% · 36
Other conversion0.1% · 5
Above shop / office0.4% · 15
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 8
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05007131- Council
- Ipswich Borough Council
- County council
- Suffolk County Council
- County division
- Whitehouse and Whitton
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 16
Other wards in the same constituency
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.