Electoral wardE05007132
Whitton ward, Ipswich
Whitton is one of 16 electoral wards of Ipswich Borough Council, in Suffolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,286 residents in 3,264 households — 2,276 people per km², the 11th 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, 20218,286council ward average 8,728
Households3,2642.54 residents per household
Density2,276/ km²about 3.64 km² · Ipswich 3,535
Aged 65+21.1%Ipswich: 16.5% · under 16: 21.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.2% · 511
5–96.7% · 558
10–158.3% · 685
16–194.4% · 364
20–244.7% · 392
25–3412.1% · 1,004
35–4917.8% · 1,473
50–6418.7% · 1,551
65–749.7% · 806
75–848.2% · 679
85+3.2% · 263
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.2% · 658
1 car or van43.1% · 1,407
2 cars or vans26.9% · 877
3 or more9.9% · 322
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Ipswich overall: 55.4% owned, 20.8% social rented, 23.0% private rented.
Owned outright34.3% · 1,119
With mortgage26.3% · 860
Shared ownership0.3% · 9
Social rented30.4% · 991
Private rented8.4% · 274
Lives rent free0.3% · 11
Type of home
Detached house14.2% · 464
Semi-detached house62.0% · 2,023
Terraced house13.0% · 423
Purpose-built flat9.7% · 316
Converted house0.8% · 26
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.3% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05007132- 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
- 15 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.