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Electoral wardE05012593

Chilton ward, Mid Suffolk

Chilton is one of 26 electoral wards of Mid Suffolk District Council, in Suffolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,971 residents in 2,995 households — 3,311 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket constituency; for county elections it is in the Stowmarket North and Stowupland and Stowmarket South and Thedwastre South and Upper Gipping divisions.

Residents, 20216,971council ward average 3,950
Households2,9952.33 residents per household
Density3,311/ km²about 2.11 km² · Mid Suffolk 118
Aged 65+20.9%Mid Suffolk: 25.3% · under 16: 19.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.3% · 436
5–96.3% · 441
10–156.4% · 449
16–193.8% · 264
20–245.6% · 389
25–3415.2% · 1,061
35–4917.8% · 1,240
50–6417.8% · 1,238
65–7410.6% · 741
75–846.7% · 468
85+3.5% · 245

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.8% · 473
1 car or van41.4% · 1,239
2 cars or vans32.9% · 985
3 or more9.9% · 296
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Mid Suffolk overall: 73.9% owned, 11.3% social rented, 13.7% private rented.

Owned outright34.7% · 1,040
With mortgage32.4% · 970
Shared ownership0.9% · 28
Social rented16.4% · 491
Private rented15.4% · 460
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house28.7% · 861
Semi-detached house42.1% · 1,262
Terraced house13.6% · 406
Purpose-built flat13.5% · 405
Converted house1.1% · 32
Other conversion0.6% · 19
Above shop / office0.3% · 9
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05012593
County division
Stowmarket North and Stowupland, Stowmarket South, Thedwastre South, Upper Gipping
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
1 of 26

Parishes in the ward

Stowmarket

Other wards in the same constituency

CCombs Ford21.0% aged 65+ · 67.8% owned5,592EElmswell & Woolpit25.8% aged 65+ · 74.1% owned6,537OOnehouse27.4% aged 65+ · 80.3% owned2,668RRattlesden27.0% aged 65+ · 78.4% owned3,133SSt Peter's27.4% aged 65+ · 58.1% owned3,119SStow Thorney8.9% aged 65+ · 70.0% owned5,855TThurston26.3% aged 65+ · 79.3% owned5,892

All 26 wards of Mid Suffolk

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.