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Electoral wardE05012595

Combs Ford ward, Mid Suffolk

Combs Ford is one of 26 electoral wards of Mid Suffolk District Council, in Suffolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,592 residents in 2,431 households — 1,904 people per km², the 8th 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 Bosmere and Stowmarket South divisions.

Residents, 20215,592council ward average 3,950
Households2,4312.3 residents per household
Density1,904/ km²about 2.94 km² · Mid Suffolk 118
Aged 65+21.0%Mid Suffolk: 25.3% · under 16: 15.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.2% · 237
5–95.3% · 298
10–156.3% · 355
16–194.3% · 243
20–245.5% · 308
25–3412.1% · 675
35–4917.7% · 991
50–6423.5% · 1,312
65–7411.1% · 621
75–847.3% · 408
85+2.6% · 143

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.2% · 370
1 car or van41.1% · 999
2 cars or vans31.3% · 762
3 or more12.3% · 300
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright38.6% · 937
With mortgage29.3% · 711
Shared ownership0.4% · 10
Social rented16.7% · 407
Private rented14.9% · 362
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house30.6% · 743
Semi-detached house40.6% · 988
Terraced house25.1% · 609
Purpose-built flat2.9% · 71
Converted house0.5% · 12
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.2% · 5
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05012595
County division
Bosmere, Stowmarket South
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
4 of 26

Parishes in the ward

Stowmarket

Other wards in the same constituency

CChilton20.9% aged 65+ · 67.2% owned6,971EElmswell & 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.