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Electoral wardE05012597

Elmswell & Woolpit ward, Mid Suffolk

Elmswell & Woolpit is one of 26 electoral wards of Mid Suffolk District Council, in Suffolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,537 residents in 2,883 households — 404 people per km², the 2nd 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 Thedwastre North and Thedwastre South divisions.

Residents, 20216,537council ward average 3,950
Households2,8832.27 residents per household
Density404/ km²about 16.19 km² · Mid Suffolk 118
Aged 65+25.8%Mid Suffolk: 25.3% · under 16: 16.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.4% · 351
5–94.9% · 321
10–156.6% · 434
16–193.2% · 211
20–244.6% · 300
25–3413.0% · 848
35–4916.4% · 1,070
50–6420.1% · 1,313
65–7413.6% · 889
75–849.0% · 587
85+3.2% · 212

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van9.3% · 268
1 car or van38.6% · 1,112
2 cars or vans37.4% · 1,078
3 or more14.7% · 425
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright41.6% · 1,198
With mortgage32.6% · 939
Shared ownership1.8% · 53
Social rented13.5% · 390
Private rented10.3% · 298
Lives rent free0.2% · 5

Type of home

Detached house50.7% · 1,463
Semi-detached house28.7% · 828
Terraced house14.9% · 431
Purpose-built flat4.4% · 126
Converted house0.3% · 10
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office0.1% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 15
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05012597
County division
Thedwastre North, Thedwastre South
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
5 of 26

Parishes in the ward

ElmswellWoolpit

Other wards in the same constituency

CChilton20.9% aged 65+ · 67.2% owned6,971CCombs Ford21.0% aged 65+ · 67.8% owned5,592OOnehouse27.4% 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.