Electoral wardE05012604

Needham Market ward, Mid Suffolk

Needham Market is one of 26 electoral wards of Mid Suffolk District Council, in Suffolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,985 residents in 2,864 households — 192 people per km², the 3rd 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 Bosmere and Stowmarket North and Stowupland and Thredling divisions.

Residents, 20215,985council ward average 3,950

Households2,8642.09 residents per household

Density192/ km²about 31.17 km² · Mid Suffolk 118

Aged 65+27.4%Mid Suffolk: 25.3% · under 16: 13.2%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.0% · 241

5–93.9% · 234

10–155.3% · 316

16–192.9% · 173

20–244.8% · 286

25–3411.7% · 699

35–4916.6% · 993

50–6423.5% · 1,405

65–7413.5% · 808

75–849.4% · 560

85+4.5% · 269

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.3% · 410

1 car or van39.4% · 1,128

2 cars or vans32.2% · 922

3 or more14.1% · 403

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright43.3% · 1,241

With mortgage28.1% · 804

Shared ownership0.4% · 12

Social rented11.1% · 318

Private rented17.0% · 486

Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house29.6% · 848

Semi-detached house38.9% · 1,114

Terraced house15.7% · 451

Purpose-built flat11.0% · 316

Converted house0.9% · 25

Other conversion1.6% · 45

Above shop / office1.0% · 30

Caravan, mobile1.3% · 37

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05012604
Council: Mid Suffolk District Council
County council: Suffolk County Council
County division: Bosmere, Stowmarket North and Stowupland, Thredling
Constituency: Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Region: East of England
Density rank in council: 8 of 26

Parishes in the ward

BadleyBaylhamCreeting St. MaryCreeting St. Peter or West CreetingDarmsdenNeedham Market

Other wards in the same constituency

BBattisford & Ringshall20.2% aged 65+ · 70.2% owned3,656 BBlakenham16.4% aged 65+ · 80.0% owned3,573 BBramford31.6% aged 65+ · 76.1% owned2,648 CClaydon & Barham25.9% aged 65+ · 78.9% owned5,847 DDebenham28.4% aged 65+ · 73.6% owned3,275 SStonham25.1% aged 65+ · 78.4% owned2,823

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.