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Electoral wardE05012609

St Peter's ward, Mid Suffolk

St Peter's is one of 26 electoral wards of Mid Suffolk District Council, in Suffolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 3,119 residents in 1,611 households — 2,695 people per km², the 15th 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 divisions.

Residents, 20213,119council ward average 3,950
Households1,6111.94 residents per household
Density2,695/ km²about 1.16 km² · Mid Suffolk 118
Aged 65+27.4%Mid Suffolk: 25.3% · under 16: 12.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.2% · 130
5–93.6% · 113
10–155.1% · 159
16–193.2% · 101
20–245.5% · 172
25–3413.8% · 431
35–4917.2% · 536
50–6420.0% · 623
65–7413.7% · 427
75–848.7% · 271
85+5.0% · 155

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van26.1% · 421
1 car or van47.4% · 764
2 cars or vans19.2% · 310
3 or more7.2% · 116
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright35.8% · 575
With mortgage22.3% · 359
Shared ownership0.3% · 5
Social rented16.6% · 267
Private rented24.9% · 401
Lives rent free0.1% · 1

Type of home

Detached house18.2% · 294
Semi-detached house22.3% · 360
Terraced house30.7% · 495
Purpose-built flat21.5% · 346
Converted house2.5% · 40
Other conversion1.8% · 29
Above shop / office3.0% · 48
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05012609
County division
Stowmarket North and Stowupland, Stowmarket South
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
2 of 26

Parishes in the ward

Stowmarket

Other wards in the same constituency

CChilton20.9% aged 65+ · 67.2% owned6,971CCombs 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% owned3,133SStow 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.