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Electoral wardE05012611

Stow Thorney ward, Mid Suffolk

Stow Thorney is one of 26 electoral wards of Mid Suffolk District Council, in Suffolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,855 residents in 2,275 households — 2,207 people per km², the 5th 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 division.

Residents, 20215,855council ward average 3,950
Households2,2752.57 residents per household
Density2,207/ km²about 2.65 km² · Mid Suffolk 118
Aged 65+8.9%Mid Suffolk: 25.3% · under 16: 24.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.2% · 419
5–98.3% · 484
10–158.9% · 523
16–194.8% · 281
20–244.7% · 274
25–3416.9% · 988
35–4924.2% · 1,416
50–6416.2% · 950
65–745.0% · 294
75–842.7% · 157
85+1.1% · 67

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van5.9% · 134
1 car or van40.8% · 928
2 cars or vans40.3% · 917
3 or more13.0% · 296
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright21.6% · 491
With mortgage48.4% · 1,102
Shared ownership2.3% · 52
Social rented6.0% · 137
Private rented21.6% · 492
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house32.0% · 728
Semi-detached house34.1% · 776
Terraced house26.0% · 592
Purpose-built flat7.4% · 168
Converted house0.1% · 3
Other conversion0.2% · 4
Above shop / office0.1% · 3
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05012611
County division
Stowmarket North and Stowupland
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
3 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% owned3,133SSt Peter's27.4% aged 65+ · 58.1% owned3,119TThurston26.3% 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.