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Electoral wardE05012612

Stradbroke & Laxfield ward, Mid Suffolk

Stradbroke & Laxfield is one of 26 electoral wards of Mid Suffolk District Council, in Suffolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 3,052 residents in 1,352 households — 56 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Waveney Valley constituency; for county elections it is in the Hoxne and Eye and Thredling divisions.

Residents, 20213,052council ward average 3,950
Households1,3522.26 residents per household
Density56/ km²about 54.31 km² · Mid Suffolk 118
Aged 65+30.3%Mid Suffolk: 25.3% · under 16: 14.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.9% · 120
5–95.0% · 154
10–155.8% · 176
16–193.9% · 120
20–243.9% · 118
25–349.2% · 282
35–4914.8% · 451
50–6423.2% · 707
65–7415.4% · 471
75–8410.7% · 326
85+4.1% · 126

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van9.0% · 122
1 car or van34.3% · 464
2 cars or vans35.9% · 485
3 or more20.8% · 281
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright49.4% · 669
With mortgage23.5% · 319
Shared ownership0.4% · 6
Social rented13.4% · 182
Private rented13.0% · 176
Lives rent free0.2% · 3

Type of home

Detached house53.7% · 725
Semi-detached house32.9% · 444
Terraced house9.8% · 132
Purpose-built flat2.2% · 30
Converted house0.2% · 3
Other conversion0.5% · 7
Above shop / office0.1% · 2
Caravan, mobile0.6% · 8
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05012612
County division
Hoxne and Eye, Thredling
Constituency
Waveney Valley
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
23 of 26

Parishes in the ward

BrundishLaxfieldStradbrokeTanningtonWilby

Other wards in the same constituency

BBacton30.3% aged 65+ · 83.1% owned2,783EEye30.9% aged 65+ · 68.4% owned2,892FFressingfield31.9% aged 65+ · 76.7% owned2,812GGislingham26.7% aged 65+ · 80.0% owned3,223HHaughley, Stowupland & Wetherden27.1% aged 65+ · 71.1% owned5,763HHoxne & Worlingworth30.2% aged 65+ · 77.2% owned2,697MMendlesham27.7% aged 65+ · 77.6% owned2,970PPalgrave29.0% aged 65+ · 80.1% owned2,911RRickinghall30.8% aged 65+ · 75.6% owned2,901WWalsham-le-Willows27.2% aged 65+ · 72.6% owned3,121

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.