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Mildenhall Great Heath ward, West Suffolk

Mildenhall Great Heath is one of 43 electoral wards of West Suffolk Council, in Suffolk (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 3,433 residents in 1,408 households — 3,832 people per km², the 21st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the West Suffolk constituency; for county elections it is in the Mildenhall division.

Residents, 20213,433council ward average 4,203
Households1,4082.44 residents per household
Density3,832/ km²about 0.90 km² · West Suffolk 167
Aged 65+17.0%West Suffolk: 20.8% · under 16: 21.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.8% · 198
5–97.6% · 260
10–158.6% · 295
16–194.8% · 165
20–245.2% · 180
25–3412.3% · 423
35–4920.9% · 717
50–6417.8% · 612
65–749.3% · 320
75–845.3% · 183
85+2.3% · 80

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.8% · 250
1 car or van44.2% · 622
2 cars or vans28.5% · 401
3 or more9.6% · 135
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; West Suffolk overall: 60.2% owned, 16.2% social rented, 22.4% private rented.

Owned outright24.4% · 343
With mortgage24.1% · 339
Shared ownership0.9% · 13
Social rented31.3% · 441
Private rented19.0% · 267
Lives rent free0.4% · 5

Type of home

Detached house13.8% · 194
Semi-detached house37.5% · 528
Terraced house43.7% · 615
Purpose-built flat4.8% · 68
Converted house0.1% · 2
Other conversion0.1% · 1
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.