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St Margaret's · Ipswich

St Margaret's: your neighbourhood

St Margaret's electoral ward · May 2026 boundaries. Every figure carries its own date.

What stands out here?

People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 44.2% here, compared with 26.2% across Ipswich (18 percentage points higher).

Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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Homes rented from a council or housing association: 8% here, compared with 21% across Ipswich (12.7 percentage points lower).

The share of social housing describes the homes already here. It does not show the current waiting list or whether enough suitable homes are available.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 13.6% here, compared with 21.7% across Ipswich (8.1 percentage points lower).

Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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The ward in numbers

People aged 65 or over

21.1%

21 March 2021 · St Margaret's

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents

1,774 out of 8,390.

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People reporting bad or very bad health

3.6%

21 March 2021 · St Margaret's

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents; self-reported, not age-standardised

304 out of 8,388.

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People counted in the census

8,388

21 March 2021 · St Margaret's

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents

8,388 out of 8,388.

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People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent

44.2%

21 March 2021 · St Margaret's

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

Residents aged 16 and over

3,054 out of 6,910.

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Households facing at least one measured disadvantage

44.2%

21 March 2021 · St Margaret's

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

1,620 out of 3,662.

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages

12.8%

21 March 2021 · St Margaret's

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

470 out of 3,662.

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Residents aged 16+ outside the labour market

38.3%

21 March 2021 · St Margaret's

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

2,644 out of 6,898.

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Residents aged 16+ in work

58.9%

21 March 2021 · St Margaret's

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

4,061 out of 6,898.

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Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability

2.2%

21 March 2021 · St Margaret's

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

151 out of 6,898.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications

13.6%

21 March 2021 · St Margaret's

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

Residents aged 16 and over

940 out of 6,910.

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Homes rented privately

26%

21 March 2021 · St Margaret's

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

960 out of 3,663.

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Residents aged 16+ retired

25.4%

21 March 2021 · St Margaret's

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,750 out of 6,898.

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Homes rented from a council or housing association

8%

21 March 2021 · St Margaret's

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

296 out of 3,663.

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Residents aged 16+ unemployed

2.8%

21 March 2021 · St Margaret's

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly. Unemployed residents as a share of all residents aged 16+; this is not the unemployment rate among economically active people.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

193 out of 6,898.

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Crime and safety

Police-recorded locations for St Margaret's ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.

362 mapped crimes

September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 365 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.

Mapped crime over time

September 2024 to August 2026

St Margaret's ward · mapped crimes

Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: 33 mapped crimes in September 2024; 45 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · St Margaret's
MonthMapped crimeAnti-social behaviour
September 2024331
October 2024262
November 2024261
December 2024291
January 2025372
February 2025342
March 2025202
April 2025213
May 2025415
June 2025282
July 2025326
August 2025388
September 2025262
October 2025313
November 2025191
December 2025241
January 2026253
February 2026231
March 2026200
April 2026392
May 2026411
June 2026403
July 2026294
August 2026456
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · St Margaret's
CategoryMapped crimes
violent crime194
criminal damage arson35
other theft31
vehicle crime27
public order23
burglary13
drugs10
shoplifting8
possession of weapons8
other crime5
bicycle theft4
theft from the person2
robbery2
What these numbers include

Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.

Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and unusable locations excluded.

An empty ward count means no mapped rows in the complete required force files; it does not prove that no crime occurred.

These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.

Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.

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Projects and proposed responses

A nearby project is not proof of a benefit to the whole ward. Only source-supported ward links are attached here.

No project boundary has been verified against this ward. See projects and their stated locations →

Proposed responses across Ipswich →