West Suffolk District

West Suffolk
Non-metropolitan district
Countryside at Elveden
Coat of arms
West Suffolk district within Suffolk
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East of England
Non-metropolitan county	Suffolk
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Bury St Edmunds
Incorporated	1 April 2019
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	West Suffolk Council
Area
• Total	400 sq mi (1,035 km2)
• Rank	24th of 296
Population  (2022)
• Total	182,228
• Rank	114th of 296
• Density	460/sq mi (180/km2)
• Rank	253rd of 296
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 91.8% White 2.7% Mixed 2.6% Asian 1.6% Black 1.3% other
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 48.4% Christianity 42.6% no religion 8% other 1% Islam
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)

West Suffolk District is a local government district in Suffolk, England. It was established in 2019 as a merger of the previous Forest Heath District with the Borough of St Edmundsbury. The council is based in Bury St Edmunds, the district's largest town. The district also contains the towns of Brandon, Clare, Haverhill, Mildenhall and Newmarket, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. In 2021 it had a population of 180,820.

The neighbouring districts are Mid Suffolk, Babergh, Braintree, South Cambridgeshire, East Cambridgeshire, King's Lynn and West Norfolk and Breckland.