It returns three councillors to Ipswich Borough Council.

It is designated Middle Layer Super Output Area Ipswich 009 by the Office for National Statistics.

[1] It is composed of 5 Lower Layer Super Output Areas.

[2] Bixley Ward is located on the eastern edge of Ipswich.

A high proportion of its residents living alone and it also had a high proportion of older people and of single person pensioner households.