Electoral wardE05013052
Castle ward, Cambridge
Castle is one of 14 electoral wards of Cambridge City Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,861 residents in 2,452 households — 2,699 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cambridge constituency; for county elections it is in the Arbury and Castle and Newnham divisions.
Residents, 20217,861council ward average 10,405
Households2,4523.21 residents per household
Density2,699/ km²about 2.91 km² · Cambridge 3,580
Aged 65+9.4%Cambridge: 11.4% · under 16: 9.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.9% · 308
5–93.2% · 249
10–152.7% · 212
16–1910.1% · 793
20–2421.3% · 1,671
25–3423.6% · 1,859
35–4916.5% · 1,301
50–649.3% · 733
65–744.6% · 358
75–843.6% · 283
85+1.2% · 96
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van41.6% · 1,019
1 car or van43.3% · 1,062
2 cars or vans12.5% · 306
3 or more2.7% · 65
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cambridge overall: 44.1% owned, 22.7% social rented, 31.5% private rented.
Owned outright25.2% · 616
With mortgage15.8% · 386
Shared ownership1.0% · 25
Social rented16.1% · 395
Private rented41.8% · 1,023
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house14.0% · 342
Semi-detached house17.0% · 417
Terraced house17.1% · 419
Purpose-built flat48.1% · 1,180
Converted house3.0% · 74
Other conversion0.5% · 12
Above shop / office0.2% · 6
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013052- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- County council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- County division
- Arbury, Castle, Newnham
- Constituency
- Cambridge
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 14
Other wards in the same constituency
AAbbey10.8% aged 65+ · 39.9% owned10,783AArbury14.0% aged 65+ · 47.2% owned9,883CColeridge11.2% aged 65+ · 43.6% owned10,501EEast Chesterton15.0% aged 65+ · 36.7% owned9,714KKing's Hedges12.0% aged 65+ · 37.8% owned11,099MMarket7.9% aged 65+ · 33.2% owned10,443NNewnham7.6% aged 65+ · 54.6% owned11,374PPetersfield10.0% aged 65+ · 37.6% owned10,938RRomsey8.9% aged 65+ · 44.2% owned10,189TTrumpington9.1% aged 65+ · 43.2% owned12,393WWest Chesterton17.3% aged 65+ · 53.8% owned8,904
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.