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Electoral wardE05013053

Cherry Hinton ward, Cambridge

Cherry Hinton is one of 14 electoral wards of Cambridge City Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 9,343 residents in 3,747 households — 2,439 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Cambridgeshire constituency; for county elections it is in the Abbey and Cherry Hinton and Queen Edith's divisions.

Residents, 20219,343council ward average 10,405
Households3,7472.49 residents per household
Density2,439/ km²about 3.83 km² · Cambridge 3,580
Aged 65+15.5%Cambridge: 11.4% · under 16: 20.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.9% · 551
5–96.2% · 579
10–157.9% · 735
16–193.1% · 292
20–244.8% · 450
25–3416.2% · 1,517
35–4923.4% · 2,185
50–6416.9% · 1,583
65–748.5% · 794
75–845.1% · 481
85+1.9% · 177

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van24.5% · 917
1 car or van49.7% · 1,864
2 cars or vans20.6% · 773
3 or more5.2% · 193
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Cambridge overall: 44.1% owned, 22.7% social rented, 31.5% private rented.

Owned outright29.5% · 1,104
With mortgage26.9% · 1,009
Shared ownership0.7% · 26
Social rented22.6% · 846
Private rented20.2% · 757
Lives rent free0.1% · 5

Type of home

Detached house13.4% · 503
Semi-detached house41.0% · 1,535
Terraced house23.0% · 863
Purpose-built flat20.7% · 775
Converted house1.4% · 52
Other conversion0.2% · 8
Above shop / office0.3% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05013053
County division
Abbey, Cherry Hinton, Queen Edith's
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
12 of 14

Other wards in the same constituency

All 14 wards of Cambridge

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.