Electoral wardE05013055
East Chesterton ward, Cambridge
East Chesterton is one of 14 electoral wards of Cambridge City Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 9,714 residents in 4,084 households — 3,715 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cambridge constituency; for county elections it is in the Chesterton and King's Hedges divisions.
Residents, 20219,714council ward average 10,405
Households4,0842.38 residents per household
Density3,715/ km²about 2.61 km² · Cambridge 3,580
Aged 65+15.0%Cambridge: 11.4% · under 16: 16.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 504
5–95.1% · 499
10–156.4% · 617
16–194.2% · 405
20–246.7% · 655
25–3420.1% · 1,955
35–4920.8% · 2,021
50–6416.5% · 1,599
65–747.3% · 707
75–844.7% · 460
85+3.0% · 293
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van32.9% · 1,343
1 car or van48.4% · 1,978
2 cars or vans15.4% · 628
3 or more3.3% · 135
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cambridge overall: 44.1% owned, 22.7% social rented, 31.5% private rented.
Owned outright20.7% · 845
With mortgage16.0% · 654
Shared ownership1.9% · 79
Social rented34.9% · 1,425
Private rented26.4% · 1,077
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house8.1% · 330
Semi-detached house35.4% · 1,448
Terraced house24.3% · 992
Purpose-built flat28.8% · 1,179
Converted house2.1% · 86
Other conversion0.2% · 10
Above shop / office0.2% · 9
Caravan, mobile0.8% · 33
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013055- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- County council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- County division
- Chesterton, King's Hedges
- Constituency
- Cambridge
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 14
Other wards in the same constituency
AAbbey10.8% aged 65+ · 39.9% owned10,783AArbury14.0% aged 65+ · 47.2% owned9,883CCastle9.4% aged 65+ · 40.9% owned7,861CColeridge11.2% aged 65+ · 43.6% owned10,501KKing'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.