Electoral wardE05013056
King's Hedges ward, Cambridge
King's Hedges is one of 14 electoral wards of Cambridge City Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 11,099 residents in 4,389 households — 6,640 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cambridge constituency; for county elections it is in the Arbury and King's Hedges divisions.
Residents, 202111,099council ward average 10,405
Households4,3892.53 residents per household
Density6,640/ km²about 1.67 km² · Cambridge 3,580
Aged 65+12.0%Cambridge: 11.4% · under 16: 17.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.8% · 646
5–95.8% · 641
10–156.1% · 673
16–192.9% · 317
20–246.9% · 765
25–3422.5% · 2,499
35–4922.7% · 2,515
50–6415.5% · 1,718
65–745.9% · 660
75–843.9% · 438
85+2.1% · 229
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van34.4% · 1,510
1 car or van45.6% · 2,000
2 cars or vans14.1% · 618
3 or more5.9% · 260
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cambridge overall: 44.1% owned, 22.7% social rented, 31.5% private rented.
Owned outright19.2% · 841
With mortgage18.6% · 818
Shared ownership2.2% · 96
Social rented33.3% · 1,462
Private rented26.4% · 1,159
Lives rent free0.3% · 13
Type of home
Detached house7.8% · 344
Semi-detached house27.6% · 1,213
Terraced house32.0% · 1,403
Purpose-built flat30.5% · 1,340
Converted house1.5% · 65
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office0.3% · 14
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013056- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- County council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- County division
- Arbury, King's Hedges
- Constituency
- Cambridge
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 4 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% owned10,501EEast Chesterton15.0% aged 65+ · 36.7% owned9,714MMarket7.9% 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.