Electoral wardE05013057
Market ward, Cambridge
Market is one of 14 electoral wards of Cambridge City Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 10,443 residents in 2,659 households — 4,856 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cambridge constituency; for county elections it is in the Market and Petersfield divisions.
Residents, 202110,443council ward average 10,405
Households2,6593.93 residents per household
Density4,856/ km²about 2.15 km² · Cambridge 3,580
Aged 65+7.9%Cambridge: 11.4% · under 16: 6.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–41.6% · 162
5–91.7% · 181
10–153.1% · 319
16–1916.8% · 1,752
20–2432.4% · 3,386
25–3418.9% · 1,977
35–4910.0% · 1,040
50–647.7% · 804
65–743.7% · 386
75–842.8% · 292
85+1.4% · 145
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van50.1% · 1,332
1 car or van39.4% · 1,048
2 cars or vans8.5% · 226
3 or more2.0% · 53
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cambridge overall: 44.1% owned, 22.7% social rented, 31.5% private rented.
Owned outright21.8% · 579
With mortgage11.4% · 304
Shared ownership0.6% · 17
Social rented15.6% · 414
Private rented50.5% · 1,344
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house5.1% · 136
Semi-detached house5.6% · 149
Terraced house37.2% · 990
Purpose-built flat39.3% · 1,044
Converted house7.1% · 188
Other conversion1.5% · 40
Above shop / office3.8% · 101
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 10
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013057- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- County council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- County division
- Market, Petersfield
- Constituency
- Cambridge
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 14
Council offices in this ward
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% owned9,714KKing's Hedges12.0% aged 65+ · 37.8% owned11,099NNewnham7.6% 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.