Electoral wardE05013058
Newnham ward, Cambridge
Newnham is one of 14 electoral wards of Cambridge City Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 11,374 residents in 1,649 households — 2,344 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cambridge constituency; for county elections it is in the Market and Newnham divisions.
Residents, 202111,374council ward average 10,405
Households1,6496.9 residents per household
Density2,344/ km²about 4.85 km² · Cambridge 3,580
Aged 65+7.6%Cambridge: 11.4% · under 16: 5.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–41.4% · 163
5–91.8% · 203
10–152.7% · 305
16–1921.1% · 2,404
20–2436.6% · 4,167
25–3416.1% · 1,830
35–496.7% · 759
50–646.0% · 678
65–743.7% · 426
75–842.6% · 293
85+1.3% · 145
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van32.3% · 532
1 car or van48.0% · 791
2 cars or vans15.5% · 256
3 or more4.2% · 70
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cambridge overall: 44.1% owned, 22.7% social rented, 31.5% private rented.
Owned outright37.8% · 624
With mortgage16.7% · 276
Shared ownership1.1% · 18
Social rented11.5% · 189
Private rented32.9% · 542
Type of home
Detached house27.2% · 449
Semi-detached house11.6% · 191
Terraced house26.9% · 443
Purpose-built flat28.6% · 471
Converted house4.8% · 79
Other conversion0.7% · 11
Above shop / office0.1% · 1
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013058- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- County council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- County division
- Market, Newnham
- Constituency
- Cambridge
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 13 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% owned9,714KKing's Hedges12.0% aged 65+ · 37.8% owned11,099MMarket7.9% aged 65+ · 33.2% owned10,443PPetersfield10.0% 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.