Electoral wardE05013059
Petersfield ward, Cambridge
Petersfield is one of 14 electoral wards of Cambridge City Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 10,938 residents in 4,330 households — 6,748 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cambridge constituency; for county elections it is in the Petersfield division.
Residents, 202110,938council ward average 10,405
Households4,3302.53 residents per household
Density6,748/ km²about 1.62 km² · Cambridge 3,580
Aged 65+10.0%Cambridge: 11.4% · under 16: 11.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.1% · 340
5–93.4% · 377
10–154.5% · 493
16–198.8% · 960
20–2416.7% · 1,829
25–3423.6% · 2,577
35–4917.7% · 1,933
50–6412.2% · 1,333
65–745.5% · 602
75–843.6% · 398
85+0.8% · 92
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van48.5% · 2,100
1 car or van41.1% · 1,779
2 cars or vans8.6% · 372
3 or more1.8% · 78
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cambridge overall: 44.1% owned, 22.7% social rented, 31.5% private rented.
Owned outright22.0% · 952
With mortgage15.6% · 676
Shared ownership1.9% · 84
Social rented17.0% · 735
Private rented43.5% · 1,882
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house3.7% · 160
Semi-detached house10.0% · 435
Terraced house40.6% · 1,756
Purpose-built flat39.2% · 1,699
Converted house4.1% · 177
Other conversion1.0% · 45
Above shop / office1.3% · 55
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013059- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- County council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- County division
- Petersfield
- Constituency
- Cambridge
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 3 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% owned10,443NNewnham7.6% aged 65+ · 54.6% owned11,374RRomsey8.9% 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.