Electoral wardE05013061
Romsey ward, Cambridge
Romsey is one of 14 electoral wards of Cambridge City Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 10,189 residents in 4,042 households — 6,856 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cambridge constituency; for county elections it is in the Abbey and Romsey divisions.
Residents, 202110,189council ward average 10,405
Households4,0422.52 residents per household
Density6,856/ km²about 1.49 km² · Cambridge 3,580
Aged 65+8.9%Cambridge: 11.4% · under 16: 12.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 456
5–94.2% · 430
10–154.0% · 403
16–193.1% · 320
20–2412.9% · 1,318
25–3426.1% · 2,663
35–4923.1% · 2,349
50–6413.2% · 1,341
65–744.7% · 480
75–843.1% · 312
85+1.1% · 117
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van37.8% · 1,530
1 car or van46.3% · 1,870
2 cars or vans12.4% · 500
3 or more3.5% · 143
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cambridge overall: 44.1% owned, 22.7% social rented, 31.5% private rented.
Owned outright21.5% · 870
With mortgage22.7% · 918
Shared ownership1.3% · 54
Social rented13.9% · 563
Private rented40.5% · 1,635
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house4.5% · 181
Semi-detached house21.6% · 872
Terraced house47.3% · 1,910
Purpose-built flat21.1% · 851
Converted house4.1% · 165
Other conversion0.5% · 19
Above shop / office1.0% · 41
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013061- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- County council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- County division
- Abbey, Romsey
- Constituency
- Cambridge
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 1 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% owned11,374PPetersfield10.0% aged 65+ · 37.6% owned10,938TTrumpington9.1% 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.