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Cambridgeshire County Council

Local authority area: Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire is a county council, in the East of England region of England. It covers 3,046.2 km² and had 689,109 residents in 2022 — about 226 people per km².

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Council headquartersShire Hall, Cambridge
Shire Hall, Cambridge
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People

Population

Estimates recorded for Cambridgeshire, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022689,109+9.7% since 2012
Land area3,046.2km²1,176.2 sq mi
Density226/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#19of 382 UK councils · #19 in England
Population estimates3 data points
628.3K651.5K689.1K
201220182022
Same region, same type

Other county councils in East of England

All councils in East of England
Essex1,519,509Hertfordshire1,204,588Norfolk925,299Suffolk768,555
Elections

59 county electoral divisions

Divisions are built from district wards (ONS best-fit lookup); residents are the Census 2021 totals of those wards.

DivisionDistrictWardsResidents
AbbeyCambridge330,315
Alconbury & KimboltonHuntingdonshire417,860
ArburyCambridge437,747
Bar HillSouth Cambridgeshire312,982
Brampton & BuckdenHuntingdonshire426,790
BurwellEast Cambridgeshire319,086
CambourneSouth Cambridgeshire215,840
CastleCambridge326,648
ChatterisFenland213,826
Cherry HintonCambridge219,844
ChestertonCambridge218,618
Cottenham & WillinghamSouth Cambridgeshire214,018
DuxfordSouth Cambridgeshire418,825
Ely NorthEast Cambridgeshire210,701
Ely SouthEast Cambridgeshire215,725
FulbournSouth Cambridgeshire110,641
GamlingaySouth Cambridgeshire414,635
Godmanchester & Huntingdon SouthHuntingdonshire329,528
HardwickSouth Cambridgeshire526,020
Histon & ImpingtonSouth Cambridgeshire111,428
Huntingdon North & HartfordHuntingdonshire219,633
Huntingdon WestHuntingdonshire218,646
King's HedgesCambridge220,813
LintonSouth Cambridgeshire210,828
LittleportEast Cambridgeshire19,910
Longstanton, Northstowe & OverSouth Cambridgeshire214,436
March North & WalderseyFenland533,095
March South & RuralFenland422,627
MarketCambridge330,721
Melbourn & BassingbournSouth Cambridgeshire212,395
NewnhamCambridge219,235
Papworth & SwaveseySouth Cambridgeshire29,893
PetersfieldCambridge332,164
Queen Edith'sCambridge332,092
Ramsey & BuryHuntingdonshire110,540
Roman Bank & PeckoverFenland317,488
RomseyCambridge220,690
Sawston & ShelfordSouth Cambridgeshire532,275
Sawtry & StiltonHuntingdonshire213,070
Soham North & IslehamEast Cambridgeshire319,641
Soham South & HaddenhamEast Cambridgeshire316,330
Somersham & EarithHuntingdonshire424,704
St. Ives North & WytonHuntingdonshire316,139
St. Ives South & NeedingworthHuntingdonshire317,545
St. Neots East & GransdenHuntingdonshire27,249
St. Neots EynesburyHuntingdonshire111,645
St. Neots Priory Park & Little PaxtonHuntingdonshire222,321
St. Neots The EatonsHuntingdonshire221,652
SuttonEast Cambridgeshire315,315
The Hemingfords & FenstantonHuntingdonshire428,281
TrumpingtonCambridge224,641
Warboys & The StukeleysHuntingdonshire320,186
WaterbeachSouth Cambridgeshire221,569
Whittlesey NorthFenland314,485
Whittlesey SouthFenland522,658
Wisbech EastFenland321,016
Wisbech WestFenland424,793
WooddittonEast Cambridgeshire212,477
Yaxley & FarcetHuntingdonshire111,199
Source: Wikidata Q21272276 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.