East Cambridgeshire District Council

Local authority area: East Cambridgeshire

East Cambridgeshire is a district council in Cambridgeshire, in the East of England region of England. It covers 651.3 km² and had 89,394 residents in 2022 — about 137 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Ely.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for East Cambridgeshire, 2012–2022.

Residents, 202289,394+5.0% since 2012

Land area651.3km²251.5 sq mi

Density137/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#342of 382 UK councils · #288 in England

Population estimates4 data points

85.1K87.3K89.4K89.4K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

1974
Created
East Cambridgeshire became a local authority area.

Abroad

Twinned with

Kempen

Same county

Other councils in Cambridgeshire

All councils in East of England

Huntingdonshire184,052 South Cambridgeshire165,633 Cambridge146,995 Fenland103,035

Elections

14 electoral wards

Census 2021: 87,762 residents in 37,203 households across the wards; 20.7% aged 65+, 68.0% of homes owned, 12.0% of households without a car.

1Littleport4,102 households · 17.4% aged 65+9,910 2Ely West4,216 households · 20.2% aged 65+9,873 3Soham North2,878 households · 15.5% aged 65+6,994 4Stretham2,775 households · 22.4% aged 65+6,644 5Burwell2,762 households · 22.9% aged 65+6,407 6Fordham & Isleham2,702 households · 21.5% aged 65+6,399

All wards of East Cambridgeshire

Visit

Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

CBottisham Locality & Childrens CentreCouncil office · Cambridge CB25 9DJ · hours listed PFordham Parish CouncilParish council · ELY CB7 5NL · hours listed

Westminster

Constituencies

Ely and East Cambridgeshire · 14 wards

Source: Wikidata Q1277768 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.