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Electoral wardE05011562
Downham Villages ward, East Cambridgeshire
Downham Villages is one of 14 electoral wards of East Cambridgeshire District Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 3,029 residents in 1,229 households — 53 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Ely and East Cambridgeshire constituency; for county elections it is in the Sutton division.
Residents, 20213,029council ward average 6,269
Households1,2292.46 residents per household
Density53/ km²about 57.26 km² · East Cambridgeshire 135
Aged 65+23.0%East Cambridgeshire: 20.7% · under 16: 17.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 143
5–95.5% · 167
10–157.0% · 212
16–194.2% · 126
20–243.7% · 111
25–349.6% · 289
35–4919.0% · 576
50–6423.3% · 706
65–7413.8% · 419
75–847.1% · 216
85+2.0% · 61
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van6.5% · 80
1 car or van31.9% · 392
2 cars or vans40.0% · 492
3 or more21.6% · 265
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; East Cambridgeshire overall: 68.0% owned, 14.0% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright42.3% · 521
With mortgage36.2% · 446
Shared ownership0.5% · 6
Social rented10.2% · 126
Private rented10.7% · 132
Type of home
Detached house60.2% · 740
Semi-detached house29.6% · 364
Terraced house8.4% · 103
Purpose-built flat0.4% · 5
Converted house0.3% · 4
Other conversion0.2% · 2
Above shop / office0.4% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011562- County council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- County division
- Sutton
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 14
Parishes in the ward
CoveneyDownhamEly
Other wards in the same constituency
BBottisham25.4% aged 65+ · 69.4% owned6,280BBurwell22.9% aged 65+ · 76.2% owned6,407EEly East24.0% aged 65+ · 54.8% owned5,852EEly North13.0% aged 65+ · 70.0% owned4,849EEly West20.2% aged 65+ · 66.7% owned9,873FFordham & Isleham21.5% aged 65+ · 70.3% owned6,399HHaddenham23.2% aged 65+ · 74.4% owned3,438LLittleport17.4% aged 65+ · 62.7% owned9,910SSoham North15.5% aged 65+ · 63.0% owned6,994SSoham South19.6% aged 65+ · 59.7% owned6,248SStretham22.4% aged 65+ · 76.8% owned6,644SSutton21.3% aged 65+ · 77.9% owned5,642WWoodditton24.6% aged 65+ · 66.6% owned6,197
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.