Electoral wardE05011563
Ely East ward, East Cambridgeshire
Ely East is one of 14 electoral wards of East Cambridgeshire District Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,852 residents in 2,846 households — 367 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Ely and East Cambridgeshire constituency; for county elections it is in the Ely North and Ely South divisions.
Residents, 20215,852council ward average 6,269
Households2,8462.06 residents per household
Density367/ km²about 15.94 km² · East Cambridgeshire 135
Aged 65+24.0%East Cambridgeshire: 20.7% · under 16: 14.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.0% · 235
5–94.6% · 268
10–156.2% · 363
16–193.6% · 208
20–244.8% · 283
25–3413.5% · 790
35–4919.5% · 1,143
50–6419.7% · 1,154
65–7411.7% · 686
75–848.4% · 489
85+3.9% · 230
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van27.0% · 767
1 car or van46.8% · 1,331
2 cars or vans20.0% · 568
3 or more6.3% · 180
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; East Cambridgeshire overall: 68.0% owned, 14.0% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright34.8% · 989
With mortgage20.1% · 571
Shared ownership2.4% · 69
Social rented17.3% · 493
Private rented25.3% · 720
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house25.0% · 711
Semi-detached house25.5% · 727
Terraced house29.2% · 831
Purpose-built flat14.8% · 422
Converted house1.7% · 49
Other conversion1.0% · 28
Above shop / office1.8% · 51
Caravan, mobile0.9% · 27
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011563- County council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- County division
- Ely North, Ely South
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 14
Parishes in the ward
Ely
Other wards in the same constituency
BBottisham25.4% aged 65+ · 69.4% owned6,280BBurwell22.9% aged 65+ · 76.2% owned6,407DDownham Villages23.0% aged 65+ · 78.6% owned3,029EEly 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.