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Electoral wardE05011566
Fordham & Isleham ward, East Cambridgeshire
Fordham & Isleham is one of 14 electoral wards of East Cambridgeshire District Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,399 residents in 2,702 households — 93 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Ely and East Cambridgeshire constituency; for county elections it is in the Burwell and Soham North & Isleham divisions.
Residents, 20216,399council ward average 6,269
Households2,7022.37 residents per household
Density93/ km²about 69.10 km² · East Cambridgeshire 135
Aged 65+21.5%East Cambridgeshire: 20.7% · under 16: 18.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 327
5–96.6% · 425
10–156.9% · 444
16–193.4% · 215
20–243.9% · 251
25–3410.6% · 676
35–4920.3% · 1,296
50–6421.7% · 1,391
65–7412.2% · 778
75–846.8% · 433
85+2.5% · 163
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van6.9% · 187
1 car or van35.3% · 955
2 cars or vans39.8% · 1,075
3 or more17.9% · 485
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; East Cambridgeshire overall: 68.0% owned, 14.0% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright38.3% · 1,036
With mortgage31.9% · 863
Shared ownership0.9% · 24
Social rented13.7% · 370
Private rented15.1% · 408
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house49.5% · 1,339
Semi-detached house33.5% · 906
Terraced house12.5% · 338
Purpose-built flat1.4% · 38
Converted house0.9% · 24
Other conversion0.4% · 12
Above shop / office0.3% · 8
Caravan, mobile1.4% · 39
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011566- County council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- County division
- Burwell, Soham North & Isleham
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 14
Parishes in the ward
ChippenhamFordhamIslehamKennettSnailwell
Council offices in this ward
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 East24.0% aged 65+ · 54.8% owned5,852EEly North13.0% aged 65+ · 70.0% owned4,849EEly West20.2% aged 65+ · 66.7% owned9,873HHaddenham23.2% 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.