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Electoral wardE05011568

Littleport ward, East Cambridgeshire

Littleport is one of 14 electoral wards of East Cambridgeshire District Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 9,910 residents in 4,102 households — 134 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Ely and East Cambridgeshire constituency; for county elections it is in the Littleport division.

Residents, 20219,910council ward average 6,269
Households4,1022.42 residents per household
Density134/ km²about 74.01 km² · East Cambridgeshire 135
Aged 65+17.4%East Cambridgeshire: 20.7% · under 16: 19.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.2% · 617
5–96.4% · 639
10–157.3% · 721
16–193.4% · 340
20–245.2% · 513
25–3415.1% · 1,499
35–4920.3% · 2,009
50–6418.6% · 1,844
65–749.0% · 896
75–845.6% · 558
85+2.8% · 274

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.6% · 559
1 car or van39.9% · 1,635
2 cars or vans33.2% · 1,362
3 or more13.3% · 546
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; East Cambridgeshire overall: 68.0% owned, 14.0% social rented, 16.4% private rented.

Owned outright28.6% · 1,171
With mortgage34.1% · 1,398
Shared ownership1.7% · 68
Social rented18.1% · 741
Private rented17.6% · 722

Type of home

Detached house33.4% · 1,371
Semi-detached house39.1% · 1,602
Terraced house16.7% · 684
Purpose-built flat6.6% · 271
Converted house1.1% · 46
Other conversion1.0% · 39
Above shop / office0.5% · 21
Caravan, mobile1.6% · 66
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.