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Electoral wardE05011569
Soham North ward, East Cambridgeshire
Soham North is one of 14 electoral wards of East Cambridgeshire District Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,994 residents in 2,878 households — 174 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Ely and East Cambridgeshire constituency; for county elections it is in the Soham North & Isleham division.
Residents, 20216,994council ward average 6,269
Households2,8782.43 residents per household
Density174/ km²about 40.24 km² · East Cambridgeshire 135
Aged 65+15.5%East Cambridgeshire: 20.7% · under 16: 20.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.0% · 420
5–96.9% · 481
10–158.0% · 561
16–193.6% · 251
20–244.5% · 316
25–3414.2% · 992
35–4921.9% · 1,531
50–6419.4% · 1,355
65–748.6% · 598
75–844.9% · 346
85+2.0% · 143
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.4% · 271
1 car or van39.8% · 1,145
2 cars or vans37.5% · 1,079
3 or more13.3% · 383
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; East Cambridgeshire overall: 68.0% owned, 14.0% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright30.0% · 863
With mortgage33.0% · 951
Shared ownership2.2% · 63
Social rented14.1% · 407
Private rented20.6% · 592
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house32.0% · 921
Semi-detached house36.1% · 1,040
Terraced house22.1% · 635
Purpose-built flat7.5% · 216
Converted house0.8% · 22
Other conversion0.4% · 11
Above shop / office0.1% · 2
Caravan, mobile1.0% · 30
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011569- County council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- County division
- Soham North & Isleham
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 14
Parishes in the ward
Soham
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% owned9,873FFordham & Isleham21.5% aged 65+ · 70.3% owned6,399HHaddenham23.2% aged 65+ · 74.4% owned3,438LLittleport17.4% aged 65+ · 62.7% owned9,910SSoham 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.