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Electoral wardE05011570
Soham South ward, East Cambridgeshire
Soham South is one of 14 electoral wards of East Cambridgeshire District Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,248 residents in 2,726 households — 220 people per km², the 8th 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 and Soham South & Haddenham divisions.
Residents, 20216,248council ward average 6,269
Households2,7262.29 residents per household
Density220/ km²about 28.41 km² · East Cambridgeshire 135
Aged 65+19.6%East Cambridgeshire: 20.7% · under 16: 19.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.2% · 385
5–96.1% · 384
10–157.5% · 472
16–193.2% · 201
20–244.6% · 288
25–3413.6% · 852
35–4919.9% · 1,247
50–6419.1% · 1,197
65–7410.3% · 645
75–846.4% · 402
85+2.9% · 179
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.3% · 418
1 car or van39.3% · 1,072
2 cars or vans33.4% · 911
3 or more11.9% · 324
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; East Cambridgeshire overall: 68.0% owned, 14.0% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright29.2% · 797
With mortgage30.5% · 831
Shared ownership2.4% · 66
Social rented18.0% · 492
Private rented19.9% · 543
Type of home
Detached house33.7% · 919
Semi-detached house34.3% · 935
Terraced house17.4% · 475
Purpose-built flat10.8% · 294
Converted house1.7% · 45
Other conversion1.1% · 29
Above shop / office0.7% · 18
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 11
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011570- County council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- County division
- Soham North & Isleham, Soham South & Haddenham
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 14
Parishes in the ward
SohamWicken
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 North15.5% aged 65+ · 63.0% owned6,994SStretham22.4% 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.