Electoral wardE05015425
Leverington & Wisbech Rural ward, Fenland
Leverington & Wisbech Rural is one of 18 electoral wards of Fenland District Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,084 residents in 2,283 households — 159 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North East Cambridgeshire constituency; for county elections it is in the Roman Bank & Peckover division.
Residents, 20215,084council ward average 5,692
Households2,2832.23 residents per household
Density159/ km²about 32.04 km² · Fenland 188
Aged 65+29.5%Fenland: 22.8% · under 16: 15.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 234
5–94.7% · 237
10–155.8% · 295
16–193.1% · 158
20–244.3% · 218
25–349.2% · 466
35–4915.6% · 791
50–6423.3% · 1,184
65–7416.8% · 854
75–849.4% · 480
85+3.3% · 166
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.5% · 240
1 car or van42.1% · 961
2 cars or vans32.5% · 742
3 or more15.0% · 342
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Fenland overall: 66.8% owned, 12.6% social rented, 20.0% private rented.
Owned outright48.5% · 1,108
With mortgage28.1% · 643
Shared ownership0.3% · 8
Social rented9.4% · 216
Private rented13.6% · 310
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house60.9% · 1,390
Semi-detached house28.2% · 643
Terraced house8.1% · 184
Purpose-built flat0.7% · 17
Converted house0.2% · 5
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.2% · 5
Caravan, mobile1.6% · 37
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015425- Council
- Fenland District Council
- County council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- County division
- Roman Bank & Peckover
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 18
Parishes in the ward
LeveringtonNewton-in-the-IsleTydd St. GilesWisbech
Other wards in the same constituency
CChatteris North & Manea19.7% aged 65+ · 69.6% owned7,027CChatteris South21.2% aged 65+ · 69.7% owned6,799DDoddington & Wimblington26.4% aged 65+ · 78.6% owned4,905EElm & Christchurch25.4% aged 65+ · 73.5% owned4,923MMarch East28.7% aged 65+ · 59.7% owned6,838MMarch North21.7% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned8,181MMarch South29.9% aged 65+ · 70.8% owned3,857MMarch West & Benwick18.2% aged 65+ · 69.9% owned5,990PParson Drove & Wisbech St Mary24.8% aged 65+ · 77.1% owned7,163WWhittlesey East & Villages21.0% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned6,618WWhittlesey Lattersey27.4% aged 65+ · 64.1% owned2,415WWhittlesey North West23.1% aged 65+ · 72.5% owned5,137WWhittlesey South27.2% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned2,730WWisbech North14.9% aged 65+ · 38.1% owned3,777
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.