Electoral wardE05015426
March East ward, Fenland
March East is one of 18 electoral wards of Fenland District Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,838 residents in 3,273 households — 432 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North East Cambridgeshire constituency; for county elections it is in the March North & Waldersey and March South & Rural divisions.
Residents, 20216,838council ward average 5,692
Households3,2732.09 residents per household
Density432/ km²about 15.84 km² · Fenland 188
Aged 65+28.7%Fenland: 22.8% · under 16: 15.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 322
5–95.1% · 347
10–156.0% · 413
16–193.3% · 224
20–244.9% · 332
25–3410.8% · 740
35–4916.3% · 1,113
50–6420.3% · 1,386
65–7414.8% · 1,010
75–849.6% · 657
85+4.3% · 293
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.9% · 717
1 car or van45.1% · 1,475
2 cars or vans23.9% · 781
3 or more9.1% · 299
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Fenland overall: 66.8% owned, 12.6% social rented, 20.0% private rented.
Owned outright37.9% · 1,242
With mortgage21.7% · 711
Shared ownership0.3% · 10
Social rented16.7% · 546
Private rented23.3% · 763
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house37.6% · 1,232
Semi-detached house24.8% · 813
Terraced house21.5% · 704
Purpose-built flat13.8% · 453
Converted house1.0% · 33
Other conversion0.2% · 5
Above shop / office0.7% · 24
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 9
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015426- Council
- Fenland District Council
- County council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- County division
- March North & Waldersey, March South & Rural
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 18
Parishes in the ward
March
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% owned4,923LLeverington & Wisbech Rural29.5% aged 65+ · 76.6% owned5,084MMarch 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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.