Electoral wardE05015427
March North ward, Fenland
March North is one of 18 electoral wards of Fenland District Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,181 residents in 3,488 households — 1,688 people per km², the 2nd 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 division.
Residents, 20218,181council ward average 5,692
Households3,4882.35 residents per household
Density1,688/ km²about 4.85 km² · Fenland 188
Aged 65+21.7%Fenland: 22.8% · under 16: 18.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 388
5–96.4% · 523
10–157.4% · 603
16–193.9% · 323
20–244.9% · 401
25–3412.3% · 1,009
35–4917.6% · 1,439
50–6421.0% · 1,719
65–7411.0% · 897
75–848.2% · 673
85+2.6% · 210
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.3% · 500
1 car or van46.1% · 1,608
2 cars or vans28.8% · 1,004
3 or more10.7% · 373
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Fenland overall: 66.8% owned, 12.6% social rented, 20.0% private rented.
Owned outright40.4% · 1,410
With mortgage31.4% · 1,095
Shared ownership0.7% · 26
Social rented6.5% · 227
Private rented20.8% · 727
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house48.3% · 1,683
Semi-detached house28.3% · 987
Terraced house18.5% · 647
Purpose-built flat3.2% · 111
Converted house0.4% · 14
Other conversion0.4% · 13
Above shop / office0.4% · 15
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 18
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015427- Council
- Fenland District Council
- County council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- County division
- March North & Waldersey
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 5 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 East28.7% aged 65+ · 59.7% owned6,838MMarch 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.