Electoral wardE05015428
March South ward, Fenland
March South is one of 18 electoral wards of Fenland District Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 3,857 residents in 1,765 households — 1,641 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North East Cambridgeshire constituency; for county elections it is in the March South & Rural division.
Residents, 20213,857council ward average 5,692
Households1,7652.19 residents per household
Density1,641/ km²about 2.35 km² · Fenland 188
Aged 65+29.9%Fenland: 22.8% · under 16: 13.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.6% · 139
5–93.8% · 148
10–156.1% · 234
16–193.3% · 126
20–245.4% · 207
25–3410.0% · 384
35–4916.7% · 644
50–6421.3% · 822
65–7414.1% · 545
75–8411.2% · 432
85+4.5% · 174
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.2% · 303
1 car or van43.2% · 762
2 cars or vans27.7% · 489
3 or more12.0% · 211
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Fenland overall: 66.8% owned, 12.6% social rented, 20.0% private rented.
Owned outright42.2% · 747
With mortgage28.6% · 506
Shared ownership0.8% · 14
Social rented10.6% · 187
Private rented17.6% · 312
Lives rent free0.2% · 4
Type of home
Detached house48.2% · 851
Semi-detached house27.3% · 482
Terraced house13.2% · 233
Purpose-built flat8.0% · 142
Converted house1.6% · 28
Other conversion0.3% · 5
Above shop / office1.3% · 23
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015428- Council
- Fenland District Council
- County council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- County division
- March South & Rural
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 6 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 North21.7% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned8,181MMarch 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 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.