Electoral wardE05015430
Parson Drove & Wisbech St Mary ward, Fenland
Parson Drove & Wisbech St Mary is one of 18 electoral wards of Fenland District Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,163 residents in 3,046 households — 90 people per km², the 3rd 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 Roman Bank & Peckover divisions.
Residents, 20217,163council ward average 5,692
Households3,0462.35 residents per household
Density90/ km²about 79.59 km² · Fenland 188
Aged 65+24.8%Fenland: 22.8% · under 16: 16.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 320
5–95.2% · 375
10–156.8% · 484
16–193.9% · 280
20–244.5% · 324
25–3410.3% · 739
35–4916.8% · 1,207
50–6423.1% · 1,655
65–7414.1% · 1,010
75–848.0% · 575
85+2.7% · 195
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.0% · 273
1 car or van36.5% · 1,114
2 cars or vans35.3% · 1,076
3 or more19.2% · 587
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Fenland overall: 66.8% owned, 12.6% social rented, 20.0% private rented.
Owned outright45.9% · 1,398
With mortgage31.2% · 949
Shared ownership0.6% · 19
Social rented10.3% · 315
Private rented11.9% · 363
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house65.0% · 1,978
Semi-detached house26.1% · 796
Terraced house4.7% · 144
Purpose-built flat0.1% · 4
Converted house0.1% · 3
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.1% · 2
Caravan, mobile3.8% · 115
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015430- Council
- Fenland District Council
- County council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- County division
- March North & Waldersey, Roman Bank & Peckover
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 18
Parishes in the ward
GorefieldParson DroveWisbech St. Mary
Council offices in this ward
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 South29.9% aged 65+ · 70.8% owned3,857MMarch West & Benwick18.2% aged 65+ · 69.9% owned5,990WWhittlesey 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.