Electoral wardE05015431
Whittlesey East & Villages ward, Fenland
Whittlesey East & Villages is one of 18 electoral wards of Fenland District Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,618 residents in 2,776 households — 136 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North East Cambridgeshire constituency; for county elections it is in the Whittlesey North and Whittlesey South divisions.
Residents, 20216,618council ward average 5,692
Households2,7762.38 residents per household
Density136/ km²about 48.73 km² · Fenland 188
Aged 65+21.0%Fenland: 22.8% · under 16: 18.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 348
5–96.3% · 418
10–156.8% · 451
16–193.9% · 259
20–244.7% · 309
25–3413.4% · 890
35–4916.9% · 1,119
50–6421.7% · 1,433
65–7411.7% · 771
75–846.7% · 444
85+2.7% · 176
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.1% · 279
1 car or van38.3% · 1,064
2 cars or vans37.4% · 1,037
3 or more14.3% · 396
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Fenland overall: 66.8% owned, 12.6% social rented, 20.0% private rented.
Owned outright37.5% · 1,043
With mortgage37.9% · 1,055
Shared ownership1.1% · 30
Social rented9.2% · 256
Private rented14.3% · 397
Type of home
Detached house47.1% · 1,309
Semi-detached house34.4% · 956
Terraced house13.4% · 372
Purpose-built flat4.4% · 122
Converted house0.3% · 8
Other conversion0.2% · 6
Above shop / office0.1% · 3
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015431- Council
- Fenland District Council
- County council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- County division
- Whittlesey North, Whittlesey South
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 18
Parishes in the ward
Whittlesey
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% owned5,990PParson Drove & Wisbech St Mary24.8% aged 65+ · 77.1% owned7,163WWhittlesey 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.