Electoral wardE05015433
Whittlesey North West ward, Fenland
Whittlesey North West is one of 18 electoral wards of Fenland District Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,137 residents in 2,274 households — 736 people per km², the 11th 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 division.
Residents, 20215,137council ward average 5,692
Households2,2742.26 residents per household
Density736/ km²about 6.98 km² · Fenland 188
Aged 65+23.1%Fenland: 22.8% · under 16: 17.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 288
5–95.8% · 296
10–155.9% · 302
16–193.4% · 173
20–244.4% · 226
25–3414.0% · 719
35–4917.6% · 903
50–6420.3% · 1,044
65–7412.9% · 665
75–847.4% · 378
85+2.8% · 143
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.4% · 305
1 car or van41.7% · 949
2 cars or vans34.2% · 777
3 or more10.7% · 243
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Fenland overall: 66.8% owned, 12.6% social rented, 20.0% private rented.
Owned outright38.1% · 865
With mortgage34.5% · 783
Shared ownership0.4% · 8
Social rented8.1% · 184
Private rented19.0% · 432
Type of home
Detached house50.2% · 1,143
Semi-detached house24.7% · 563
Terraced house14.8% · 338
Purpose-built flat6.3% · 143
Converted house1.1% · 25
Other conversion0.8% · 18
Above shop / office1.2% · 28
Caravan, mobile0.9% · 20
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015433- Council
- Fenland District Council
- County council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- County division
- Whittlesey North
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 8 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 East & Villages21.0% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned6,618WWhittlesey Lattersey27.4% aged 65+ · 64.1% owned2,415WWhittlesey 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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.