Electoral wardE05015434
Whittlesey South ward, Fenland
Whittlesey South is one of 18 electoral wards of Fenland District Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 2,730 residents in 1,255 households — 1,993 people per km², the 17th 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, 20212,730council ward average 5,692
Households1,2552.18 residents per household
Density1,993/ km²about 1.37 km² · Fenland 188
Aged 65+27.2%Fenland: 22.8% · under 16: 14.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.6% · 97
5–95.1% · 140
10–156.0% · 165
16–194.4% · 119
20–244.1% · 111
25–3410.5% · 286
35–4916.9% · 460
50–6422.3% · 608
65–7413.0% · 354
75–8410.2% · 278
85+4.1% · 111
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.7% · 197
1 car or van44.6% · 560
2 cars or vans28.9% · 363
3 or more10.8% · 136
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Fenland overall: 66.8% owned, 12.6% social rented, 20.0% private rented.
Owned outright41.6% · 522
With mortgage30.8% · 386
Shared ownership0.5% · 6
Social rented4.0% · 50
Private rented23.1% · 290
Type of home
Detached house52.0% · 651
Semi-detached house26.8% · 336
Terraced house10.7% · 134
Purpose-built flat6.5% · 82
Converted house1.2% · 15
Other conversion1.1% · 14
Above shop / office1.7% · 21
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015434- 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
- 3 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 North West23.1% aged 65+ · 72.5% owned5,137WWisbech 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.