Electoral wardE05015436
Wisbech Riverside ward, Fenland
Wisbech Riverside is one of 18 electoral wards of Fenland District Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,241 residents in 2,216 households — 559 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North East Cambridgeshire constituency; for county elections it is in the Roman Bank & Peckover and Wisbech East and Wisbech West divisions.
Residents, 20215,241council ward average 5,692
Households2,2162.37 residents per household
Density559/ km²about 9.38 km² · Fenland 188
Aged 65+18.3%Fenland: 22.8% · under 16: 17.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 279
5–95.2% · 271
10–156.6% · 347
16–194.8% · 249
20–246.0% · 315
25–3413.7% · 716
35–4919.7% · 1,033
50–6420.5% · 1,074
65–749.8% · 516
75–845.8% · 305
85+2.6% · 137
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.0% · 576
1 car or van40.4% · 895
2 cars or vans24.1% · 535
3 or more9.5% · 210
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Fenland overall: 66.8% owned, 12.6% social rented, 20.0% private rented.
Owned outright29.2% · 646
With mortgage21.4% · 474
Shared ownership0.4% · 9
Social rented16.3% · 360
Private rented32.7% · 724
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house34.2% · 758
Semi-detached house26.1% · 578
Terraced house13.6% · 302
Purpose-built flat18.4% · 408
Converted house2.6% · 58
Other conversion2.0% · 44
Above shop / office0.9% · 19
Caravan, mobile2.3% · 50
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015436- Council
- Fenland District Council
- County council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- County division
- Roman Bank & Peckover, Wisbech East, Wisbech West
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 18
Parishes in the ward
Wisbech
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% owned5,137WWhittlesey South27.2% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned2,730
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.