Electoral wardE05015437
Wisbech South ward, Fenland
Wisbech South is one of 18 electoral wards of Fenland District Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,844 residents in 3,901 households — 1,342 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North East Cambridgeshire constituency; for county elections it is in the Wisbech East and Wisbech West divisions.
Residents, 20218,844council ward average 5,692
Households3,9012.27 residents per household
Density1,342/ km²about 6.59 km² · Fenland 188
Aged 65+20.2%Fenland: 22.8% · under 16: 16.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 496
5–95.1% · 452
10–155.6% · 491
16–193.8% · 337
20–245.9% · 525
25–3414.4% · 1,274
35–4919.6% · 1,734
50–6419.7% · 1,743
65–7410.3% · 911
75–846.7% · 596
85+3.2% · 282
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van28.9% · 1,126
1 car or van43.6% · 1,701
2 cars or vans20.5% · 800
3 or more7.0% · 271
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Fenland overall: 66.8% owned, 12.6% social rented, 20.0% private rented.
Owned outright30.4% · 1,184
With mortgage19.6% · 765
Shared ownership0.5% · 21
Social rented17.7% · 690
Private rented31.7% · 1,234
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house33.9% · 1,320
Semi-detached house27.2% · 1,060
Terraced house14.0% · 546
Purpose-built flat19.5% · 758
Converted house2.1% · 81
Other conversion0.9% · 36
Above shop / office1.7% · 67
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 29
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015437- Council
- Fenland District Council
- County council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- County division
- Wisbech East, Wisbech West
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 7 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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.