Electoral wardE05015438
Wisbech Walsoken & Waterlees ward, Fenland
Wisbech Walsoken & Waterlees is one of 18 electoral wards of Fenland District Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,931 residents in 2,871 households — 3,585 people per km², the 5th 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, 20216,931council ward average 5,692
Households2,8712.41 residents per household
Density3,585/ km²about 1.93 km² · Fenland 188
Aged 65+21.3%Fenland: 22.8% · under 16: 18.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.4% · 374
5–95.8% · 400
10–156.8% · 472
16–193.7% · 260
20–245.9% · 410
25–3413.6% · 945
35–4917.8% · 1,236
50–6419.6% · 1,360
65–7411.4% · 789
75–846.7% · 467
85+3.2% · 222
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.6% · 563
1 car or van44.1% · 1,267
2 cars or vans25.8% · 740
3 or more10.5% · 300
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Fenland overall: 66.8% owned, 12.6% social rented, 20.0% private rented.
Owned outright35.2% · 1,014
With mortgage26.9% · 774
Shared ownership0.1% · 4
Social rented14.8% · 427
Private rented22.9% · 658
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house37.7% · 1,083
Semi-detached house37.7% · 1,082
Terraced house16.1% · 462
Purpose-built flat6.8% · 196
Converted house1.0% · 29
Other conversion0.2% · 6
Above shop / office0.3% · 9
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015438- 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
- 2 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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.