Electoral wardE05011258
Buckden ward, Huntingdonshire
Buckden is one of 26 electoral wards of Huntingdonshire District Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 3,389 residents in 1,514 households — 125 people per km², the 24th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Huntingdon constituency; for county elections it is in the Brampton & Buckden division.
Residents, 20213,389council ward average 6,955
Households1,5142.24 residents per household
Density125/ km²about 27.07 km² · Huntingdonshire 200
Aged 65+28.9%Huntingdonshire: 20.2% · under 16: 15.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 150
5–94.6% · 157
10–156.6% · 222
16–193.8% · 130
20–243.5% · 120
25–348.7% · 294
35–4917.7% · 599
50–6421.8% · 738
65–7414.2% · 481
75–8411.1% · 375
85+3.6% · 122
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.8% · 149
1 car or van38.4% · 581
2 cars or vans37.2% · 563
3 or more14.6% · 221
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Huntingdonshire overall: 69.0% owned, 12.9% social rented, 16.8% private rented.
Owned outright46.1% · 697
With mortgage31.2% · 471
Shared ownership0.5% · 8
Social rented10.0% · 151
Private rented12.2% · 184
Type of home
Detached house54.3% · 823
Semi-detached house26.6% · 403
Terraced house11.8% · 179
Purpose-built flat4.0% · 61
Converted house0.9% · 13
Other conversion0.8% · 12
Above shop / office0.4% · 6
Caravan, mobile1.3% · 19
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011258- County council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- County division
- Brampton & Buckden
- Constituency
- Huntingdon
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 19 of 26
Parishes in the ward
BuckdenDiddingtonSouthoe and Midloe
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
AAlconbury25.5% aged 65+ · 81.3% owned3,591BBrampton14.8% aged 65+ · 63.6% owned9,128GGodmanchester & Hemingford Abbots18.7% aged 65+ · 66.0% owned9,895GGreat Staughton24.0% aged 65+ · 81.2% owned4,378HHemingford Grey & Houghton22.6% aged 65+ · 70.4% owned6,539HHolywell-cum-Needingworth25.2% aged 65+ · 84.0% owned6,796HHuntingdon East24.2% aged 65+ · 75.0% owned6,938HHuntingdon North12.5% aged 65+ · 41.6% owned12,695KKimbolton23.8% aged 65+ · 78.5% owned3,415SSawtry19.8% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned6,594SSomersham23.8% aged 65+ · 76.8% owned3,673SSt Ives East16.4% aged 65+ · 68.9% owned6,635SSt Ives South23.7% aged 65+ · 62.3% owned7,784SSt Ives West24.7% aged 65+ · 77.0% owned2,965
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.