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Electoral wardE05011263

Hemingford Grey & Houghton ward, Huntingdonshire

Hemingford Grey & Houghton is one of 26 electoral wards of Huntingdonshire District Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,539 residents in 2,684 households — 281 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Huntingdon constituency; for county elections it is in the St. Ives North & Wyton and The Hemingfords & Fenstanton divisions.

Residents, 20216,539council ward average 6,955
Households2,6842.44 residents per household
Density281/ km²about 23.27 km² · Huntingdonshire 200
Aged 65+22.6%Huntingdonshire: 20.2% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.8% · 382
5–96.3% · 410
10–156.7% · 438
16–193.2% · 210
20–244.7% · 306
25–3412.9% · 842
35–4919.6% · 1,279
50–6418.2% · 1,192
65–7411.4% · 743
75–848.2% · 535
85+3.1% · 203

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.0% · 215
1 car or van42.5% · 1,142
2 cars or vans37.9% · 1,016
3 or more11.6% · 311
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Huntingdonshire overall: 69.0% owned, 12.9% social rented, 16.8% private rented.

Owned outright40.5% · 1,087
With mortgage29.8% · 800
Shared ownership1.4% · 38
Social rented8.3% · 223
Private rented19.9% · 533
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house44.8% · 1,202
Semi-detached house25.9% · 695
Terraced house19.1% · 512
Purpose-built flat4.5% · 121
Converted house0.6% · 17
Other conversion0.5% · 14
Above shop / office0.2% · 5
Caravan, mobile4.4% · 117
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011263
County division
St. Ives North & Wyton, The Hemingfords & Fenstanton
Constituency
Huntingdon
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
13 of 26

Parishes in the ward

Hemingford GreyHoughton and WytonWyton-on-the-Hill

Other wards in the same constituency

AAlconbury25.5% aged 65+ · 81.3% owned3,591BBrampton14.8% aged 65+ · 63.6% owned9,128BBuckden28.9% aged 65+ · 77.3% owned3,389GGodmanchester & Hemingford Abbots18.7% aged 65+ · 66.0% owned9,895GGreat Staughton24.0% aged 65+ · 81.2% owned4,378HHolywell-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

All 26 wards of Huntingdonshire

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.