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Electoral wardE05011264

Holywell-cum-Needingworth ward, Huntingdonshire

Holywell-cum-Needingworth is one of 26 electoral wards of Huntingdonshire District Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,796 residents in 2,870 households — 209 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Huntingdon constituency; for county elections it is in the St. Ives South & Needingworth and Somersham & Earith divisions.

Residents, 20216,796council ward average 6,955
Households2,8702.37 residents per household
Density209/ km²about 32.47 km² · Huntingdonshire 200
Aged 65+25.2%Huntingdonshire: 20.2% · under 16: 15.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.5% · 306
5–94.9% · 330
10–156.2% · 420
16–193.8% · 255
20–244.0% · 274
25–348.9% · 605
35–4918.0% · 1,223
50–6424.6% · 1,669
65–7414.5% · 987
75–848.3% · 564
85+2.4% · 165

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van5.7% · 163
1 car or van33.0% · 948
2 cars or vans42.5% · 1,219
3 or more18.8% · 541
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright47.8% · 1,374
With mortgage36.2% · 1,040
Shared ownership0.6% · 18
Social rented6.1% · 174
Private rented9.3% · 266
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house58.5% · 1,679
Semi-detached house31.9% · 915
Terraced house7.6% · 219
Purpose-built flat0.5% · 15
Converted house0.7% · 20
Other conversion0.3% · 10
Above shop / office0.3% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 6
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011264
County division
St. Ives South & Needingworth, Somersham & Earith
Constituency
Huntingdon
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
16 of 26

Parishes in the ward

BluntishamColneEarithHolywell-cum-Needingworth

Council offices in this ward

PHolywell-cum-Needingworth Parish CouncilParish council · PE27 4SWPBluntisham Parish CouncilParish council · PE28 3XG

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% owned4,378HHemingford Grey & Houghton22.6% aged 65+ · 70.4% owned6,539HHuntingdon 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.