Electoral wardE05011276
Sawtry ward, Huntingdonshire
Sawtry is one of 26 electoral wards of Huntingdonshire District Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,594 residents in 2,804 households — 98 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Huntingdon constituency; for county elections it is in the Warboys & The Stukeleys and Sawtry & Stilton and Somersham & Earith divisions.
Residents, 20216,594council ward average 6,955
Households2,8042.35 residents per household
Density98/ km²about 67.01 km² · Huntingdonshire 200
Aged 65+19.8%Huntingdonshire: 20.2% · under 16: 17.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 351
5–95.7% · 376
10–156.6% · 435
16–194.5% · 295
20–244.8% · 317
25–3412.0% · 793
35–4918.1% · 1,194
50–6423.2% · 1,529
65–7411.0% · 724
75–846.4% · 425
85+2.4% · 155
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.5% · 294
1 car or van35.7% · 1,000
2 cars or vans38.7% · 1,085
3 or more15.2% · 425
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Huntingdonshire overall: 69.0% owned, 12.9% social rented, 16.8% private rented.
Owned outright35.6% · 998
With mortgage36.8% · 1,033
Shared ownership1.9% · 52
Social rented10.2% · 287
Private rented15.5% · 435
Type of home
Detached house50.9% · 1,428
Semi-detached house37.1% · 1,040
Terraced house8.0% · 224
Purpose-built flat2.4% · 67
Converted house0.6% · 16
Other conversion0.2% · 6
Above shop / office0.7% · 19
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011276- County council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- County division
- Warboys & The Stukeleys, Sawtry & Stilton, Somersham & Earith
- Constituency
- Huntingdon
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 20 of 26
Parishes in the ward
Abbots RiptonKings RiptonSawtryWood Walton
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% owned6,539HHolywell-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% owned3,415SSomersham23.8% 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.