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Electoral wardE05011270

St Ives South ward, Huntingdonshire

St Ives South is one of 26 electoral wards of Huntingdonshire District Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,784 residents in 3,599 households — 1,504 people per km², the 9th 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 The Hemingfords & Fenstanton divisions.

Residents, 20217,784council ward average 6,955
Households3,5992.16 residents per household
Density1,504/ km²about 5.18 km² · Huntingdonshire 200
Aged 65+23.7%Huntingdonshire: 20.2% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.3% · 334
5–94.7% · 369
10–157.1% · 555
16–193.5% · 270
20–245.4% · 423
25–3412.3% · 958
35–4919.6% · 1,525
50–6419.3% · 1,505
65–7411.5% · 896
75–848.5% · 660
85+3.7% · 289

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.4% · 699
1 car or van44.8% · 1,613
2 cars or vans27.5% · 990
3 or more8.2% · 295
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright36.6% · 1,317
With mortgage25.7% · 924
Shared ownership1.0% · 35
Social rented12.8% · 461
Private rented23.9% · 859
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house24.6% · 886
Semi-detached house34.1% · 1,226
Terraced house17.7% · 636
Purpose-built flat16.4% · 589
Converted house1.3% · 46
Other conversion2.0% · 73
Above shop / office1.7% · 62
Caravan, mobile2.3% · 82
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.