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Electoral wardE05016331

Cambridge ward, Sefton

Cambridge is one of 22 electoral wards of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,520 residents in 6,378 households — 1,273 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 202112,520council ward average 12,693
Households6,3781.96 residents per household
Density1,273/ km²about 9.84 km² · Sefton 1,783
Aged 65+37.0%Sefton: 23.2% · under 16: 11.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.5% · 440
5–93.6% · 456
10–154.0% · 499
16–192.6% · 324
20–243.5% · 434
25–349.4% · 1,178
35–4914.2% · 1,772
50–6422.2% · 2,780
65–7416.1% · 2,016
75–8413.6% · 1,699
85+7.3% · 920

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van30.8% · 1,965
1 car or van45.0% · 2,871
2 cars or vans18.5% · 1,180
3 or more5.7% · 362
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Sefton overall: 66.6% owned, 14.4% social rented, 18.3% private rented.

Owned outright42.1% · 2,681
With mortgage17.7% · 1,128
Shared ownership1.0% · 61
Social rented11.3% · 718
Private rented27.9% · 1,779
Lives rent free0.0% · 3

Type of home

Detached house18.8% · 1,200
Semi-detached house24.0% · 1,530
Terraced house4.8% · 308
Purpose-built flat36.2% · 2,309
Converted house14.5% · 927
Other conversion1.1% · 68
Above shop / office0.6% · 39
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016331
Region
North West
Density rank in council
18 of 22

All 22 wards of Sefton

Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.