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South Cambridgeshire District Council

Local authority area: South Cambridgeshire

South Cambridgeshire is a district council in Cambridgeshire, in the East of England region of England. It covers 901.6 km² and had 165,633 residents in 2022 — about 184 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Cambourne.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for South Cambridgeshire, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022165,633+9.6% since 2012
Land area901.6km²348.1 sq mi
Density184/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#164of 382 UK councils · #145 in England
Population estimates4 data points
151.1K154.9K157.5K165.6K
2012201520182022
History

How the council came to be

  1. 1974
    Created

    South Cambridgeshire became a local authority area.

Same county

Other councils in Cambridgeshire

All councils in East of England
Huntingdonshire184,052Cambridge146,995Fenland103,035East Cambridgeshire89,394
Elections

26 electoral wards

Census 2021: 162,120 residents in 66,996 households across the wards; 19.6% aged 65+, 68.9% of homes owned, 10.9% of households without a car.

1Cambourne4,361 households · 5.3% aged 65+12,3512Histon & Impington4,689 households · 17.9% aged 65+11,4283Milton & Waterbeach4,712 households · 17.5% aged 65+10,9284Fen Ditton & Fulbourn4,622 households · 19.2% aged 65+10,6415Harston & Comberton4,428 households · 21.4% aged 65+10,5846Melbourn3,465 households · 22.2% aged 65+8,281

All wards of South Cambridgeshire

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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

CCambridgeshire Home Improvement Agency (Cambs HIA)Council office · Cambridge CB23 6EA · hours listedTCambourne Town CouncilTown council · Cambridge CB23 6GW · hours listedPBottisham Parish CouncilParish council · Cambridge CB25 9AD · hours listedPGamlingay Parish CouncilParish council · Sandy SG19 3JR · hours listedPHemingford Grey Parish CouncilParish council · Cambridge CB23 7NYPMeldreth Parish CouncilParish council · Royston SG8 6LT · hours listed
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Constituencies

South Cambridgeshire · 15 wardsSt Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire · 9 wardsEly and East Cambridgeshire · 2 wards
Source: Wikidata Q969203 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.