Electoral wardE05011289
Cottenham ward, South Cambridgeshire
Cottenham is one of 26 electoral wards of South Cambridgeshire District Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,779 residents in 2,913 households — 195 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Ely and East Cambridgeshire constituency; for county elections it is in the Cottenham & Willingham division.
Residents, 20216,779council ward average 6,235
Households2,9132.33 residents per household
Density195/ km²about 34.82 km² · South Cambridgeshire 180
Aged 65+22.4%South Cambridgeshire: 19.6% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 315
5–95.7% · 387
10–157.5% · 506
16–194.1% · 277
20–243.9% · 264
25–3411.3% · 765
35–4919.5% · 1,319
50–6421.0% · 1,426
65–7411.9% · 808
75–847.1% · 480
85+3.4% · 232
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.0% · 321
1 car or van41.8% · 1,219
2 cars or vans34.5% · 1,006
3 or more12.6% · 367
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; South Cambridgeshire overall: 68.9% owned, 14.5% social rented, 14.0% private rented.
Owned outright40.1% · 1,168
With mortgage33.8% · 984
Shared ownership1.7% · 49
Social rented11.5% · 336
Private rented12.6% · 368
Lives rent free0.2% · 7
Type of home
Detached house44.1% · 1,285
Semi-detached house31.8% · 925
Terraced house18.1% · 528
Purpose-built flat2.0% · 57
Converted house0.4% · 13
Other conversion0.3% · 8
Above shop / office0.3% · 9
Caravan, mobile3.0% · 88
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011289- County council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- County division
- Cottenham & Willingham
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 26
Parishes in the ward
CottenhamRampton
Other wards in the same constituency
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.