Electoral wardE05011294
Girton ward, South Cambridgeshire
Girton is one of 26 electoral wards of South Cambridgeshire District Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,299 residents in 2,105 households — 221 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire constituency; for county elections it is in the Bar Hill and Hardwick divisions.
Residents, 20215,299council ward average 6,235
Households2,1052.52 residents per household
Density221/ km²about 23.93 km² · South Cambridgeshire 180
Aged 65+24.2%South Cambridgeshire: 19.6% · under 16: 18.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 242
5–96.5% · 343
10–157.2% · 380
16–195.7% · 304
20–245.0% · 263
25–348.9% · 469
35–4919.3% · 1,023
50–6418.7% · 993
65–7411.3% · 601
75–848.5% · 449
85+4.4% · 231
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.1% · 275
1 car or van46.3% · 974
2 cars or vans32.0% · 674
3 or more8.6% · 182
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; South Cambridgeshire overall: 68.9% owned, 14.5% social rented, 14.0% private rented.
Owned outright43.2% · 910
With mortgage28.7% · 604
Shared ownership2.2% · 47
Social rented12.9% · 271
Private rented12.7% · 268
Lives rent free0.2% · 5
Type of home
Detached house45.7% · 962
Semi-detached house34.7% · 730
Terraced house9.1% · 192
Purpose-built flat9.3% · 195
Converted house0.8% · 17
Other conversion0.2% · 4
Above shop / office0.2% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011294- County council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- County division
- Bar Hill, Hardwick
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 26
Parishes in the ward
Dry DraytonGirtonMadingley
Other wards in the same constituency
BBar Hill21.1% aged 65+ · 75.2% owned3,900CCaldecote19.7% aged 65+ · 72.5% owned3,489CCambourne5.3% aged 65+ · 59.1% owned12,351CCaxton & Papworth15.6% aged 65+ · 67.4% owned6,404HHiston & Impington17.9% aged 65+ · 60.5% owned11,428LLongstanton12.8% aged 65+ · 72.5% owned7,197OOver & Willingham20.4% aged 65+ · 75.1% owned7,239SSwavesey18.6% aged 65+ · 73.4% owned3,783
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.