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Electoral wardE05011296
Harston & Comberton ward, South Cambridgeshire
Harston & Comberton is one of 26 electoral wards of South Cambridgeshire District Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 10,584 residents in 4,428 households — 212 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Cambridgeshire constituency; for county elections it is in the Hardwick and Sawston & Shelford divisions.
Residents, 202110,584council ward average 6,235
Households4,4282.39 residents per household
Density212/ km²about 50.04 km² · South Cambridgeshire 180
Aged 65+21.4%South Cambridgeshire: 19.6% · under 16: 20.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 546
5–96.5% · 685
10–158.3% · 881
16–193.8% · 403
20–243.7% · 395
25–3410.3% · 1,087
35–4920.8% · 2,197
50–6420.1% · 2,126
65–7410.6% · 1,124
75–848.1% · 857
85+2.7% · 284
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.8% · 434
1 car or van43.2% · 1,915
2 cars or vans34.7% · 1,535
3 or more12.3% · 544
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; South Cambridgeshire overall: 68.9% owned, 14.5% social rented, 14.0% private rented.
Owned outright39.1% · 1,730
With mortgage32.2% · 1,424
Shared ownership3.0% · 134
Social rented14.2% · 628
Private rented11.4% · 506
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house45.7% · 2,024
Semi-detached house31.2% · 1,380
Terraced house14.1% · 625
Purpose-built flat7.8% · 347
Converted house0.7% · 30
Other conversion0.0% · 2
Above shop / office0.3% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011296- County council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- County division
- Hardwick, Sawston & Shelford
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 26
Parishes in the ward
BartonCombertonCotonGrantchesterHarltonHarstonHaslingfieldHauxtonSouth Trumpington
Other wards in the same constituency
BBalsham25.7% aged 65+ · 73.9% owned3,594BBarrington24.8% aged 65+ · 70.2% owned3,418BBassingbourn19.3% aged 65+ · 70.1% owned4,114DDuxford21.0% aged 65+ · 66.3% owned4,007FFen Ditton & Fulbourn19.2% aged 65+ · 61.0% owned10,641FFoxton24.5% aged 65+ · 77.7% owned3,433GGamlingay26.7% aged 65+ · 74.8% owned3,750HHardwick21.3% aged 65+ · 78.9% owned3,230LLinton24.5% aged 65+ · 70.8% owned7,234MMelbourn22.2% aged 65+ · 68.1% owned8,281SSawston22.5% aged 65+ · 66.6% owned7,271SShelford24.8% aged 65+ · 69.7% owned7,309TThe Mordens24.8% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned3,353WWhittlesford21.1% aged 65+ · 73.1% owned3,104
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.