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Electoral wardE05011301

Milton & Waterbeach ward, South Cambridgeshire

Milton & Waterbeach is one of 26 electoral wards of South Cambridgeshire District Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 10,928 residents in 4,712 households — 269 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Ely and East Cambridgeshire constituency; for county elections it is in the Waterbeach division.

Residents, 202110,928council ward average 6,235
Households4,7122.32 residents per household
Density269/ km²about 40.62 km² · South Cambridgeshire 180
Aged 65+17.5%South Cambridgeshire: 19.6% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.2% · 672
5–95.6% · 608
10–156.1% · 666
16–193.2% · 353
20–244.0% · 441
25–3415.8% · 1,726
35–4922.7% · 2,481
50–6418.9% · 2,068
65–749.3% · 1,019
75–845.8% · 631
85+2.4% · 261

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.9% · 704
1 car or van46.2% · 2,176
2 cars or vans29.1% · 1,373
3 or more9.7% · 459
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; South Cambridgeshire overall: 68.9% owned, 14.5% social rented, 14.0% private rented.

Owned outright35.3% · 1,661
With mortgage30.4% · 1,432
Shared ownership1.9% · 89
Social rented11.9% · 562
Private rented20.4% · 960
Lives rent free0.1% · 7

Type of home

Detached house37.4% · 1,765
Semi-detached house28.6% · 1,348
Terraced house18.7% · 879
Purpose-built flat7.8% · 367
Converted house1.1% · 53
Other conversion0.2% · 11
Above shop / office0.5% · 22
Caravan, mobile5.7% · 268
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011301
County division
Waterbeach
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
9 of 26

Parishes in the ward

LandbeachMiltonWaterbeach

Other wards in the same constituency

All 26 wards of South Cambridgeshire

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.