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Electoral wardE05013881

Over & Willingham ward, South Cambridgeshire

Over & Willingham is one of 26 electoral wards of South Cambridgeshire District Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,239 residents in 3,001 households — 207 people per km², the 9th 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 Cottenham & Willingham and Longstanton, Northstowe & Over divisions.

Residents, 20217,239council ward average 6,235
Households3,0012.41 residents per household
Density207/ km²about 35.00 km² · South Cambridgeshire 180
Aged 65+20.4%South Cambridgeshire: 19.6% · under 16: 19.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.4% · 391
5–96.3% · 457
10–157.4% · 538
16–194.5% · 323
20–243.9% · 279
25–3410.8% · 779
35–4920.1% · 1,458
50–6421.2% · 1,536
65–7411.3% · 816
75–846.6% · 481
85+2.5% · 179

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.7% · 261
1 car or van37.0% · 1,109
2 cars or vans38.7% · 1,160
3 or more15.7% · 470
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright40.2% · 1,205
With mortgage34.9% · 1,048
Shared ownership1.7% · 51
Social rented13.0% · 391
Private rented10.1% · 304
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house54.9% · 1,647
Semi-detached house24.8% · 743
Terraced house14.0% · 421
Purpose-built flat4.1% · 124
Converted house0.7% · 20
Other conversion0.3% · 10
Above shop / office0.4% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.8% · 24
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.