Isleham, Fordham & Chippenham

East Cambridgeshire · East of England · population 6,785 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

66Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,349 of 6,856 in England
  • #315 of 746 in East of England
  • #7 of 10 in East Cambridgeshire
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,399
Median age (est.)45
Density92per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above33%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 8%25–44 24%45–64 29%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 14%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 8%Other: 17%
One person 26%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 8%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades13%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary7%
Process & plant6%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 40% · Buddhist 0%

Born outside the UK: 9%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Isleham, Fordham & Chippenham is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,349 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 10 in East Cambridgeshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (93) but weak on Housing & access (8). Typical homes here sold for about £385,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 77 sales), 12% above the wider East Cambridgeshire median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,035 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 46 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 63 · #2,541
Employment 76 · #1,636
Education 71 · #1,986
Health 72 · #1,931
Crime 93 · #485
Housing & access 8 · #6,277
Living environment 61 · #2,665

House prices ?

£385,000median (12m) · +4.1% yr · n=77
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£385,00077+4.1%+15.8%
Detached£500,00042+10.5%+22.0%
Semi-detached£297,49824-7.0%+12.3%
Terraced£315,00011+14.8%+27.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£385,000
East Cambridgeshire£345,000
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£42,035±£5,949 · #2,840 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,468
Price-to-income ?9.2×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

55Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

46 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 314 offences
East Cambridgeshire48
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,810 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences114
Theft59
Burglary39
Vehicle crime33
Criminal damage & arson24
Public order & weapons14
Drugs8
Robbery1
Other22

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 49 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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