Somersham, Riptons & Raveleys

Huntingdonshire · East of England · population 9,857 · 6 LSOAs

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

77Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,561 of 6,856 in England
  • #211 of 746 in East of England
  • #11 of 22 in Huntingdonshire
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,682
Median age (est.)43
Density73per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above34%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 27%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 8%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 8%Other: 16%
One person 25%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 8%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional16%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary7%
Process & plant6%
Sales & customer service5%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 46% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Somersham, Riptons & Raveleys is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,561 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 22 in Huntingdonshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (92) but weak on Housing & access (10). Typical homes here sold for about £295,000 over the past year, up 8% across five years (from 135 sales), 6% below the wider Huntingdonshire median of £315,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,949 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 40 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 82 · #1,239
Employment 87 · #876
Education 65 · #2,384
Health 92 · #567
Crime 76 · #1,616
Housing & access 10 · #6,174
Living environment 71 · #2,007

House prices ?

£295,000median (12m) · +0.9% yr · n=135
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£295,000135+0.9%+8.1%
Detached£445,00063-11.0%+15.9%
Semi-detached£276,50040+0.1%+22.3%
Terraced£226,00028-1.7%+14.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£295,000
Huntingdonshire£315,000
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)£44,949±£6,315 · #2,090 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,864
Price-to-income ?6.6×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

88Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

40 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 391 offences
Huntingdonshire58
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,233 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences196
Theft47
Burglary22
Vehicle crime23
Criminal damage & arson42
Public order & weapons30
Drugs18
Robbery0
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 97 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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