St Ives South

Huntingdonshire · East of England · population 7,475 · 4 LSOAs

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

78Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,540 of 6,856 in England
  • #207 of 746 in East of England
  • #10 of 22 in Huntingdonshire
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,221
Median age (est.)45
Density1,715per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above37%
No car or van20%

Age

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

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 24%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 14%Private rent 24%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 8%Other: 17%
One person 37%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 8%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors13%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative8%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service8%
Caring & leisure7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 9%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 87%Asian 9%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 43% · No religion 42% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 16%

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

St Ives South is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,540 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 22 in Huntingdonshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (79) and lowest on Crime (55). Typical homes here sold for about £325,000 over the past year, up 8% across five years (from 101 sales), in line with the wider Huntingdonshire median of £315,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,447 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 74 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 66 · #2,294
Employment 72 · #1,883
Education 59 · #2,829
Health 79 · #1,465
Crime 55 · #3,110
Housing & access 78 · #1,506
Living environment 57 · #2,932

House prices ?

£325,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=101
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£325,0001010.0%+8.3%
Detached£465,00030-2.1%-3.7%
Semi-detached£327,500240.0%+9.2%
Terraced£312,50024-1.7%+13.6%
Flat£191,00023-6.3%+5.5%
This area£325,000
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)£43,447±£6,152 · #2,456 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,887
Price-to-income ?7.5×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

81Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

74 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 554 offences
Huntingdonshire58
East of England70
England83

Rank #3,781 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences248
Theft119
Burglary21
Vehicle crime27
Criminal damage & arson35
Public order & weapons56
Drugs33
Robbery3
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 121 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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