Bar Hill, Girton & Grantchester

South Cambridgeshire · East of England · population 12,016 · 7 LSOAs

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

94Area Score / 100 ?
  • #437 of 6,856 in England
  • #50 of 746 in East of England
  • #2 of 19 in South Cambridgeshire
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,884
Median age (est.)46
Density210per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above51%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 27%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 11%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 7%Other: 18%
One person 28%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 7%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 33% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional33%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional13%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 5%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 89%Asian 5%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 42% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 20%

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

Bar Hill, Girton & Grantchester is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #437 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 19 in South Cambridgeshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (97) but weak on Housing & access (25). Typical homes here sold for about £480,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 145 sales), 11% above the wider South Cambridgeshire median of £431,000. Typical household take-home income is around £51,250 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 44 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 94 · #437
Employment 96 · #245
Education 96 · #300
Health 97 · #176
Crime 90 · #690
Housing & access 25 · #5,153
Living environment 69 · #2,096

House prices ?

£480,000median (12m) · +1.2% yr · n=145
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£480,000145+1.2%+14.3%
Detached£657,50063-4.0%+19.5%
Semi-detached£431,50042-6.7%+26.2%
Terraced£328,00033-3.5%-1.4%
Flat£263,0007+0.2%+19.5%
This area£480,000
South Cambridgeshire£431,000
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)£51,250±£7,178 · #875 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£43,003
Price-to-income ?9.4×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 ?

44Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

44 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 523 offences
South Cambridgeshire48
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,558 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences147
Theft110
Burglary42
Vehicle crime68
Criminal damage & arson68
Public order & weapons42
Drugs32
Robbery1
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 163 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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