Barrington, Orwell & Gamlingay

South Cambridgeshire · East of England · population 7,808 · 4 LSOAs

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

70Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,082 of 6,856 in England
  • #277 of 746 in East of England
  • #18 of 19 in South Cambridgeshire
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,657
Median age (est.)50
Density94per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above38%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 8%25–44 20%45–64 30%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 17%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 7%Other: 20%
One person 26%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 7%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 20% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors20%
Skilled trades12%
Associate professional12%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 44% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Barrington, Orwell & Gamlingay is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,082 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 19 in South Cambridgeshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (95) but weak on Housing & access (6). Typical homes here sold for about £443,750 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 114 sales), in line with the wider South Cambridgeshire median of £431,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,835 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 36 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 78 · #1,540
Employment 86 · #944
Education 71 · #2,007
Health 95 · #320
Crime 87 · #869
Housing & access 6 · #6,476
Living environment 36 · #4,399

House prices ?

£443,750median (12m) · +0.1% yr · n=114
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£443,750114+0.1%+10.9%
Detached£625,00058+2.5%+27.6%
Semi-detached£387,50030-1.6%+6.2%
Terraced£335,00024+7.2%+40.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£443,750
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)£45,835±£6,448 · #1,892 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,675
Price-to-income ?9.7×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 ?

43Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

36 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 277 offences
South Cambridgeshire48
East of England70
England83

Rank #859 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences125
Theft33
Burglary30
Vehicle crime25
Criminal damage & arson29
Public order & weapons24
Drugs2
Robbery0
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 71 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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