Bassingbourn & the Mordens

South Cambridgeshire · East of England · population 7,350 · 4 LSOAs

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

60Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,761 of 6,856 in England
  • #386 of 746 in East of England
  • #19 of 19 in South Cambridgeshire
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,239
Median age (est.)46
Density96per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above39%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 22%45–64 31%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 15%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 8%Other: 17%
One person 22%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 8%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 45% · Other 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

Bassingbourn & the Mordens is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,761 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 19 in South Cambridgeshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (93) but weak on Housing & access (7). Typical homes here sold for about £480,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 74 sales), 11% above the wider South Cambridgeshire median of £431,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,729 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 53 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 77 · #1,561
Employment 70 · #2,048
Education 71 · #1,993
Health 93 · #498
Crime 72 · #1,931
Housing & access 7 · #6,380
Living environment 17 · #5,708

House prices ?

£480,000median (12m) · -4.0% yr · n=74
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£480,00074-4.0%+11.9%
Detached£713,50037+10.8%+32.0%
Semi-detached£398,75024+7.4%+28.6%
Terraced£327,50013+9.0%+13.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
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)£48,729±£6,868 · #1,297 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,680
Price-to-income ?9.9×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 ?

30Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

53 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 389 offences
South Cambridgeshire48
East of England70
England83

Rank #2,333 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences209
Theft27
Burglary19
Vehicle crime17
Criminal damage & arson50
Public order & weapons43
Drugs9
Robbery3
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 110 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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