Duxford, Whittlesford & the Abingtons

South Cambridgeshire · East of England · population 8,454 · 6 LSOAs

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

86Area Score / 100 ?
  • #965 of 6,856 in England
  • #118 of 746 in East of England
  • #7 of 19 in South Cambridgeshire
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,268
Median age (est.)45
Density109per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above48%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 23%45–64 29%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 16%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 7%Other: 17%
One person 25%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 7%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 32% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional32%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional13%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary7%
Process & plant4%
Sales & customer service3%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 94%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 43% · Hindu 1%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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

Duxford, Whittlesford & the Abingtons is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #965 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 19 in South Cambridgeshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (97) but weak on Housing & access (18). Typical homes here sold for about £497,500 over the past year, up 8% across five years (from 102 sales), 15% above the wider South Cambridgeshire median of £431,000. Typical household take-home income is around £54,354 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 42 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 84 · #1,109
Employment 93 · #485
Education 89 · #732
Health 97 · #224
Crime 97 · #211
Housing & access 18 · #5,592
Living environment 41 · #4,029

House prices ?

£497,500median (12m) · +2.6% yr · n=102
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£497,500102+2.6%+8.2%
Detached£705,00054-0.7%+20.0%
Semi-detached£439,00025-1.7%+11.8%
Terraced£282,00021-7.5%+18.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£497,500
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)£54,354±£7,719 · #526 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,885
Price-to-income ?9.2×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 ?

37Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

42 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 355 offences
South Cambridgeshire48
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,412 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences131
Theft48
Burglary34
Vehicle crime37
Criminal damage & arson37
Public order & weapons27
Drugs24
Robbery0
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 69 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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