Great Shelford & Stapleford

South Cambridgeshire · East of England · population 6,730 · 4 LSOAs

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

97Area Score / 100 ?
  • #183 of 6,856 in England
  • #22 of 746 in East of England
  • #1 of 19 in South Cambridgeshire
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,532
Median age (est.)46
Density414per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above60%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 8%25–44 24%45–64 27%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 15%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 6%Other: 17%
One person 31%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 6%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 43% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional43%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional13%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure6%
Skilled trades5%
Elementary4%
Sales & customer service3%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 6%Black: 1%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 87%Asian 6%Black 1%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 40% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 19%

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

Great Shelford & Stapleford is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England — #183 of 6,856 nationally, among the most-advantaged neighbourhoods on the index, and #1 of 19 in South Cambridgeshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (97) and lowest on Housing & access (59). Typical homes here sold for about £617,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 81 sales), 43% above the wider South Cambridgeshire median of £431,000. Typical household take-home income is around £57,317 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 28 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 94 · #382
Education 97 · #224
Health 97 · #190
Crime 94 · #430
Housing & access 59 · #2,809
Living environment 85 · #1,013

House prices ?

£617,000median (12m) · +7.8% yr · n=81
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£617,00081+7.8%+18.1%
Detached£885,00036-2.2%+29.2%
Semi-detached£530,00025+8.2%+1.9%
Terraced£390,0006+10.5%+2.6%
Flat£322,50014+3.2%+21.7%
This area£617,000
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)£57,317±£8,399 · #313 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£48,631
Price-to-income ?10.8×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 ?

20Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

28 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 187 offences
South Cambridgeshire48
East of England70
England83

Rank #279 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences72
Theft23
Burglary17
Vehicle crime21
Criminal damage & arson23
Public order & weapons8
Drugs11
Robbery2
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 84 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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