Hardwick & Highfields

South Cambridgeshire · East of England · population 9,103 · 5 LSOAs

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

93Area Score / 100 ?
  • #492 of 6,856 in England
  • #54 of 746 in East of England
  • #3 of 19 in South Cambridgeshire
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,891
Median age (est.)46
Density182per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above50%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 21%45–64 31%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 9%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 8%Other: 17%
One person 24%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 8%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 32% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional32%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 5%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 91%Asian 5%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

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

Born outside the UK: 15%

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

Hardwick & Highfields is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #492 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 19 in South Cambridgeshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (98) but weak on Housing & access (19). Typical homes here sold for about £486,250 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 112 sales), 13% above the wider South Cambridgeshire median of £431,000. Typical household take-home income is around £52,444 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 37 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 90 · #677
Employment 96 · #307
Education 97 · #211
Health 98 · #135
Crime 89 · #745
Housing & access 19 · #5,537
Living environment 74 · #1,774

House prices ?

£486,250median (12m) · -2.5% yr · n=112
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£486,250112-2.5%+24.0%
Detached£577,50058-8.0%+16.7%
Semi-detached£425,00038+0.7%+24.1%
Terraced£316,25014-8.0%+14.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£486,250
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)£52,444±£7,385 · #732 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£43,237
Price-to-income ?9.3×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 ?

42Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

37 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 334 offences
South Cambridgeshire48
East of England70
England83

Rank #964 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences153
Theft39
Burglary32
Vehicle crime33
Criminal damage & arson32
Public order & weapons17
Drugs14
Robbery2
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 64 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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