Waterbeach and Landbeach

South Cambridgeshire · East of England · population 6,699 · 4 LSOAs

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

75Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,732 of 6,856 in England
  • #230 of 746 in East of England
  • #17 of 19 in South Cambridgeshire
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,525
Median age (est.)40
Density200per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above46%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 7%25–44 33%45–64 24%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 16%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 8%Other: 14%
One person 28%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 8%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 31% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional31%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades8%
Administrative8%
Elementary7%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 5%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 89%Asian 5%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 45% · Christian 44% · Hindu 1%

Born outside the UK: 18%

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

Waterbeach and Landbeach is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,732 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 19 in South Cambridgeshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (86) but weak on Housing & access (6). Typical homes here sold for about £397,500 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 91 sales), 8% below the wider South Cambridgeshire median of £431,000. Typical household take-home income is around £46,991 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 56 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 76 · #1,678
Employment 79 · #1,444
Education 86 · #944
Health 86 · #992
Crime 83 · #1,163
Housing & access 6 · #6,428
Living environment 81 · #1,301

House prices ?

£397,500median (12m) · -2.9% yr · n=91
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£397,50091-2.9%+14.9%
Detached£550,00029+1.9%+21.1%
Semi-detached£375,00031+1.4%+7.1%
Terraced£365,00027+5.2%+13.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£397,500
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)£46,991±£6,614 · #1,635 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,518
Price-to-income ?8.5×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 ?

58Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

56 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 374 offences
South Cambridgeshire48
East of England70
England83

Rank #2,546 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences173
Theft51
Burglary17
Vehicle crime39
Criminal damage & arson47
Public order & weapons28
Drugs14
Robbery1
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 89 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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