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14% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. A town of 9,170 in Cambridgeshire, East of England.
School results trail most towns: primary results beat 23% of towns in England; secondary results beat 13% of towns in England. Littleport grades C overall and ranks #41 of 50 in Cambridgeshire. That leaves it better than 31% of UK towns. Incomes are on the low side: mean household income £52,352; 3.2% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Hazard risk is weaker too — 5.1% of homes face a high or medium risk of river or sea flooding. Housing is within reach (A): homes sell for a median £289,750, about 4.8 times local household income.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · income, ONS · claimants, DWP · flood risk, Environment Agency.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Littleport is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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The 3 things Littleport does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 8 buildings inside Littleport’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Littleport.
18% rent privately, lower than both Cambridgeshire’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (21%). Private rents average £1,038 a month across the East Cambridgeshire council area. From September 2023 to August 2026, 442 homes sold inside Littleport’s built-up area at standard prices; the middle one went for £289,750.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £350,000 | 181 |
| Semi-detached | £275,000 | 148 |
| Terraced | £242,000 | 106 |
| Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | 7 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Two of its 4 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. At the town’s 2 primary schools, 56% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Attainment 8 at the one secondary school within 3 km averages 40.3, and a third of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millfield Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 416 | C |
| Vista Academy LittleportLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 547 | C− |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Littleport has 9 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents, below both Cambridgeshire’s towns (82) and England’s towns (39). Before 1919: that is when just over one in ten homes were built.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Burglary and damage came to 13.3 per 1,000 residents a year, above Cambridgeshire’s towns (9) and England’s towns (9.4) alike. In the 12 months to August 2026, police logged 782 crimes and 113 reports of anti-social behaviour inside Littleport’s built-up area. Of all the crimes, 36% were violence and sexual offences. Among the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Littleport has more crime per resident than just over three quarters of them.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
One GP practice serves the town; 84% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. Men in Littleport can expect to live to 79.7, women to 82.4 (2019–23). At the census, 18% of people here had a disability, above Cambridgeshire’s towns (16%) and close to England’s towns (17%).
| Census 2021 | Littleport | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 84% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5% | 4.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 18% | 16% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · No age adjustment applies to these census answers, which flatter younger towns; the Health Grade’s measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them, do allow for age.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 25% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The car took 84% of commuters, above Cambridgeshire’s towns (72%) and England’s towns (70%) alike. The census counted 25% of workers working mainly from home. 13% of commuters who live in Littleport also work there. The town counts 0.4 jobs per working resident.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
19% are under 15, higher than both Cambridgeshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (18%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 9.7% of residents. Ages in Littleport split evenly at 38.6: half are older, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Littleport | Cambridgeshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 28% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.5% | 5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 26% | 37% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Cambridgeshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
7 notable people were born in Littleport.
Marty Scurll: Simon Q, CC BY 2.0 · Victor Watson: Troglopedetes, CC BY-SA 3.0
Town in Cambridgeshire, England
Littleport is a built-up area of 9,170 people, in the East Cambridgeshire council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Littleport | 9,170 | — | C | A | C | C |
| Little Downham | 1,234 | 3 | — | A | A | B+ |
| Ely | 19,185 | 4 | A | B+ | C+ | A− |
| Manea | 2,638 | 5.6 | D− | C− | B− | C− |
| Southery | 1,258 | 6.2 | — | C− | A− | C |
| Witchford | 2,386 | 6.3 | — | A− | C+ | B+ |
| Stretham | 2,070 | 8.2 | — | B+ | B+ | B+ |
| Soham | 10,609 | 8.4 | B+ | A | B− | C+ |
Little Downham, Southery, Witchford and Stretham have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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