List of settlements in Cambridgeshire by population

Peterborough

Cambridge

St Neots

Huntingdon

March

Ely

St Ives

Whittlesey

Chatteris

Yaxley

Soham

Cambourne

Littleport

Histon

Ramsey

Sawston

Wisbech

Godmanchester

Burwell

Cottenham

Sawtry

Waterbeach

class=notpageimage|

The 22 largest settlements of the county of Cambridgeshire, with cities in bold, and district centres in yellow.

This is a list of settlements in Cambridgeshire by population based on the results of the 2011 census. The next United Kingdom census will take place in 2021. In 2011, there were 22 built-up area subdivisions with 5,000 or more inhabitants in Cambridgeshire, shown in the table below.

Population ranking

#	Settlement	Borough/District	Population (2001) [1] [2]	Population (2011) [3]
1	Peterborough	Peterborough	137,200	161,707
2	Cambridge / Milton	Cambridge	127,290	145,818
3	Wisbech	Fenland	27,957	31,573
4	St Neots	Huntingdonshire	27,480	30,252
5	Huntingdon	Huntingdonshire	20,760	23,937
6	March	Fenland	18,040	21,051
7	Ely	East Cambridgeshire	13,950	19,090
8	St Ives	Huntingdonshire	16,000	16,384
9	Whittlesey	Fenland	12,442	12,745
10	Chatteris	Fenland	8,649	10,298
11	Yaxley	Huntingdonshire	7,410	9,174
12	Soham	East Cambridgeshire	7,480	9,165
13	Cambourne	South Cambridgeshire	1,200	8,186
14	Littleport	East Cambridgeshire	6,730	7,935
15	Histon	South Cambridgeshire	7,427	7,866
16	Ramsey	Huntingdonshire	7,667	7,829
17	Sawston	South Cambridgeshire	7,281	7,275
18	Godmanchester	Huntingdonshire	5,835	6,506
19	Burwell	East Cambridgeshire	5,833	6,309
20	Cottenham	South Cambridgeshire	5,478	5,903
21	Sawtry	Huntingdonshire	5,568	5,252
22	Waterbeach	South Cambridgeshire	4,476	5,210
23	Brampton	Huntingdonshire	5,030	4,862
24	Melbourn	South Cambridgeshire	4,414	4,689
25	Linton	South Cambridgeshire	4,298	4,525

See also

• Cambridgeshire

References

1. "Peterborough (Unitary District, East of England, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics and Location in Maps and Charts". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
2. "Cambridgeshire (County, East of England, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics and Location in Maps and Charts". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
3. "KS101EW (Usual resident population) - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics". www.nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2016.