Vehicle barriers in Soham

Soham is the Census 2021 built-up area E63003129 in East of England. ONS counted 10,615 usual residents and a median age of 38.

The ONS size class for this settlement is Small. Largest industry groups among employed residents: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles at 15.6%, then Human health and social work activities at 13.2%, then Education at 10.6%.

Accommodation: Whole house or bungalow: Semi-detached at 35%, then Whole house or bungalow: Detached at 27.8%, then Whole house or bungalow: Terraced at 22.4%, then Flat, maisonette or apartment at 14.4%. Tenure: Owned: owns with a mortgage or loan or shared ownership at 34.3%, then Owned: owns outright at 27.6%, then Private rented or lives rent free at 21.5%, then Rented: social rented at 16.5%.

The largest occupation group is Professional occupations at 16.9% of employed residents. Among residents aged 16 and over, 66.1% were recorded as employed.

Wholesale and retail is the largest industry group. Private service yards and retail-park lanes can take a rising arm.

The high street itself cannot. Detached houses lead the housing mix, so communal booms are less common than on flatted estates.

We do not invent a podium that the census says is not the main housing form. Counts are rounded to the nearest 5 and very small cells may have been suppressed by ONS.

A barrier survey is on application and only for a private lane. This readout does not invent a business park.

Other settlements with their own barrier page in East of England include South Ockendon, South Woodham Ferrers, Southend-on-Sea.