Schools
13 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 2 secondary schools. Ely College is the nearest published school at 354 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CB6 3AU
Ely West · East Cambridgeshire · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Ely
- Ward
- Ely West
- Local authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire
- Postcode district
- CB6
- Postcode sector
- CB6 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CB6 3AU
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CB
- Postcode district
- CB6
- Postcode sector
- CB6 3
- Latitude
- 52.404648
- Longitude
- 0.253380
- British National Grid easting
- 553,387
- British National Grid northing
- 280,902
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- East Cambridgeshire · E07000009
- Electoral ward
- Ely West · E05011565
- Parish or community
- E04012829
- Westminster constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire · E14001224
- Output area
- E00090966
- Lower layer super output area
- East Cambridgeshire 003E · E01018033
- Middle layer super output area
- East Cambridgeshire 003 · E02003734
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore CB6
Property
7 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 40, Benedict Street, Ely, CB6 3AU | 10 November 2020 | £359,950 |
| 71, Benedict Street, Ely, CB6 3AU | 30 October 2020 | £132,000 |
| 31, Benedict Street, Ely, CB6 3AU | 29 March 2019 | £150,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 13
- Primary
- 8
- Secondary
- 2
- 354 m
Ely College
Academy converter
- 403 m
Active Learning Trust Linc 19 - 25
Special post 16 institution
- 426 m
Highfield Ely Academy
Academy special converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,323
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 450
- Shoplifting 221
- Anti social behaviour 214
- Criminal damage and arson 101
- Other theft 70
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 42
- Postcode households
- 25
- Residents per household
- 1.7
- CB6 3 residents
- 14,356
20 female, 22 male
Age bands in CB6 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 19.6%
2,635 residents
1,352 residents
3,405 residents
4,142 residents
2,813 residents
This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CB6 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
2
within 5 km
ST MARY'S SURGERY
37 ST. MARYS STREET, ELY, CB7 4HF
ODS code D81034
769 m
CATHEDRAL MEDICAL CENTRE
PRINCESS OF WALES HOSP, LYNN ROAD, ELY, CB6 1DN
ODS code Y00185
1.8 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 1.1 miles
Ely Rail Station
RLY · Ely
- 4.8 miles
Littleport Rail Station
RLY · Littleport
- 5.8 miles
Soham
RLY · Soham
- 7.0 miles
Shippea Hill Rail Station
RLY · Shippea Hill
- 7.2 miles
Manea Rail Station
RLY · Manea
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Cambridgeshire 003E, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
6 of 10
Overall England rank
19,825 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 5
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,323 published events cover 12 months, averaging 110.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 450 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.