CB7 5JF

Soham South · East Cambridgeshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ely
Local authority
East Cambridgeshire
Postcode district
CB7
Postcode sector
CB7 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CB7 5FJ 109 m
CB7 5JD 113 m
CB7 5DX 143 m
CB7 5JE 159 m
CB7 5JB 173 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CB7 5JF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CB
Postcode district
CB7
Postcode sector
CB7 5
Latitude
52.335605
Longitude
0.340454
British National Grid easting
559,558
British National Grid northing
273,412

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
East Cambridgeshire · E07000009
Parish or community
E04001641
Output area
E00091051
Lower layer super output area
East Cambridgeshire 006D · E01018050
Middle layer super output area
East Cambridgeshire 006 · E02003737

Postcode source versions

Explore CB7

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
20, Eastern Avenue, Soham, Ely, CB7 5JF 13 May 2025 £135,000
28, Eastern Avenue, Soham, Ely, CB7 5JF 26 May 2021 £147,500
17, Eastern Avenue, Soham, Ely, CB7 5JF 20 August 2018 £120,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. The Weatheralls Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    115 m
  2. Soham Village College

    Academy converter

    666 m
  3. St Andrew's CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    845 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
609
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 266
  • Anti social behaviour 116
  • Vehicle crime 45
  • Criminal damage and arson 42
  • Public order 35

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
104

59 female, 45 male

Postcode households
50
Residents per household
2.1
CB7 5 residents
19,533

Age bands in CB7 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.6%

3,688 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.9%

1,758 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.9%

5,342 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.8%

5,320 residents

Age 65 and over
18.9%

3,756 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CB7 5 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

1

within 5 km

  • STAPLOE MEDICAL CENTRE

    BREWHOUSE LANE, SOHAM, ELY, CB7 5JD

    ODS code D81014

    113 m

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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Soham

    RLY · Soham

    0.5 miles
  • Dennis Terrace

    BCT · Exning

    4.8 miles
  • Dennis Terrace

    BCT · Exning

    4.8 miles
  • School

    BCT · Exning

    4.9 miles
  • School

    BCT · Exning

    5.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Cambridgeshire 006D, 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

19,629 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
6 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
2
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

Property market

The five-year median is £135,000 from 1 recorded sale in CB7 5JF. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for East Cambridgeshire is £344,211 in June 2026, up 6.1% year on year.

Schools

6 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. The Weatheralls Primary School is the nearest published school at 115 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

609 published events cover 12 months, averaging 50.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 266 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.