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Hardwick & Highfields

Middle area

The west of the South Cambridgeshire. 9,846 people in 49 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by ward

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Hardwick & Highfields’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£491,500
1,030th highest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
8,889
2,243rd highest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
89.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Hardwick & Highfields compares

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Median sale price19 middle areas, South Cambridgeshire · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in South Cambridgeshire19 areas from £370,000 to £620,225. The middle area is £436,250. Hardwick & Highfields is £491,500.
£491,5005th highest
Population19 middle areas, South Cambridgeshire · 2021
Population: every middle area in South Cambridgeshire19 areas from 6,092 to 11,885. The middle area is 8,268. Hardwick & Highfields is 8,889.
8,8899th highest
Gigabit broadband coverage19 middle areas, South Cambridgeshire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in South Cambridgeshire19 areas from 56.4% to 97.0%. The middle area is 88.4%. Hardwick & Highfields is 89.4%.
89.4%8th highest
Claimant rate19 middle areas, South Cambridgeshire · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in South Cambridgeshire19 areas from 1.4% to 2.8%. The middle area is 1.9%. Hardwick & Highfields is 1.7%.
1.7%joint 6th lowest

Figures for the whole of South Cambridgeshire

These figures are published for the whole of South Cambridgeshire, not for each middle area, so they describe all of South Cambridgeshire and not Hardwick & Highfields alone. See South Cambridgeshire

Average house price
£439,573
Up 2.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£48,916
20th highest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.0×
87th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
9.3
14th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Hardwick & Highfields in brief

The median price paid for a home in Hardwick & Highfields was £491,500 in 2025.

Hardwick & Highfields had 8,889 usual residents at the census.

In Hardwick & Highfields, 89.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Hardwick & Highfields, 1.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.