Romsey
Cambridge 009 · 5 sub-areas · 10,619 residents
Cambridge 009 sits within the city of Cambridge, home to around 10,600 people and shaped by its proximity to the university. A typical two-bedroom flat lets for about £1,600 a month — noticeably above the national median for a 2-bed, reflecting Cambridge's position as one of the most expensive cities outside London. With nearly half of residents working from home, it's a neighbourhood built around knowledge work.
Romsey is a mid-density neighbourhood of Cambridge in the East of England region. It sits between busier and quieter parts of the local authority and isn't dominated by a single use — there's a mix of workplaces, housing and local services. The population skews young, with a high concentration of 18- to 34-year-olds; the rental market is active and turnover is high — people move through rather than stay.
Overview
What's it like to live in Romsey?
3 parks and 4 playgrounds are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; food and drink within walking distance is workable but not dense — around 14 restaurants and 2 pubs in five minutes; The streets feel safe by national standards — police-recorded crime is well below the country-wide median; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents sit firmly in the upper bracket nationally, with a typical home letting at around £1,795 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
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Figures are aggregated across 5 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Romsey in Cambridge
Living in Romsey
Cambridge 009 has the feel of a well-educated, professionally settled neighbourhood — the kind of place where quiet streets mask an unusually high concentration of researchers, academics and tech workers. Around 63% of residents hold a degree, well above typical UK levels, and almost half work from home on any given day. That gives it a calmer daytime atmosphere than many urban areas of comparable density.
Rents sit above the national average but are more restrained than you might expect for a city of Cambridge's profile. A 2-bed runs roughly £1,600 a month, while a 1-bed comes in around £1,250. By the standards of central London those figures look reasonable, but affordability is genuinely stretched here — the rent-to-take-home ratio sits at around 71%, which is high by any measure. If you're on a typical local salary of around £38,700 a year, most of your pay cheque goes on housing.
Demographically, the neighbourhood skews young. Around four in ten residents are aged 18 to 34, reflecting both the student presence and the draw of Cambridge's tech and life-sciences sector for early-career professionals. Owner-occupation accounts for just over 44% of households, with private renters making up nearly 40% — an unusually high renter share for a neighbourhood this far from a major city centre.
Greenspace is close at hand — the nearest open space is under 300 metres away on average, and more than half of residents can reach walkable greenspace on foot. Crime runs broadly in line with the national average at around 78 per 1,000 residents annually. The nearest mainline rail station is roughly 1 km away — about a 14-minute walk — which matters given that the public-transport commute to London takes just over an hour. See the streets and sub-areas below for more on how conditions vary across the neighbourhood.
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Frequently asked
- Is Cambridge 009 a nice place to live?
- It's a well-connected, highly educated neighbourhood with good greenspace access and broadband infrastructure that genuinely supports remote working. The trade-off is cost — at 71% of take-home pay going on rent, affordability is genuinely stretched. If you're on a Cambridge tech or academic salary, the numbers work; if you're not, they're tight.
- What is the rent in Cambridge 009?
- Expect to pay around £1,250 a month for a 1-bed, £1,600 for a 2-bed, and roughly £1,900 for a 3-bed. These are estimates scaled from city-level data using local sale prices. Rents rose around 1.8% over the past year. Council tax (Band D) adds about £206 a month.
- Is Cambridge 009 safe?
- Crime runs at around 78 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, which is broadly in line with the UK national average of roughly 80. The neighbourhood sits in the upper half of less-deprived areas nationally, which generally correlates with lower property crime. It's not a high-risk area by urban Cambridge standards.
- What's the commute from Cambridge 009 to Cambridge city centre?
- The nearest mainline rail station is about 1 km away — roughly a 14-minute walk. Given that 46% of residents work from home and only 5% commute by public transport, many people here don't make that journey daily. For those who do, the station is the main option; cycling is also popular across Cambridge more broadly.
- Who lives in Cambridge 009?
- Mostly young professionals and academics — around 40% of residents are aged 18 to 34, and 63% hold a degree. Nearly 40% are private renters, and about 39% were born outside the UK, reflecting Cambridge's international university and tech workforce. One in three households is a single-person household.
- What schools are near Cambridge 009?
- There are 71 schools within 2 km, so options are plentiful. Around 54% of those nearby schools are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted — below the national average of roughly 89%. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 1,400 metres away. Families should check individual Ofsted reports, as quality varies across the catchment area.
- How far is Cambridge 009 from London?
- The public-transport journey to London takes around 64 minutes from the nearest mainline rail station, which is roughly 1 km from the neighbourhood. That makes it a workable London commute for anyone in the office two or three days a week — and with 46% of residents working from home, many here have already made that calculation.