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Little Shelford is a village located five miles south of Cambridge in the county of Cambridgeshire in eastern England.
It has a population of 840 according to the 2011 census (798 in 2001) and 336 homes.
The village has one pub, The Navigator, on the High Street and Winners, a fish and chip shop and Chinese takeaway.
Little Shelford has grown slowly over the centuries. In 1801, Litle Shelford's population was 220. In 1861 it was 474 and in 1891 494. In 1901 it was 441. By 1961 the population of Little Shelford was 717.
Summary of Little Shelford statistics
Resident population by age
Population characteristics
House type
Housing statistics
Economically active
Working 386 66.2%
Employees 305 52.3%
Self-employed 66 11.3%
Working student 15 2.6%
Unemployed 17 2.9%
Economically inactive
Retired 110 18.9%
Students 23 3.9%
Looking after home/family 28 4.8%
Sick/disabled 13 2.2%
Other 6 1.0%
Travel to work
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