East Cambridgeshire: local statistics
East Cambridgeshire is a district council area in the East of England, home to an estimated 94,599 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over East Cambridgeshire, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in East Cambridgeshire is £2,485.18, up £111.05 on 2025-26. That makes it the 6th highest of the 45 council areas in the East of England. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,623.91.
In the year to March 2026, 4,287 offences were recorded by police in East Cambridgeshire: 45.3 per 1,000 people, the 37th highest rate of the 42 council areas in the East of England. A year earlier it was 44.9. In the year to March 2016 it was 29.3 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
An estimated 85.6% of people aged 16 to 64 living in East Cambridgeshire were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey, with a margin of error of 5.6 points either way, against 78.3% across the East of England. Its lowest reading in the series was 79.6% and its highest 89.7%.
The claimant count for East Cambridgeshire stood at 1,210 in August 2026, or 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 (the East of England: 3.3%). A year earlier the rate was 2.0%. The five-year high was 2.7% (August 2021); the low was 1.6% (August 2023).
4,645 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in East Cambridgeshire in March 2026, 6% more than in 2016. That is 49 for every 1,000 residents, 18th of 45 in the East of England, counting from the highest.
In 2022 to 2024, women in East Cambridgeshire had a life expectancy at birth of 84.9 years; for men it was 82.1, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 0.2 years less than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.1 more. It is the 12th highest for women of 45 in the East of England.
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in East Cambridgeshire at £346,413 for July 2026, up 5.8% on a year before. It ranks as close to the middle of the 45 council areas in the East of England (21st highest) (regional average £337,518). Prices are 34% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in East Cambridgeshire (£41,464) gives a ratio of 8.4. That ratio is close to the middle of the 45 council areas in the East of England (21st highest ratio).
East Cambridgeshire had an estimated 94,599 residents in mid-2025, a change of +1.5% in a year. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +9.0%, against +8.5% for the East of England as a whole. That is close to the middle of the 45 council areas in the East of England (20th fastest growth). The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
The median full-time employee living in East Cambridgeshire was paid £786.20 a week before tax in April 2025, or £41,464 over a year. It is close to the middle of the 45 council areas in the East of England (25th highest), and 2.3% less than across the East of England. Jobs based in East Cambridgeshire paid a median £671.20 a week, £115.00 less than the figure for people who live there. In 2015 the residents' median was £566.50, so it has risen 39% before inflation.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 86,757 |
| 2016 | 86,952 |
| 2017 | 87,016 |
| 2018 | 86,885 |
| 2019 | 87,010 |
| 2020 | 86,948 |
| 2021 | 88,125 |
| 2022 | 89,567 |
| 2023 | 91,657 |
| 2024 | 93,197 |
| 2025 | 94,599 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £257,986 |
| July 2017 | £273,327 |
| July 2018 | £286,342 |
| July 2019 | £288,271 |
| July 2020 | £281,842 |
| July 2021 | £288,335 |
| July 2022 | £316,630 |
| July 2023 | £326,037 |
| July 2024 | £314,351 |
| July 2025 | £327,298 |
| July 2026 | £346,413 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £566.50 a week |
| 2016 | £564.70 a week |
| 2017 | £605.20 a week |
| 2018 | £572.20 a week |
| 2019 | £614.60 a week |
| 2020 | £579.40 a week |
| 2021 | £625.60 a week |
| 2022 | £638.20 a week |
| 2023 | £704.50 a week |
| 2024 | £751.90 a week |
| 2025 | £786.20 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,623.91 |
| 2017-18 | £1,653.04 |
| 2018-19 | £1,731.68 |
| 2019-20 | £1,823.53 |
| 2020-21 | £1,887.88 |
| 2021-22 | £1,947.27 |
| 2022-23 | £2,032.35 |
| 2023-24 | £2,143.32 |
| 2024-25 | £2,264.91 |
| 2025-26 | £2,374.13 |
| 2026-27 | £2,485.18 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 29.3 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 32.9 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 42.1 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 40.7 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 46.9 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 49.7 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 46.4 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 49.2 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 42.8 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 44.9 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 45.3 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 79.6% |
| 2016/17 | 82.4% |
| 2017/18 | 80.1% |
| 2018/19 | 81.3% |
| 2019/20 | 80.3% |
| 2020/21 | 89.7% |
| 2021/22 | 83.8% |
| 2022/23 | 84.5% |
| 2023/24 | 82.1% |
| 2024/25 | 82.2% |
| 2025/26 | 85.6% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 85.1 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.7 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 84.5 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 84.9 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 85.0 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.8 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.5 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 84.2 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 84.2 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.2 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 84.9 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 4,400 |
| 2017 | 4,520 |
| 2018 | 4,565 |
| 2019 | 4,595 |
| 2020 | 4,610 |
| 2021 | 4,555 |
| 2022 | 4,565 |
| 2023 | 4,505 |
| 2024 | 4,505 |
| 2025 | 4,520 |
| 2026 | 4,645 |
Questions about East Cambridgeshire
How much is Band D council tax in East Cambridgeshire?
£2,485.18 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is the crime rate in East Cambridgeshire?
Home Office figures show 4,287 offences in the year to March 2026, or 45.3 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in East Cambridgeshire?
1,210 in August 2026 (2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is life expectancy in East Cambridgeshire?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 82.1 years for men and 84.9 for women.
What is the average house price in East Cambridgeshire?
£346,413 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+5.8% on a year).
What is the population of East Cambridgeshire?
The ONS estimates 94,599 people lived in East Cambridgeshire in mid-2025.
What is the average salary in East Cambridgeshire?
£786.20 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
Who has power over East Cambridgeshire
Every body that makes decisions for East Cambridgeshire, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- East Cambridgeshire council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- East Cambridgeshire in official figures this page
Level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors
- Cambridgeshire County Council county council
- Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority combined authority
- Cambridgeshire Constabulary police force
- NHS Central East Integrated Care Board NHS
- East of England in official figures
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire: Charlotte Cane (Liberal Democrat) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the East of England
- UK figures: Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime · UK employment rate · UK unemployment rate
- Other council areas in the East of England: Babergh · Harlow · Rochford · Stevenage · Three Rivers · Uttlesford
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