Huntingdonshire: local statistics
Huntingdonshire is a district council area in the East of England, home to an estimated 191,941 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 Huntingdonshire, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
Average Band D council tax in Huntingdonshire is £2,556.40 for 2026-27, up £116.73 on 2025-26. That makes it the highest in the East of England. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,641.12.
The claimant count for Huntingdonshire stood at 2,700 in August 2026, or 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for the East of England was 3.3%. The rate was the same a year earlier. Over the last five years it peaked at 2.8% in August 2021 and was lowest at 2.0% in December 2023.
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Huntingdonshire at £308,374 for July 2026, up 3.1% on July 2025. It ranks as 32nd of 45 in the East of England, counting from the highest; the average for the East of England was £337,518. This July figure is the highest in the series, 33% up on July 2016. The average price is 8.1 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Huntingdonshire. That ratio is 28th of 45 in the East of England, counting from the highest ratio.
In March 2026, 9,010 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in Huntingdonshire, 3% more than in 2016. That is 47 for every 1,000 residents, close to the middle of all 45 council areas in the East of England (21st highest).
The ONS estimates that 191,941 people lived in Huntingdonshire in mid-2025, up 0.8% on mid-2024. That is 16,294 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 9.3%; the East of England grew by 8.5% over the same years, 18th of 45 in the East of England, counting from the fastest growth. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
The police recorded 55.5 crimes per 1,000 residents in Huntingdonshire in the year to March 2026 (10,659 offences in all), the 26th highest rate of all 42 council areas in the East of England. A year earlier it was 54.1. The highest rate in the series was 59.7, in the year to March 2020. Fraud is not included.
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in Huntingdonshire took home £773.60 a week before tax (£38,019 a year). That is 3.9% below the figure for the East of England and close to the middle of all 45 council areas in the East of England (27th highest). For full-time jobs located in Huntingdonshire the median is £758.00 a week (−£15.60 on the residents' figure). In 2015 the residents' median was £543.20, so it has risen 42% before inflation.
A girl born in Huntingdonshire in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 84.1 years and a boy 81.0 years, on the ONS's period measure, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by -0.2 years for women and +0.0 for men. It is close to the middle of all 45 council areas in the East of England (24th highest for women).
An estimated 78.1% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Huntingdonshire were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 5.4 points); the figure for the East of England was 78.3%. Its lowest reading in the series was 75.7% and its highest 86.2%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 175,647 |
| 2016 | 176,425 |
| 2017 | 176,743 |
| 2018 | 176,909 |
| 2019 | 176,968 |
| 2020 | 177,816 |
| 2021 | 181,827 |
| 2022 | 184,150 |
| 2023 | 187,156 |
| 2024 | 190,370 |
| 2025 | 191,941 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £231,595 |
| July 2017 | £247,908 |
| July 2018 | £256,615 |
| July 2019 | £258,033 |
| July 2020 | £255,263 |
| July 2021 | £269,671 |
| July 2022 | £302,638 |
| July 2023 | £303,409 |
| July 2024 | £293,687 |
| July 2025 | £298,989 |
| July 2026 | £308,374 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £543.20 a week |
| 2016 | £570.10 a week |
| 2017 | £586.10 a week |
| 2018 | £600.60 a week |
| 2019 | £595.10 a week |
| 2020 | £593.00 a week |
| 2021 | £588.90 a week |
| 2022 | £643.30 a week |
| 2023 | £704.70 a week |
| 2024 | £732.20 a week |
| 2025 | £773.60 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,641.12 |
| 2017-18 | £1,675.14 |
| 2018-19 | £1,753.39 |
| 2019-20 | £1,855.39 |
| 2020-21 | £1,925.18 |
| 2021-22 | £1,985.81 |
| 2022-23 | £2,075.41 |
| 2023-24 | £2,191.90 |
| 2024-25 | £2,321.51 |
| 2025-26 | £2,439.67 |
| 2026-27 | £2,556.40 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 42.9 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 50.0 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 56.5 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 58.3 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 59.7 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 54.6 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 59.0 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 59.5 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 56.2 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 54.1 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 55.5 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 80.2% |
| 2016/17 | 79.3% |
| 2017/18 | 80.5% |
| 2018/19 | 81.6% |
| 2019/20 | 78.6% |
| 2020/21 | 79.5% |
| 2021/22 | 75.7% |
| 2022/23 | 86.1% |
| 2023/24 | 86.2% |
| 2024/25 | 81.6% |
| 2025/26 | 78.1% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 84.3 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.7 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 84.8 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 84.5 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.3 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.2 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.0 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 84.0 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.9 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.0 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 84.1 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 8,780 |
| 2017 | 8,935 |
| 2018 | 8,910 |
| 2019 | 9,195 |
| 2020 | 9,385 |
| 2021 | 9,125 |
| 2022 | 9,075 |
| 2023 | 8,965 |
| 2024 | 8,995 |
| 2025 | 8,920 |
| 2026 | 9,010 |
Questions about Huntingdonshire
How much is Band D council tax in Huntingdonshire?
£2,556.40 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Huntingdonshire?
The ONS claimant count was 2,700 in August 2026, 2.3% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the average house price in Huntingdonshire?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £308,374.
What is the population of Huntingdonshire?
191,941 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is the crime rate in Huntingdonshire?
Home Office figures show 10,659 offences in the year to March 2026, or 55.5 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is the average salary in Huntingdonshire?
£773.60 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is life expectancy in Huntingdonshire?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 81.0 years for men and 84.1 for women.
Who has power over Huntingdonshire
Every body that makes decisions for Huntingdonshire, 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
- Huntingdonshire council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Huntingdonshire 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
- North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust 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
- Huntingdon: Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative) MP
- North West Cambridgeshire: Sam Carling (Labour) MP
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire: Ian Sollom (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: UK unemployment rate · UK average house price · UK population
- Other council areas in the East of England: Basildon · Bedford · Chelmsford · Colchester · Southend-on-Sea · West Suffolk
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