City Profile • Local Authority

Cambridge

Cambridge is a local authority district comprising 5 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £550k, reflecting a downward trend of 2.6% over the past year. Crime levels sit at a moderate 103 per 1,000 residents, typical for an area of this size and population density.

Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.

Population Trajectory

Annual residents (1991 – 2022)

146,995
Residents (2022)

Constituent Districts

5 Areas

Population Composition

Detailed breakdown of the residents within the Cambridge authority according to the Census 2021.

Top Ethnicities

White: English53.0%
White: Other White19.6%
Chinese4.4%
Indian4.1%
Other Asian3.4%
Any other ethnic group2.3%

Age Profile

20-24 years14.0%
25-29 years11.2%
30-34 years9.3%
15-19 years7.9%
35-39 years7.2%
40-44 years6.3%

Top Occupations

Professional42.4%
Associate professional12.1%
Managers and directors10.5%
Elementary occupations9.0%
Caring and leisure6.8%
Administrative and secretarial5.8%

Housing Tenure

Private rented: Landlord28.1%
Owned: Outright24.6%
Owned: Mortgage19.5%
Social rented: Council13.2%
Social rented: Other9.5%
Private rented: Other3.4%

Area DNA

family1/10
health7/10
safety3/10
homeown1/10
transit1/10
affluence10/10
diversity10/10
employment10/10
investment2/10