"Housing provides the base from which people live their lives, connecting them to work, education, services and their communities. The affordability of housing, alongside the stability, quality and size of homes, is crucial in itself, but also, if unaffordable, can drag occupants into poverty... At worst, households facing unaffordable housing costs can experience destitution, homelessness or rough sleeping." — JRF poverty report 2023.

This is the Housing spotlight page for Cambridge.

Key indicators

The following analysis reflects the experience across the population of Cambridge.

Housing tenure mix

Long-term housing tenure data is only currently available at Local Authority level.

Shorter-term housing tenure data is only currently available at Local Authority level.

Local Housing Allowance shortfall

What's on this chart?

LHA used to be benchmarked to the the 30th percentile of rental prices but has been frozen in cash terms since April 2020. As a result LHA now lags the rental prices in some areas.

LHA shortfall data is currently only available at Local Authority Level.

Median house prices

What's on this chart?

This chart shows median house prices over time in Cambridge.

Dataset

House Prices
Cambridge
Year1017776000000121777600000014177760000001617776000000817776000000Median House Prices (£)0150k150k200k250k300k350k50kCambridge 1995-12-01: 53000Cambridge 1996-03-01: 53000Cambridge 1996-06-01: 52500Cambridge 1996-09-01: 53000Cambridge 1996-12-01: 52750Cambridge 1997-03-01: 53000Cambridge 1997-06-01: 56475Cambridge 1997-09-01: 56975Cambridge 1997-12-01: 56475Cambridge 1998-03-01: 58000Cambridge 1998-06-01: 57475Cambridge 1998-09-01: 57995Cambridge 1998-12-01: 59950Cambridge 1999-03-01: 59995Cambridge 1999-06-01: 59997.5Cambridge 1999-09-01: 59950Cambridge 1999-12-01: 62500Cambridge 2000-03-01: 59975Cambridge 2000-06-01: 64250Cambridge 2000-09-01: 65000Cambridge 2000-12-01: 66000Cambridge 2001-03-01: 66500Cambridge 2001-06-01: 64000Cambridge 2001-09-01: 67000Cambridge 2001-12-01: 68975Cambridge 2002-03-01: 69500Cambridge 2002-06-01: 73000Cambridge 2002-09-01: 76500Cambridge 2002-12-01: 82500Cambridge 2003-03-01: 89000Cambridge 2003-06-01: 93950Cambridge 2003-09-01: 103000Cambridge 2003-12-01: 115000Cambridge 2004-03-01: 116950Cambridge 2004-06-01: 125000Cambridge 2004-09-01: 129475Cambridge 2004-12-01: 127250Cambridge 2005-03-01: 136250Cambridge 2005-06-01: 139975Cambridge 2005-09-01: 142500Cambridge 2005-12-01: 145500Cambridge 2006-03-01: 145000Cambridge 2006-06-01: 144375Cambridge 2006-09-01: 143000Cambridge 2006-12-01: 143250Cambridge 2007-03-01: 144950Cambridge 2007-06-01: 145500Cambridge 2007-09-01: 149000Cambridge 2007-12-01: 146000Cambridge 2008-03-01: 145475Cambridge 2008-06-01: 145000Cambridge 2008-09-01: 143000Cambridge 2008-12-01: 140000Cambridge 2009-03-01: 142500Cambridge 2009-06-01: 135000Cambridge 2009-09-01: 137000Cambridge 2009-12-01: 145266Cambridge 2010-03-01: 145000Cambridge 2010-06-01: 145666.5Cambridge 2010-09-01: 149000Cambridge 2010-12-01: 145000Cambridge 2011-03-01: 140000Cambridge 2011-06-01: 139500Cambridge 2011-09-01: 124500Cambridge 2011-12-01: 120000Cambridge 2012-03-01: 122000Cambridge 2012-06-01: 128000Cambridge 2012-09-01: 135000Cambridge 2012-12-01: 132500Cambridge 2013-03-01: 127500Cambridge 2013-06-01: 125000Cambridge 2013-09-01: 120000Cambridge 2013-12-01: 124000Cambridge 2014-03-01: 124000Cambridge 2014-06-01: 125000Cambridge 2014-09-01: 125000Cambridge 2014-12-01: 135000Cambridge 2015-03-01: 138725Cambridge 2015-06-01: 135000Cambridge 2015-09-01: 137500Cambridge 2015-12-01: 139000Cambridge 2016-03-01: 136500Cambridge 2016-06-01: 140000Cambridge 2016-09-01: 140000Cambridge 2016-12-01: 137750Cambridge 2017-03-01: 141000Cambridge 2017-06-01: 139725Cambridge 2017-09-01: 145000Cambridge 2017-12-01: 149499.5Cambridge 2018-03-01: 154999Cambridge 2018-06-01: 161000Cambridge 2018-09-01: 162000Cambridge 2018-12-01: 157750Cambridge 2019-03-01: 155000Cambridge 2019-06-01: 151000Cambridge 2019-09-01: 150000Cambridge 2019-12-01: 155000Cambridge 2020-03-01: 155000Cambridge 2020-06-01: 163725Cambridge 2020-09-01: 155225Cambridge 2020-12-01: 165750Cambridge 2021-03-01: 178000Cambridge 2021-06-01: 178000Cambridge 2021-09-01: 170000Cambridge 2021-12-01: 160000Cambridge 2022-03-01: 159950Cambridge 2022-06-01: 155000Cambridge 2022-09-01: 155500Cambridge 2022-12-01: 162500Cambridge 2023-03-01: 158000

Current median rental prices by type of property

What's on this chart?

This chart shows current median rental prices by type of property in Cambridge.

Dataset

No data available at this level.

Tenure type and poverty rates

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the poverty rates by type of tenure in Cambridge, both before and after housing costs. The threshold for low income poverty is households below 60% of median net household income in latest prices.

Dataset

HBAI by type of tenure

No data available at this level.

Poverty rates by tenure type (AHC)

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the poverty rates by type of tenure in Cambridge. The threshold for low income poverty is households below 60% of median net household income (after housing costs) in latest prices.

Dataset

HBAI by type of tenure

Things to add: Current and historic tenure mix - drawing on census data - Social housing sales - RTB - completions of new homes relative to existing stock

No data available at this level.

Lower quartile rent to lower quartile earnings ratio

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the ratio of lower quartile rent for a 2 bedroom property to lower quartile earnings across different areas in Cambridge. A higher value means the average person spends a larger proportion of their earnings on rent.

Dataset

Demographic breakdown

People living in households below average income by age category

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the the poverty rates by by age category in Cambridge. The threshold for low income poverty is households below 60% of median net household income (after housing costs) in latest prices.

Dataset

HBAI by age category

No data available at this level.

Council tax support

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the number of people claiming council tax support in Cambridge.

Dataset

Council Tax Support

No data available at this level.