Housing key facts
Statistics on housing in Cambridge, including:
- house sales and private rents
- council homes
- applicants on the Home-Link housing register
- homelessness and rough sleeping
- new homes required
- general information on population, households and the economy
We update the statistics every six months. The most recent update is from March 2024.
- Housing key facts: Council housing [PDF, 0.4MB]
- Housing key facts: Homelessness and rough sleeping [PDF, 0.5MB]
- Housing key facts: House prices [PDF, 0.4MB]
- Housing key facts: Housing register applications and lettings [PDF, 0.4MB]
- Housing key facts: New homes [PDF, 0.4MB]
- Housing key facts: Population, households and economy [PDF, 0.5MB]
- Housing key facts: Private rented housing [PDF, 0.5MB]
Strategic Housing Market Assessment
Cambridgeshire Insight publishes a strategic housing market assessment. It is updated regularly, and ongoing improvements to it are being made.
Accommodation assessment: Gypsies, Travellers, Travelling Showpeople, Bargee Dwellers, and people living in other caravans and houseboats
An assessment of the accommodation needs of Gypsies, Travellers, Travelling Showpeople, Bargee Dwellers, and other caravan and houseboat dwellers was completed in September 2024. It covers the areas overseen by us and South Cambridgeshire District Council.
It assesses the need for permanent residential pitches, plots and moorings. It also considers the need for places for Gypsies and Travellers to stop temporarily.
The assessment will help to inform the new Greater Cambridge Local Plan. It will also inform further work to identify locations where Gypsies and Travellers can stay for short periods.
Previous assessments
The previous version of the assessment covered Cambridgeshire, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, Peterborough, and West Suffolk.
- Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment 2016 [PDF, 0.7MB]
- Cambridge sub-region Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Needs Assessment 2006 [PDF, 0.3MB]
Build to rent research
This research assesses the role that purpose-built housing for rent (‘build to rent’) might take in the local area. It was commissioned by us, South Cambridgeshire District Council and West Suffolk Council.
- The Build to Rent Market in Greater Cambridge and West Suffolk [PDF, 7MB]
- Build to Rent Market Strategic Overview and Summary of Site-Specific Appraisals [PDF, 0.4MB]
- Build to Rent Market Demand Appraisal: North East Cambridge [PDF, 6.5MB]
- Build to Rent Market Demand Appraisal: Bourn Airfield [PDF, 4.5MB]
- Build to Rent Market Demand Appraisal: Northstowe [PDF, 5MB]
- Build to Rent Market Demand Appraisal: Waterbeach [PDF, 4.5MB]
Private sector house condition surveys
We conduct private sector house condition surveys as a way of maintaining a detailed picture of housing conditions in the private sector.
The survey results help us form strategies and inform investment decisions, and feed into statistical returns and other internal reports.
The most recent one was carried out in 2015. This was made up of two elements: a report based on modelling of the housing stock; and an interactive atlas which pulls together a range of data from other sources.
Our previous housing condition survey was in 2009
Cambridgeshire housing research
Cambridgeshire Insight is a shared knowledge base for the Cambridgeshire area, which includes data and research on a range of housing and other issues.
