East Cambridgeshire population, 2001–2024
East Cambridgeshire has an estimated population of 92,906 (mid-2024), up 26.6% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the East Cambridgeshire local authority area.
92,906
population, mid-2024
+26.6%
since 2001
+7.6%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (92,906)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 92,906 | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 91,313 | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 89,348 | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 88,125 | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 86,948 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 87,010 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 86,885 | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 87,016 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 86,952 | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 86,757 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 86,316 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 85,483 | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 85,101 | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 84,245 | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 83,303 | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 82,357 | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 81,035 | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 79,923 | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 78,429 | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 77,224 | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 75,996 | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 77,447 | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 74,328 | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 73,411 | — |
Food businesses
East Cambridgeshire has 51 takeaways, 123 restaurants and cafés and 64 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.41 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 5.5 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the East Cambridgeshire local authority area (code E07000009), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.