Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
East Cambridgeshire Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading East Cambridgeshire prices and rents.
Apr 2025-Mar 2026 / ASHE 2026
East Cambridgeshire wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
94,599
ONS 2025
Median resident annual pay
£40,882
East Cambridgeshire
Median resident weekly pay
£786
Full-time employees
Employment rate
85.6%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
3.1%
Economically active
Average monthly rent compared with estimated monthly earnings.
Labour market rates are from the ONS Annual Population Survey profile shown by Nomis. Where the local APS unemployment value is suppressed, the ONS model-based unemployment estimate is used. Earnings are ONS ASHE resident-analysis median full-time employee earnings. Annual pay is annualised from weekly pay for display context.
Incomes Explain Affordability Pressure
Wage and employment data does not predict house prices by itself. It gives demand-side context: how average prices and rents compare with resident earnings, whether employment conditions support demand, and where affordability pressure may limit the buyer or renter pool.
East Cambridgeshire’s labour market sits above the Great Britain average on several key measures, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey profile shown by Nomis and the ONS ASHE resident earnings tables. The district had a resident population of 94,599 in 2025, so the figures reflect a fairly sizeable local workforce and community base.