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Ely

Ely is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of around 20,574. It has around 1 GP surgery, 3 pharmacies, and around 49 restaurants and cafés, along with 48 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Ely, 1.4 km away. The average sold house price is around £364,146, and there were around 137 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Ely area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the East Cambridgeshire area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 87,764 residents at roughly 135 people per km².

Council
East Cambridgeshire
County
Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South East Cambridgeshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire
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My Area Score

Good

Ranked 88th of 294 English council areas — better than 70% of them.

Low crime97
Home affordability29
Affordable rents49
Good schools4
Life expectancy75
Low deprivation82
Employment86
Low council tax37

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

9°COvercast

  • Today: 11° / 7° · 24% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:24

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

40US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Enfield - Bowes Primary School, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

151 reported · August 2026▼ 18% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour54
  • Violence & sexual offences35
  • Criminal damage & arson17
  • Shoplifting13

8 stop & searches · mostly evidence of offences under the act

Neighbourhood team: East Cambridgeshire · Cambridgeshire

Local policing priorities

  • Using a combination of your feedback and our own data, we have set the below as the top three things your local neighbourhood policing te…
  • Theft from shops in Ely

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

113 reported road collisions (2025)

35 killed or seriously injured · 152 casualties · 12.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

181 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 146 rated 4–5 ★ (124 top)
  • 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Ely (1.0 km)
  • 50 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Ely (1.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£340,059 average▲ 2% YoY

Across East Cambridgeshire · to 2026-08

Detached£482,586
Semi-detached£323,642
Terraced£272,675
Flat£169,212

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,038 average monthly rent▲ 0.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £732
  • 2 bed £958
  • 3 bed £1,168

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

10.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.0 times median annual pay (9.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,118 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 140.8p · AppleGreen (7.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 148.8p · AppleGreen (7.2 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

16 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Barton Road Car Park 1 (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres4
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches34
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds24

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

87,764 residents in East Cambridgeshire · 135/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,541
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,072
  • Net moves+1,469

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 242 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,485 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (28% of 41,350)

A £1,657
B £1,933
C £2,209
D £2,485
E £3,037
F £3,590
G £4,142
H £4,970

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

40 schools · 14,415 pupils

29 primary · 5 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 13 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (72%)

37 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Soham Village CollegeOutstanding
  • Bottisham Village CollegeRequires improvement
  • Vista Academy LittleportInadequate
  • Ely College
  • Witchford Village College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Cambridgeshire

Care & health services

595 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes139
  • GP practices108
  • Dentists128
  • Homecare agencies139
  • Hospitals & hospices20

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cambridgeshire

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Ely)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 193 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

166 applications decided

96.4% granted · 160 granted, 6 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Charlotte Cane

Liberal Democrat

Ely and East Cambridgeshire

Recent votes:

  • NoRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative majority

  • Con 15
  • LD 12
  • Oth 1

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools14
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens51
  • Restaurants & cafés60

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,645 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

407 jobs advertised · £39,756 avg

e.g. Painter, Senior Quantity Surveyor, Telehandler Ely

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£786 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,657 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 44,555 certificates

10.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

58% low-carbon electricity

Gas 41% · Wind 38% · Nuclear 14% · Biomass 6%

170 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Cambridgeshire): 61.5 women · 62.3 men

53% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction8.0
  • Feeling worthwhile8.3
  • Happiness yesterday7.8
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

2 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in CB7

  • Staploe Medical Centre
  • St Mary'S Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ely and East Cambridgeshire:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Bishop's Palace, Ely · 0.1 km

    The Bishop's Palace, Ely was one of the residences of the Bishop of Ely from the 15th century until 1941. It is a Grade I listed building.

  • Diocese of Ely · 0.1 km

    The Diocese of Ely is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury. It is headed by the Bishop of Ely, who sits at Ely Cathedral in Ely. There is one suffragan (subordinate) bishop, the Bishop of Huntingd…

  • Countess Free Church · 0.2 km

    The Countess Free Church is a church based in the centre of Ely, Cambridgeshire, which also holds events across the city. The church meets on a Sunday morning at 10.30am and also has activities and groups for people o…

  • Ely Urban District · 0.2 km

    The city of Ely formed a local government district in the Isle of Ely and Cambridgeshire from 1850 to 1974. It was administered as a local board district from 1850 to 1894, and as an urban district from 1894 to 1974.…

  • Sessions House, Ely · 0.2 km

    The Sessions House, formerly the Shire Hall, is a courthouse in Lynn Road, Ely, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. The building, which is now used as the meeting place of the City of Ely Council, is a Grade II*…

  • Ely Cathedral · 0.2 km

    Ely Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Ely?
Ely is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, in the East Cambridgeshire local authority.
What is the population of Ely?
Ely has an approximate settlement population of 20,574.
How deprived is Ely?
The East Cambridgeshire local authority, which includes Ely, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.