WITH AN EXPECTED POPULATION OF 665,100 BY 2021, CAMBRIDGESHIRE IS ONE OF THE UK’S FASTEST GROWING COUNTIES

The City of Cambridge itself plays an important role both regionally and nationally – not simply for its elite reputation for education, but for the City’s rich concentrate of high technology and bio-tech industries.

HI-TECH AND BIO-TECH INDUSTRIES 2006

IN 2006 THERE WERE 458 RECORDED HECI-TH BUSINESSES IN CAMBRIDGE

16,390
People employed in
hi-tech industries
in the city

5,510
people in cambridge work in bio-tech industries (inc. in
hi-tech figures)

17.2%
Of the city's total employment is in
hi/bio-tech industries

DATA: EMPLOYMENT IN THE HI-TECH COMMUNITY; CAMBRIDGE COUNTY COUNCIL RESEARCH GROUP

72.8%
OF the population of cambridge are of working age*

* DATA: MID-YEAR POPULATION ESTIMATES 2006

72.6%
of the working age population are economically active**

** DATA: ONS ANNUAL POPULATION SURVEY (OCT 2006 – SEPT 2007)

41.2%
of the population's highest qualification is a first degree (or equivalent) (2001-Q1)***

*** DATA: AUDIT COMMISSION’S AREA PROFILE (Q1 = TOP 25% PERFORMING DISTRICTS IN ENGLAND)

* EMPLOYEE JOBS EXCLUDES SELF-EMPLOYED, GOVERNMENT-SUPPORTED TRAINEES AND HM FORCES
** TOURISM FIGURES ARE ALSO COUNTED UNDER THE OTHER SERVICE RELATED INDUSTRY FIGURES
DATA: AUDIT COMMISSION’S AREA PROFILE