What is the Quality of Life survey?
The Quality of Life Survey helps us deliver our vision of a healthy, fair and sustainable Cambridgeshire.
The survey aims to gain insight into the experiences of residents across Cambridgeshire, understanding their views and needs on topics such as life and community, transport, health and wellbeing, children and young people, the council, and its services. It seeks to gather opinions of a representative sample of residents in each of the five districts.
By tracking responses over time, the survey enables the council and its partners to understand how changes in policy, services and wider public sector activity impact people’s lives, supporting better-informed decisions that improve health, promote fairness and create sustainable communities.
Since 2024, the survey has been run in partnership with the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority and Cambridge Ahead.
Why is it important?
It provides councillors with vital insight when they are making decisions. The information collected from previous surveys has already been used to feed into the council’s Business Plan and Budget processes.
It also allows the organisation to benchmark itself with other councils and track the impact of this council’s delivery against its Strategic Framework ambitions over time.
2026 survey is now closed
Our Quality of Life Survey ran from 13 May 2026 to 5 August 2026.
We thank our residents who took part in the main and wider public surveys during this time.
The responses are now being collated. We will feed back to councillors and the public in the autumn. Results and findings will be available on this webpage.
Previous results and findings
In previous years, the survey has highlighted most residents feel happy, safe and have a sense of belonging, with residents believing that Cambridgeshire is a good place to raise children. However, it also highlighted that roads and pavement maintenance, the cost of living and mental health and loneliness are areas of concern.
To view survey summaries, key themes, and report documents from previous years, please follow the links below:
