What is the Quality of life survey?
The survey was first launched in 2023 as part of our vision to make Cambridgeshire greener, fairer and more caring.
The Quality of Life 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 aims to track the responses of residents over time to see how changes to council decisions and policies, as well as the work of other public sector bodies in the county, affect people’s views.
Since 2024, the survey has been run in partnership with the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, South Cambridgeshire District Council and Cambridge Ahead.
Why is it important?
It provides councillors and other public sector bodies in the county, 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 seven Strategic Framework (opens as pdf) ambitions over time.
2025 survey results
The responses from our annual Quality of life survey have now been collated. 6,796 Cambridgeshire residents engaged in the 2025 survey. This consisted of:
- 5,501 residents reached as part of our commissioned survey, designed with a stratified sampling approach, to ensure the results were representative of the Cambridgeshire residential population.
- 1,224 residents reached as part of the general public survey, available to allow the wider resident population to take part. These are being analysed separately, and a full analysis report will be available on our website in due course.
- 71 harder to reach residents, through quantitative and qualitative engagement. These will also be analysed separately.
To view the main survey summary and report documents, please visit Quality of life survey results and findings 2025.
The survey ran from 7 May 2025 to 21 July 2025 and we thank our residents who took part in the main and wider public surveys during this time.
Previous results and findings
To view survey summaries, key themes, and report documents from previous years, please follow the links below:
