North East Cambridgeshire
Households in poverty in North East Cambridgeshire pay on average £380 a year in poverty premiums. This is vital money that people on low incomes could be spending in their local economies and helping them keep their heads above water in the cost-of-living crisis.
The impact on North East Cambridgeshire
£3.87
Million
Total cost of the poverty premium across the constituency
£380
The average additional cost each affected household in poverty pays per year
96%
What proportion of households in poverty pay a poverty premium?
439th
out of 632
Where does my constituency rank for mean cost of poverty premium per affected household?
1 = highest average poverty premium
4
Average deprivation level across the constituency
Areas are scored from 1 to 10.
1 = most deprived
10 = the least deprived
10,598
How many households are living in poverty?

How much more are people in poverty paying based on the different types of premium in North East Cambridgeshire?
£165
Energy poverty premium
paid by 64.60% of households in poverty
£289
Food poverty premium
paid by 34.50% of households in poverty
£173
Insurance poverty premium
paid by 71.80% of households in poverty
£137
Credit poverty premium
paid by 26.30% of households in poverty
The National Picture
Below is a breakdown of the poverty premium at a national level.
£2.8
Billion
The total cost of the poverty premium to the british economy
95%
of households in poverty across britain pay a poverty premium
£380
The average additional cost each low-income household pays per year
North East Cambridgeshire Wards
- Chatteris North & Manea
- Chatteris South
- Doddington & Wimblington
- Elm & Christchurch
- Leverington & Wisbech Rural
- March East
- March North
- March South
- March West & Benwick
- Parson Drove & Wisbech St Mary
- Whittlesey East & Villages
- Whittlesey Lattersey
- Whittlesey North West
- Whittlesey South
- Wisbech North
- Wisbech Riverside
- Wisbech South
- Wisbech Walsoken & Waterlees
Other East of England constituencies
Further information
For further information download our briefing or get in touch via fbd@barrowcadbury.org.uk to speak to our team about the findings.
