Our annual Workforce Diversity Profile has been published for 2024. The report highlights our workforce as of June 2024 and provides valuable insight into the diversity of our organisation.

This report meets the Council's statutory duty under the Equality Act 2010 Public Sector Equality Duty to publish equality information on annual basis.  It shows the Council's employee body in relation to the Equality Act 2010 protected characteristics of: 

• Age 

• Disability

• Gender reassignment

• Maternity

• Race 

• Religion/ belief  

• Sex 

• Sexual orientation 

• Care experienced is also included as Cambridgeshire County Council recognises this as a protected characteristic.

Our workforce

The average age of a Cambridgeshire County Council colleague is 46 years old, and 75% of our colleagues are female. 97 colleagues took either maternity, paternity or adoption leave or shared parental leave within this period.

Comparing the workforce data to last year shows:

• Disclosure rates have increased for Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Religion or Religious Belief in 2026, compared to 2025.

• The male/female split remains roughly the same.

• A slight increase in the proportion of Minority ethnic employees (Other ethnic group, Mixed or multiple ethnic group, Black, Black British, Caribbean or African, and Asian or Asian British).