ONS launches new consultation into National Well-being measures

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today launched a consultation on key themes and headline indicators of national well-being, which they propose are vital in understanding how to measure the UK’s progress by more than just its economic performance. We published a link to the early discussions around this topic here, where the ONS [...]

Updated LEP League Table

WCC has produced a league table showing the relative performance of the 38 Local Enterprise Partnership areas.  Socio-economic data  was utilised, covering qualifications, labour force, knowledge industry economy and the recent ‘dynamics’ of the economies. For each individual data set, the LEP was ranked in terms of performance – with lowest scores being best and highest being [...]

ONS released ward level population estimates for mid-2010

The Mid-2010 Small Area Population Estimates were published today on the National Statistics website. These estimates are consistent with the published local authority mid-year estimates and include estimates by Ward. Census Area Statistics (CAS) wards are used for 2001 Census outputs, they are based on administrative ward boundaries legally in force at the end of [...]

District/Borough LEA Summaries published

During the development of the Coventry & Warwickshire Local Economic Assessment, it was recognised that local District/Borough LEA summaries would be beneficial to inform work and planning at a local level. The Observatory have been commissioned to undertake these summaries for the five Districts and Boroughs.  See each District/Borough profile below: North Warwickshire LEA Summary Profile Nuneaton & [...]

The ‘Numberhood’ mobile phone app

Oxford Consultants for Social Inclusion (OCSI) have just released a new mobile phone app called ‘Numberhood’.  The app is designed to provide a range of socio-economic indicators at local authority district level, and lets you compare local statistics with regional and national trends across ten themes. Having downloaded the app (purely for research purposes!) we can [...]

Atlas of Deprivation now available from ONS

The Regional and Local team at Office for National Statistics have published the ‘Atlas of Deprivation’ on the Neighbourhood Statistics website. Based on the 2010 Indices of Deprivation for England, which combine a number of areas chosen to cover a range of economic, social and housing issues into a single deprivation score for each Lower Layer [...]

Quality of Life in Warwickshire 2011/12

Welcome to the 2011/12 Quality of Life in Warwickshire Report (warning:  large file size). The report presents a variety of indicators that help to measure the quality of life experienced by residents of the county, and is used to support evidence-based policy-making by all public sector organisations in Warwickshire.  The report identifies a series of key [...]

Research > Evidence > Action… a small example!

It can be hard sometimes to link the work of the Observatory through to ‘on the ground’ responses and activity.  How does the analysis and interpretation of data lead to changes in front line service delivery?  One small but perfectly formed example from last week involves our work with the police and other community safety [...]

Unemployment update – September 2011 figures

The Job Seekers’ Allowance (JSA) claimant count level in September 2011 was 9,000 in Warwickshire; a rate of 2.6% of the resident working age population. This represents a fall of 192 claimants or -2.1% from the previous month. These falls are mirrored to a lesser extent across the sub-region and West Midlands region however, the [...]

Handy Collection of Housing Data from Shelter’s Website

Shelter, the housing and homelessness charity organisation, has gathered a range of useful housing datasets within each of the following themes:  Housing Need Affordability Supply Social and Welfare  A tool providing these datasets can be accessed here. These data are taken from the relevant government organisations. They are available at district level, if needed, with [...]