Jubilee Special: how Warwickshire’s population has changed over the past 60 years

As we approach the Diamond Jubilee weekend, we thought it might be interesting* to see how Warwickshire’s population has changed over the past sixty years.  This visual blog post provides a few headline figures, using historical Census data to compare the population in 1951 with 2010 (the latest available estimates; you’ll have to allow us some [...]

How many jobs are there in Warwickshire per person?

One measure of the local labour market is jobs density. Jobs density is defined as the number of jobs in an area divided by the resident population aged 16-64 in that area. For example, a job density of 1.0 would mean that there is one job for every resident aged 16-64.    According to the latest estimates [...]

Mosaic Seminar – understanding our customers

Today we hosted a seminar for County Council colleagues on the Mosaic dataset.  Mosaic is a household classification tool, providing a detailed understanding of each resident’s demographics, lifestyle and behaviours.  It provides us with an accurate way of differentiating between different customer types, each with their own unique set of service needs and channel preferences.  We had [...]

How does disposable income in Warwickshire compare with elsewhere?

A key indicator of the health of the economy is the level of disposable income households have.  By disposable income we mean the amount of money that households have available for spending or saving after income distribution measures (for example taxes and benefits) have taken effect.  This is very different to earnings, which are measured in [...]

The Warwickshire Observatory is now on Twitter!

You can now follow the Observatory on Twitter.  Our username is @WarksObs and you can either visit our feed here or, even better, follow us using the  button on the right.  We’ll use the account to publicise some of our work and engage with customers – please tell your Twitter friends!

New figures on domestic energy consumption in Warwickshire

Each year, the Department for Energy & Climate Change publishes statistics on the amount of energy consumed by households across Great Britain. The figures for 2010 have just been released, and we have carried out an introductory analysis of the Warwickshire data. Why is this data important? The rising cost of energy has an increasingly significant [...]

New ‘Poverty in England’ measures confirm Warwickshire’s pattern of need

Credit ratings company Experian has ranked 326 local authorities in England by key poverty indicators, from child poverty to the risk of long-term unemployment. The findings for Warwickshire are not unexpected; Nuneaton & Bedworth, as a whole, performs least well in Warwickshire across all measures, while Stratford-on-Avon is amongst the best performing areas in the [...]

Examining the gap in school attainment levels (part 2)

Last week we explored the differences in school attainment levels amongst pupil groups, particularly those claiming Free School Meals and those that do not.  In a follow up to that analysis, we have examined the variations in GCSE attainment geographically, specifically comparing our 30 Locality areas. Our graphic updates some analysis presented in the most recent [...]

New electoral statistics published

The Office for National Statistics has today published new statistics on electorate populations in local areas.  There are two tables of data, both reflecting the number of electors registered to vote in the UK on 1 December of 2011. Table 1 provides local government electors by local government areas (i.e. county and districts/boroughs in Warwickshire’s case). [...]

Examining the gap in school attainment levels (part 1)

Children claiming free school meals in Warwickshire are only half as likely as other pupils to gain good GSCEs. This is not a new finding; we have considered this gap in previous work such as our Quality of Life Report.  However, new figures published for 2011 identify that the trend has continued and the gap in [...]