Data

Data coverage

• Economy: scale; productivity; growth; industrial structure; business and enterprise; skills and qualifications; labour market

• Society: demographics (age; ethnicity; households; migration and change); occupations; prosperity; deprivation; health; change

• Environment: housing; commercial & industrial floorspace; transport; local amenities; natural environment

Sources• Local Knowledge contains a

wide range of data for analysing the characteristics of Britain's cities and localities.

• Data is drawn from 130 nationally recognised sources, together with unique Local Futures indicators

• Content is held at a regional, sub-regional, Local Authority District, ward and neighbourhood level

• Powerful 'search engines' allow users to quickly locate data and generate outputs.

Data

• Data coverage allows a comprehensive analysis of places, with indicators organised in three broad categories and twenty sub-categories.

• Local Knowledge contains over 1,500 indicators with national coverage.

• For each sub-category we provide headline indicators and a composite score, for use in our overall analysis of place.

Private space

• Users have the option of including their own locally sourced data within Local Knowledge. The data can be analysed using the system’s easy-to-use toolkit, alongside our own data. Two types of data can be included:

• Thematic data: locally sourced indicators can be added at a variety of spatial levels, from district through to ward and neighbourhood level. Examples of thematic data include crime rates and fear of crime.

• Cosmetic data: point or polygon data can also be included and viewed within the mapping application. Examples of cosmetic data include the location of schools, GP surgeries and land holdings.

Spatial coverage

• Data is held at a number of different spatial levels, allowing users to 'drill-down‘, identifying local differencesRegions 11

Sub-regions 50

Districts 400

Wards 10,000

LLSOAs 34,000

COAs 200,000

Data packs

• Data Packs have been developed in association with third party data suppliers.

• Acxiom is one of the world’s leading marketing services and data companies. Data is derived from their research opinion poll, which is collected half-yearly and has a sample of over one million respondents. Indicators are available for sub-regions down to lower level super output areas or output areas.

• Hometrack is the UK’s leading provider of residential property and housing information. Hometrack supply high quality data for use by local authorities and property developers.

• Data packs can be supplied as an add-on to an annual subscription. The data can be viewed alongside our current data and accessed using our range of analytical tools.

Data Packs - examples

Acxiom• Civic engagement• Debt and savings• Environmental behaviour

and awareness• Health behaviour• Housing and households• Income• Internet access and

digital services• Satisfaction with services

Hometrack• Property prices• Affordability• Housing sales• Housing supply• Housing demand• People and society

Data Packs - examples

Expenditure and Food Survey

• Total household income• Household income from

different sources• Household income from

benefits• Household expenditure

on pensions, life insurance, savings, investment

• Household expenditure on food, transport and communications, cultural activities, fuel

British Population Survey

• Household income• Internet access• Demographics• Qualifications• Economic activity• Home tenure

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