We carry out research and support partners, such as the Regional Skills Partnership and Advantage West Midlands, in meeting their data and intelligence needs.
Recent and ongoing research on population and society includes:
Published 20th October 2009
A successful West Midlands must be made up of communities where people want to live and work, now and in the future.
But what are the factors which make communities sustainable in this way? How can we identify which of our current communities are sustainable and which need action to help them to change?
What Makes a Sustainable Community? (PDF, 457kb) starts to answer some of these questions.
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Published 20th October 2009
The population of the West Midlands is changing. Over the next 20 years the number of people aged 85 and over will double, the region's population will become increasingly diverse and more people will be living alone or in small households.
The State of the Region thematic report, The West Midlands' Changing Population (PDF, 437kb), looks at the implications of these changes.
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Published 18th September 2009
The results of the Place Survey 2008 were released by DCLG on 23rd June 2009. We've analysed the results and made this interactive map to make comparisons between different local authorities in the West Midlands.
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Published 3rd February 2009
We carried out an exercise to analyse a wide range of indicators of social and economic inclusion for neighbourhoods across the West Midlands. Our analysis looked at how the indicators relate to one another and how those patterns vary across the region.
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Published 11th December 2007
We produced some early analysis of the West Midlands' performance on the Indices of Deprivation 2007, released by the Department for Communities and Local Government.
Based on the overall deprivation scores we calculated the proportion of lower super output areas in each local authority that were in the 10% most deprived in the country. A report on the West Midlands' performance, comparison with the rest of England and maps comparing performance of the West Midlands between 2004 and 2007 are available to download.
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Published 24th October 2007
This project explores attitudes, motivations and barriers to engagement in learning, skills and employment among disadvantaged groups and communities. The project consisted of a Jobcentre Plus survey of claimants followed by research with key groups and communities.
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