- Somerset Economic Assessment - An updated profile of the local economy for 2013 is now available
- 2013/14 Community Safety Strategic Assessment - Priorities for community safety initiatives among Somerset partners
- Read SINePost - Our monthly newsletter/blog on data and research releases relevant to Somerset
- INFORM Somerset - Maps and stats on a variety of Somerset data
- Expanded Housing section now features up-to-date facts and figures for Somerset on demand and supply, homelessness, improvements and support
The Somerset Intelligence website provides data, information, intelligence and insight on Somerset and the many varied communities which comprise the county. It also serves as the evidence base for the Somerset Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) which informs decision-making by those who plan, operate and commission services for the county.
On this site you will find reports, tables and presentations on many aspects of Somerset, its people and businesses, along with analysis of the facts and figures, identifying the key issues facing the county. You'll also find links throughout to our other web site, INFORM Somerset, where you can find data and information displayed on maps.
We also produce monthly updates on the latest research and data affecting Somerset in SINePost, with further links to the original sources should you wish to investigate further. If you have any questions, please contact us.
Somerset Intelligence is funded and run by a partnership of public organisations serving the Somerset area.
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We have expanded our Housing section considerably, featuring up-to-date facts and figures for Somerset relating to issues such as as demand and supply, homelessness, improvements and support for vulnerable people. The information highlights the important relationship between housing and wellbeing of residents and tenants.
Last month the Somerset Road Safety Team published a Road Casualty Review 2013. It covers a range of statistics and information about people injured as a result of road accidents.
We have summarised the findings of the report on our Road Safety page (found in the Transport & Access and Crime & Community Safety sections of the web site) with a link to the full report.
Four new Economic Factsheets have been added over the last couple of months.
They update previous factsheets from earlier in the year or last year and can be found within the employment section of Economy & Jobs
- Employment and Economic Activity
- Unemployment and Economic Inactivity
- Occupation and Earnings
- Workforce Skills - April 2014
We have produced a JSNA Summary for 2013-14, a 'snapshot' of topical facts and figures and overview of the key issues currently facing Somerset and the longer term priorities agreed by the Health and Wellbeing Board.
A hard-copy edited version will shortly be published and made available for libraries, GP surgeries and other public buildings.
A new Economic Factsheet on town centres has been added to the Business Section.
This factsheet looks at leisure and retail outlets in Somerset and some of it's towns.
In April 2011 we launched INFORM Somerset, the new online data hub about and for Somerset.
INFORM Somerset's user-friendly interface presents information in maps, charts and tables, which can either be viewed or be printed off and downloaded.
Currently you can view population and demographic information, NHS data onhospital admissions and mortality rates, Avon & Somerset Police crime statistics, Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue fire statistics, Somerset County Council information on schools and social care, official Government figures on job seekers allowance claimants since January 2008 and some data on Council Tax and distances to local services.
More data and topics are being added all the time. INFORM Somerset also forms an important part of the JSNA, as the data repository supporting the report.
Check back here for the latest on improvements and additions to INFORM Somerset.
Somerset is a rural county of around 540,000 people across an area of 3,504km² including the districts of Mendip, Sedgemoor, South Somerset, Taunton Deane and West Somerset (not North Somerset or Bath & North East Somerset). This is 85% of the population of Bristol in an area nearly 24 times larger. West Somerset (containing much of Exmoor) is the 6th least densely populated district/unitary in the country.
Somerset has a more elderly population than the South West region and England as a whole with more than 1 in 5 of the residents of the county being over 65, this rises to nearly 1 in 3 being over 65 in West Somerset.
Somerset has a particular dip in population of 20 to 40 year olds compared to England & Wales as a whole. We believe this is due to younger people leaving the county for university and/or jobs and older people moving to the area later in life to take advantage of the more rural lifestyle.
Some of the largest towns in Somerset are shown below with the respective populations
[Source – Census 2011]
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