The Somerset Intelligence website provides data, information, intelligence and insight on Somerset and the many varied communities which comprise 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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The latest update of the Somerset Employment and Skills Board (ESB) Dashboard is now available in the Economy & Jobs section. The dashboard presents 20 key indicators relating to education, employment and skills in Somerset.
The June 2013 SINePost newsletter has been published with various information on the Census outputs, Heatwave plan, a link between child obesity and deprivation and other topics. Just go to the SINePost page to read the details.
House Prices – following the release of new data from the Land Registry on residential property sales and prices we have compiled a brief overview of Somerset’s current housing market. See the House Prices page.
Fuel Poverty – see our Housing section for analysis of latest (2011) data from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) on levels of fuel poverty in the county. Overall levels were broadly unchanged in 2011 compared to 2010 but the gap between the most and least fuel poor areas has widened.
Indices of Multiple Deprivation Update News - "DCLG will not be re-issuing existing English Indices of Deprivation (ID) using the new LSOAs. As others have commented, the ID 2010 reflect a range of historic data, mainly from 2008, which was collected or compiled for each LSOA in England. It would be a substantial task to re-collect or re-compile data using the new LSOA boundaries, assuming such data are even available. This is in line with general guidance on production of small area statistics that used pre-2011 boundaries.
We are assessing options for updating the Indices. Where possible, a new set of indices would reflect the new LSOA boundaries and incorporate relevant Census data.
The IMD team can be emailed at indices.deprivation@communities.gsi.gov.uk, and our website has moved to: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/english-indices-of-deprivation-2010.”
Baljit Gill
Statistics and Spatial Analysis Team, Dept for Communities and Local Government
You can read the Somerset Intelligence analysis of previously released IMD datasets here.
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.
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Did you know?
70.5% of working age people in Somerset are qualified to at least Level 2 on the National Qualifications Framework (equivalent to 5 GCSEs at grades A* to C), higher than the national average of 67.3%.
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