Communicating city statistics – experiences from the UK Working Party on Regional, Urban Statistics and Rural Development October 2014

Promoting Urban Audit Web pages on ONS website Geography products - Open Geography portal Interactive map of Urban Audit geography Promotional material – leaflet, poster Analysis – 2 articles released in July 2014 Geography files hosted on ONSG Portal: GIS boundary files Look ups to administrative boundaries Metadata

Interactive map

Promoting Urban Audit Web pages on ONS website Geography products - Open Geography portal Interactive map of Urban Audit geography Promotional material – leaflet, poster Analysis – 2 articles released in July 2014

Promotional leaflet

And poster….

Promoting Urban Audit Web pages on ONS website Geography products - Open Geography portal Interactive map of Urban Audit geography Promotional material – leaflet, poster Analysis – 2 articles released in July 2014

Report: published 23.07.14

Transport

Housing

Demography

Old age dependency ratio Highest by the coast in England and Wales

Old age dependency ratio There were higher ratios of older people in the suburbs- this seems to be a particular feature of England and Wales towns and cities, compared with the rest of Europe

Air quality

Report: published 23.07.14

Issues which were most important to city residents- differences between UK and other European responses

Satisfaction with: Schools and other educational facilities Health services State of the streets and buildings Cleanliness Public spaces (squares, markets) Green spaces (parks, public gardens) Air quality Noise levels Public transport Sports facilities (local sports halls, public playing fields) Cultural facilities (museums, theatres) Retail shops

Media reaction

National Press: The Times Guardian Telegraph New Statesman Daily Mail

Guardian, 24.07.14

International media: Russian news, BEK, 26.07.14 Московский комсомолец (MK newspaper, Russia) Voice of Russia, national radio station Russian online news, BEK (WEK.RU) Helsinki Times Russian news, BEK, 26.07.14

Portsmouth News, Friday 26th July 2014 Local press: Belfast Telegraph Wales Online BBC Wales Southern Daily Echo Portsmouth News Portsmouth News, Friday 26th July 2014 Quotes about the Urban Audit data from Fareham’s MP, Mark Hoban, and Fareham Borough Councillor Woodward

The Executive Leader referred to data recently released by the Office of National Statistics which shows that Fareham has the highest level of car ownership of any town or city in the country at 539 cars per 1,000 of the population. He summarised opinions that high car ownership is a sign of a prosperous area and is also common in medium sized towns with a population of over 100,000. This compares with densely populated cities which are generally far better served by public transport and therefore car ownership tends to be much lower. The Executive Leader suggested that these statistics justify why a large proportion of Hampshire County Councils’ road budget is being spent in the Fareham area.

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