1. Falkirk Council Jennifer Boag Research and Information Team Leader Falkirk Council 5 th October 2012 What we did - and what we might do next: Uses of Census Statistics in a Local Authority 1

2. Falkirk Council Outline  Why Census statistics  What did we do  a case study of Falkirk Council  What we might do next 2

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4. What’s so special about the Census?  Small area geography  Census output areas  Small area data  e.g. tenure by car availability  National comparability – more or less  Data not available from other sources  Comparability over time? 4

5. Falkirk Council What you need to understand  What questions were asked  Understanding the geography  Understanding the output 5

6. Falkirk Council What did we use Census statistics for? - 1  Profiling 6

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9. What did we use Census statistics for? - 2  Profiling  Deprivation Analysis 9

10. Falkirk Council What did we use Census statistics for? - 3  Deprivation Analysis – in anticipation of a national analysis  No one index is perfect  Several different indices trialled  Variety of possible variables in Census data  Two levels of geography 10

11. Falkirk Council What did we use Census statistics for? - 4  Different indices  Carstairs and Morris  Scottish 1991 index  Stirling Council commissioned analysis  Child deprivation  Non–elderly  Results combined 11

12. Falkirk Council What did we use Census statistics for? - 5  What we found  Results anticipated Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation  Identified very small pockets of deprivation  Also better boundary definition  Agreed with staff on the ground’s perceptions  Several areas identified in all indices 12

13. Falkirk Council What did we use Census statistics for? - 6  Profiling  Deprivation Analysis  Ethnicity profile 13

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15. Falkirk Council What did we use Census statistics for? - 7  Profiling  Deprivation Analysis  Ethnicity profile  Migration analysis 15

16. Falkirk Council What did we use Census statistics for? - 8  Migration analysis  By school catchment 16

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18. Falkirk Council What did we use Census statistics for? - 9  Profiling  Deprivation Analysis  Ethnicity profile  Migration analysis  Travel to work mapping 18

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20. Falkirk Council What we might do next - 1  More and better profiling 20

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22. Falkirk Council What we might do next - 2  More and better profiling  GIS based system? 22

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24. Falkirk Council What we might do next - 3  More and better profiling  GIS based system?  More equalities profiling 24

25. Falkirk Council What we might do next - 4  Equalities groups  Age – in Census  Gender – in Census  Gender reassignment – not in Census  Disability – limiting long term illness in Census  Ethnicity – in Census  Religion – in Census  Sexuality – not in Census  Marriage or civil partnership – in Census 25

26. Falkirk Council What we might do next - 5  More and better profiling  GIS based system?  More equalities profiling  Make use of new data 26

27. Falkirk Council What we might do next - 6  Making use of new data  visitors  language  national identity  month and year of arrival in UK  passports held  type of central heating  civil partnerships  types of disability – Scotland only 27

28. Falkirk Council What we might do next - 7 ? 28

29. Falkirk Council Thank You! Any questions? Our website: www.falkirk.gov.uk/statistics 29