Member Insight and Analysis
The Member Insight & Analysis section provides Rural Services Network members with tailored analyses of key statistics to assist them and their communities better understand the areas in which they work and live. Select the section that you are interested in to access the latest analyses available, alternatively select the Observatory Archive to access past RSN analyses.
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| The rural economy is as diverse and important to delivering a strong, cohesive community as any economy would be. This section therefore provides important markers as to the state of the economy for our member authorities. | |
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| Balancing the housing market, improving the quality of housing stock, and enabling the provision of affordable housing are all key issues which concern rural local authorities. These are often topical issues and the Housing Insight section considers what the data available can tell us about the position and the challenges that our members face in their communities. | |
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| Where data is available that provides a statistical view of the living or physical environment of local authority members, it will be presented in this section. | |
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| This section takes a look at the indicators of health, wellbeing and social services, each of which are paramount for strong, civilized societies. | |
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| The Department for Education has the vision of providing world-class education, training and care for everyone, whatever their background. In this section we present the statistics that measure the outcome of this vision for our local authority members. | |
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| What does data tell you about the population in your local authority area, and how is it changing? This section looks to provide the insight to answer these questions and to show the situation rurally across England. | |
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| Travel and transport in rural communities can present challenges in accessing education and training, employment, and services. This section presents the data that explores the situation for our member authorities. | |
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Observatory ArchivePast analyses can be accessed here. |
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18 Dec 2023
Sub-national residual fuel consumption analysis
Residual fuels are defined as non-gas, non-electricity and non-road transport fuels, and cover consumption of coal, petroleum, manufactured solid fuels and bioenergy and waste not used for electricity generation or...
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11 Dec 2023
Estimates of total final energy consumption
This analysis presents data on estimates of total final energy consumption at a local authority level. The analysis uses source data from the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero...
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06 Nov 2023
Spotlight on RSN Member Insights
Four analyses within the Economy Insight section of the RSN website has now been updated, examining the proportion of population that is working age (16-64 years old), economic inactivity levels, private/public sector...
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02 Nov 2023
Economic Inactivity
This analysis in the Economy Insight series looks at the proportion of population aged 16-64 who are classed as economically inactive, and the proportion of those classed as economically inactive...
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30 Oct 2023
Working age population
This analysis in the Economy Insight series looks at the proportion of population that is working age (16 to 64 years old) historically, now, and looking forward into the future...
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30 Oct 2023
RSN Member Insight Update
Economy Insight on the RSN website has now been updated with an analysis examining employment landscape at the local authority level. The analysis shows proportions of employees in broad industrial...
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27 Oct 2023
Private/public sector employment
This analysis in the Economy Insight series looks at the proportion of employees that are in private or public employment and the proportion that are full time or part time....
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26 Oct 2023
Proportion of enterprises in broad industrial groups
This analysis in the Economy Insight series looks at the enterprise landscape within a chosen local authority area by showing the relative proportions of enterprise types.The analysis shows the movement...
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25 Oct 2023
Proportion of employees in broad industrial groups
This analysis in the Economy Insight series looks at the employment landscape within a chosen local authority area. The analysis shows which industrial sectors are the biggest employers overall ,...
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20 Oct 2023
Claimant count
This analysis in the Economy Insight series looks at the number of people that are claiming unemployment related benefits as a proportion of the population that is working age (16...
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