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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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30.03.2021
This analysis in the Economy Insight series draws on the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings to examine the difference between hours worked and earnings between those working full time, part time, for male and for female workers in a...
03.03.2021
This analysis presents the overall effectiveness of state-funded schools inspected in England for the period 1 September 2019 to 31 August 2020, using source data from Ofsted. Select the authority of interest to show the results for the education service...
01.03.2021
This analysis presents the midyear population estimates for 2019 and the population projection for 2043 in 5 year age brackets, from age 15, as a proportion of total population. It also presents the percentage change from 2019 to 2043. A...
01.03.2021
This analysis presents net internal migration, which are residential moves between different local authorities within the UK, for 5 year age brackets and split by gender. The analysis allows selection of a number of authority classification and class types for...
01.03.2021
This analysis presents the life expectancy by gender at birth in 2016-18. It provides for comparison the life expectancies for the rural-urban classifications. → Download the Population Life Expectancies analysis here...
01.03.2021
This analysis presents midyear population estimates for the years 2005 and 2019 in 5 year age brackets, from age 15, as a proportion of total population. It also presents the percentage change from 2005 to 2019. A comparison between the...
26.10.2020
This analysis presents data on housebuilding, permanent dwellings started and completed, as a proportion of the total dwelling stock. The analysis uses source data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government and covers the period 2009/10 to 2019/20. ...
06.10.2020
This analysis presents data from the Department for Transport showing the proportion of adults that cycle for transport. The data looks at the frequency with which survey respondents from local authorities cycled for transport over the years 2015/16 to 2018/19. ...
02.10.2020
The Government has an ambition for increased levels of activity both through cycling and walking. The following analyses take a look at statistics from the Department for Transport, and shows the position for a selected authority area relative to similar...
25.09.2020
This analysis presents data from the Department for Transport showing road traffic by Local Highway Authority area. → Download the road traffic analysis here...
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HOT TOPICS
Public Sector Funding
The RSN demands fairer funding from Central Government who have historically and systematically underfunded rural areas.
Barriers to Access
The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.
Future of Rural Areas
The RSN is challenging often overlooked rural threats such as chronic underfunding, changes in population and diminishing resources.
Rural Health and Wellbeing
The RSN wants to ensure rural communities have the same access to health care as is currently received in urban areas.
Rural Vulnerability
Rural residents can suffer from Rural Vulnerability, due to a combination of issues such as poor transport, lack of broadband low wages and higher than average house prices.
Rural Housing
The affordability of rural housing to people from a range of ages and backgrounds is key concern for RSN.
Rural Economy
The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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