The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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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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| 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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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...
24.09.2020
The Office for National Statistics produce a set of migration indicators, the data from which has been used to present this analysis. Local area migration is important on a number of levels in terms of employment, skills, local services, housing,...
24.09.2020
This analysis presents data taken from the Annual Population Survey of the proportion of employees and self-employed that received job related training in the preceding 4 weeks (employees and self employed aged 16-64). The analysis shows the results of the...
23.09.2020
This analysis presents data taken from the Annual Population Survey of the proportion of population aged 16-64 with NVQs. The analysis shows the results of the survey both currently and with a historical benchmark. Local authority class and classification averages...
04.09.2020
The energy efficiency of housing stock might indicate both the quality of housing stock in an area and the relative prosperity of the residents, and their financial ability to maintain their homes. As such, the below analysis is an interesting...
04.09.2020
This analysis shows the quarterly fluctuations in estimates of unemployment levels and rates for a chosen member authority over the period July 2011 to March 2020. It also charts the rates for the local authority's associated rural/urban classification average, class...
23.06.2020
This analysis presents data from the Department for Transport showing local bus passenger journeys for the years 2009/10 to 2018/19 by Local Authority area. The analysis shows the passenger journeys per head of population and provides comparison with averages for...
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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.
Health and Wellbeing
The RSN wants to ensure rural communities have the same access to health care as is currently received in urban areas.
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.
Housing
The affordability of rural housing to people from a range of ages and backgrounds is key concern for RSN.
Economy
The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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