10.07.2014

Solihull

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Solihull

Location: West Midlands

Population: 210,445 (Mid-year estimate 2015)

Interesting fact: Solihull is the best place to live in the UK, according to a new Quality of Life Index from uSwitch (Nov 2013)

Solihull

Solihull is a member of the Rural Services Network and falls
under the branch of our service called the Rural Assembly.
A list of all the Rural Assembly members can be found here.

Solihull Information
Phone number 0121 704 6000	Website www.solihull.gov.uk	Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) Greater Birmingham and Solihull
Frequency of elections Elections are by thirds	Number of councillors 51	Political composition Conservative - 32 Green - 10 Lib Dem - 6 UKIP - 2 Labour - 1
MPs Meriden - Caroline Spelman (Conservative) Solihull - Julian Knight (Conservative)	Decision making structure Leader and a Cabinet	Population change Population change One Year Population Change + 0.3% Ten Year Population Change + 4.4%
Police Authority West Midlands Police Authority	Fire Service West Midlands Fire Service	Health Authority NHS West Midlands
Area 17,819 Hectares	Rural Output Areas 65 rural OAs from 667 OAs in total	Audited by Central Region (Audit Commission)
Rural Classification (Defra) Urban with Major Conurbation	Population by Area- (Density) 11.81 people per hectare	Number of Parishes 16
Number of Parish Meetings 0	Number of Parish Councils 14	Number of Town Councils 2
Average house price £240,000 (Median price paid by local authority, year ending Q4-2015 - provided by UK HPI data published by Land Registry © Crown copyright 2016)	Outsourced Services Information yet to be supplied	Average age of population 41.3 (2011 Census data)
Main Towns Chelmsley Wood, Fordbridge, Solihull	Unemployment rate 1.1% (JSA claimants for August 2017)	Current Council Tax (amount reported is the amount received by the Council - no other services are included) 2014/2015 Council Tax - £1,173.72 2015/2016 Council Tax - £1,173.72 2016/2017 Council Tax - £1,185.34 2017/2018 Council Tax - £1,269.13
Percentage of households socially rented from council or local authority 11.9% (2011 Census data)	Percentage of population who have reported they are in very good health 47.5% (2011 Census data)	Percentage of population which provides unpaid care 11.7% (2011 Census data)
Employment by Occupation Percentage of people aged 16 and over who are in Social Major Group 1-3 48.3% (ONS annual population survey - April 15-March 16)	Average annual wage for full time employees 2014 Workplaced Based Median - £30,034 2015 Workplaced Based Median - £31,337 2014 Workplaced Based Mean - £33,536 2015 Workplaced Based Mean - £36,224 2014 Resident Based Median - £30,736 2015 Resident Based Median - £32,020 2014 Resident Based Mean - £38,773 2015 Resident Based Mean - £36,342	Percentage of those employed in full time employment 39.9% (2011 Census data)
Cars or vans owned per household (2011 Census data) No cars or vans - 19.7% 1 car or van - 39.5% 2 cars or vans - 30.9% 3 cars or vans - 7.4% 4 or more cars and vans - 2.5%	Local Newspapers Information yet to be supplied	National Park/AONBs None
2015 English Indices of Deprivation analysis tool (Produced by Oxfordshire County Council) The Research & Intelligence Unit of Oxfordshire County Council have produced an interactive tool that present the 2015 English Indices of Deprivation on a map of England to make it easier to explore the data for your areas of interest, and have kindly made this tool available to members of the Rural Services Network. The analysis works through your web browser, and can be accessed for Solihull here

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