Welsh Government | Data for the areas identified in the Wales Spatial Plan, 2008 Update

Data for the areas identified in the Wales Spatial Plan, 2008 Update

The latest National Statistics for the areas identified in the Wales Spatial Plan, collated by the Welsh Assembly Government, were published on 28 November 2008 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

This statistical bulletin presents separate profiles for each of the six areas identified in the Wales Spatial Plan, summarising the key features of each area from a statistical perspective.

The bulletin is informed by the wider Wales Spatial Plan data resource (first published in late 2007), which has been developed to include updates to existing data as well as some new data items. The updated resource will be available on the Welsh Assembly Government website from 1 December 2008, providing access to a set of themed data spreadsheets for each of the six areas, along with a spreadsheet for each theme, showing all the areas alongside each other.
The statistical profiles and data resource cover a wide range of data items. A very small selection of points from the individual statistical profiles are given below.

In 2005/07, North West Wales had the lowest rates of obesity amongst adults across Wales, with 16% of adults having a body mass index of 30 or more (Wales 20%)
Employment rates in North East Wales were the highest across Wales in 2007, at 75.2% of its working age population (Wales 71.1%).
Central Wales had the lowest primary school pupil-teacher ratios across Wales in January 2008, at 17.4 pupils per teacher, and also the joint lowest secondary school pupil-teacher ratios, at 15.7 pupils per teacher (Wales 19.9 and 16.5).
In 2007, Pembrokeshire Haven had the highest percentage of its working age population with degree level or above qualifications across Wales, at 27.8%, and the lowest percentage with no qualifications, at 12.9% (Wales 25.4% and 15.4%).
Swansea Bay had the joint highest percentage of its population treated by an NHS dentist in the two years to 31 March 2008, at 58% (Wales 54%).
In 2007, South East Wales had the lowest number of road accidents per 10,000 population in Wales, at 24.4 (Wales 28.0).