Mid-Wales
- The latest population of Mid Wales is 209,700. (2007)
- By 2020 the population of Mid Wales is projected to be 230,300
- According to the 2008 Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation of the 127 Lower Super Output Areas in Mid Wales, 1 (1%) is in the 10% most deprived in Wales.
- 82 per cent of year 11 school leavers in 2008 continued in full-time education. 61 per cent of year 11 leavers remaining in full-time education stayed on school while 39 per cent opted to continue to year 12 in a further education college.
- In 2007 70 per cent of all adults of working age have a qualification at level 2 or above, with 28 per cent at level 4 or above. 15 per cent of the working age population have no qualifications.
Economic data
- Gross Value Added in Powys was £1.7 billion in 2006 (not available for Mid-Wales). At the start of 2008, there were 12,555 VAT registered businesses in Mid-Wales and in 2007, the region had a workforce of 96,200 people. . (ONS regional GVA release, Dec 2008; BERR VAT Registrations and de-Registrations 2007, Nov 2008; WAG Workplace Employment, Jul 2008)
- At £13,258, GVA per head of the population in Powys in 2006 was 70 per cent of the UK average. (ONS regional GVA release, Dec 2008).
- There were 1,022 VAT registered businesses per 10,000 working age population in Mid-Wales, compared to 486 for Wales and 536 across the UK, as at 1 January 2008. (BERR VAT Registrations and de-Registrations 2007, Nov 2008).
Labour Market
- At 5.5 per cent, the ILO unemployment rate in Mid-Wales for the year to September 2008 was below that for Wales as a whole and slightly above the UK (5.8 and 5.3 per cent respectively). (ONS Annual Population Survey, Mar 2009)
- In the year to September 2008 the employment rate in Mid-Wales was 71.7 per cent of the working age population, a little above the Wales average but below the UK average (71.3 and 74.4 per cent respectively). (ONS Annual Population Survey, Mar 2009)
- The agriculture sector accounted for 13 per cent of jobs in Mid-Wales in 2006, compared to 3 per cent in Wales and 1 per cent across the UK. (WAG Workplace Employment by industry in Wales, 2001 to 2006, Jul 2008)
- Full-time average earnings in Mid-Wales in April 2008 were £432.4 per week, below the £498.1 for Wales as a whole and just 75 per cent of the UK average. (ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Nov 2008)
Source: StatsWales
