North Wales
- The latest population of North Wales is 678,500. (2007)
- By 2020 the population of North Wales is projected to be 722,800
- According to the 2008 Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation, of the 425 Lower Super Output Areas in North Wales, 26 (6%) are in the 10% most deprived in Wales.
- 80 per cent of year 11 school leavers in 2008 continued in full-time education. 46 per cent of year 11 leavers remaining in full-time education stayed on school while 54 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 26 per cent at level 4 or above. 13 per cent of the working age population have no qualifications.
Economic data
- Gross Value Added in North Wales was £9.3 billion in 2006. At the start of 2008, there were 22,060 VAT registered businesses in North Wales and in 2007, the region had a workforce of 308,500 people. (ONS regional GVA release, Dec 2008; BERR VAT Registrations and de-Registrations 2007, Nov 2008; WAG Workplace Employment, Jul 2008)
- At £13,727, GVA per head of the population in North Wales in 2006 was 72 per cent of the UK average. (ONS regional GVA release, Dec 2008).
- There were 550 VAT registered businesses per 10,000 working age population in North 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 4.8 per cent, the ILO unemployment rate in North Wales for the year to September 2008 was below that for Wales as a whole and 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 North Wales was 74.5 per cent of the working age population, over 3 percentage points above the Wales average (71.3 per cent) and just above the UK average (74.4 per cent). (ONS Annual Population Survey, Mar 2009)
- The production and construction sectors accounted for 24 per cent of jobs in North Wales in 2006, compared to 20 per cent in Wales and 18 per cent across the UK. (WAG Workplace Employment by industry in Wales, 2001 to 2006, Jul 2008)
- Full-time average earnings in North Wales in April 2008 were £485.5 per week, just below that for Wales as a whole and 85 per cent of the UK average. (ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Nov 2008)
Source: StatsWales
