South-East Wales
- The latest population of South East Wales is 1.43 million.
- By 2020 the population of South East Wales is projected to be 1.54 million
- According to the 2008 Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation, of the 923 Lower Super Output Areas in South East Wales, 119 (13%) are in the 10% most deprived in Wales.
- 78 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 68 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 South East Wales was £20.0 billion in 2006. At the start of 2008, there were 32,615 VAT registered businesses in SE Wales and in 2007 the region had a workforce of 652,600 people. (ONS regional GVA release, Dec 2008; BERR VAT Registrations and de-Registrations 2007, Nov 2008; WAG Workplace Employment, Jul 2008)
- At £15,512, GVA per head of the population in South East Wales in 2006 was 82 per cent of the UK average. (ONS regional GVA release, Dec 2008).
- There were 371 VAT registered businesses per 10,000 working age population in South East 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 6.3 per cent, the ILO unemployment rate in South East Wales for the year to September 2008 was above that for Wales as a whole and the UK (5.8 and 5.3 per cent respectively). (ONS Annual Population Survey)
- In the year to September 2008, the employment rate in South East Wales was 70.3 per cent of the working age population, a little below the Wales average and well below the UK average (71.3 and 74.4 per cent respectively). (ONS Annual Population Survey, Mar 2009).
- The service sector accounted for 79 per cent of jobs in South East Wales in 2006, a little above the figure for Wales (77 per cent) but a little below the average for the UK (81 per cent). (WAG Workplace Employment by industry in Wales, 2001 to 2006, Jul 2008)
- Full-time average earnings in South East Wales in April 2008 were £516.6 per week, above the £498.1 for Wales as a whole and 90 per cent of the UK average. (ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Nov 2008)
Source: StatsWales
