Essex County Council commissioned the University of Essex to undertake research exploring the financial barriers to apprenticeships for 16-18 year olds in Essex, particularly those from low-income families. The research was a small-scale study conducted during 2023 involving young people, parents and representatives from colleges and other stakeholders, and provides insight on: To what extent finances are a barrier to...
The cost-of-living crisis is likely to impact council-tax collection rates. This presentation visualises vulnerability to council-tax non-payment using a ‘Vulnerability Index’.
The Essex Resident Survey is Essex County Council’s biggest survey exercise and aims to generate insights on residents’ aspirations, views and values, helping to shape strategy, and to inform key delivery programmes and our engagement with residents. With almost 6,000 residents responding to the 2022 survey, it allows us to better understand the diversity of views and experiences within the...
In May 2022, Essex County Council published a Sector Development Strategy that seeks to support the growth of businesses within five growth sectors across the county. These growth sectors are: Advanced Manufacturing Construction Digitech Energy Medtech (Life Sciences) To support the realisation of this strategy, the Analytics and Data Science team have compiled the following evidence...
In February 2022, Essex County Council's Data and Analytics service undertook analysis into gender inequalities in Essex. This work looks into inequalities within: Education Income & Employment Built Environment (Household environments and fuel poverty) Health The analysis shows that within Essex, greater inequality is experienced by women within all aspects of life. The attached presentation provides more detail.
These reports on Social and Economic Factors provide an overview of key issues on income, education, employment and community safety across Essex. These factors have a significant impact on health and wellbeing including length and quality of life.
This research aimed to track resident attitudes and experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic to: 1.Explore how different types of residents and households were impacted. 2.Understand what day to day life was like for different types of households. 3.Record how experiences and attitudes changed over the lockdown period and beyond. The insight was obtained through a series of video/telephone interviews (mostly via Teams) with...
