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 purpose of this survey, led by Essex Youth Service and Essex Public Health, was to gather the views of young people on a range of topics relating to relationships and sexual health, understanding what further information and support they would like and their preferred ways in which to access it. Following on from our first Relationships and Sex Education (RSE)...
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...
This slide pack looks at the census 2021 data released on January 10th 2023, and covers the highest level of qualification held by residents. All analysis is at the Essex, district, and unitary level. The original data is available here: Education: Census 2021 in England and Wales
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.
Relationships and sex education survey - key findings report From July-September 2021 Essex County Council conducted a survey for young people aged 16-25, on the topic of relationships and sex education (RSE). Building on previous engagement with young people, we wanted to further understand how we can ensure young people in Essex are supported to have healthy relationships. Relationships and sex education (RSE)...
In November 2020, the Research & Citizen Insight team in collaboration with the Corporate Strategy team and colleagues in Children and Families, we conducted a survey entitled ‘Childcare in Essex – parents’ views’. This was aimed at parents of children aged 0 – 19 (25 if SEND) living in Essex using any form of childcare (formal or informal), including those not...
