This slide pack looks at the 2021 census data released on January 25th 2023 and covers: Sexual orientation - numbers and percentages of the Essex population, split by sexual orientation Gender identity - numbers and percentages of the Essex population, split by gender identity All analysis is at the Essex, district, and unitary level. The original data is available...
Report from the strategic partnership between Essex County Council and Barnardo’s Challenges facing the children’s care sector include the lack of suitable and well located places for young people who come into care. Essex County Council sought to work with a partner who had experience of the children’s care sector and that shared the same values and beliefs when it comes...
This presentation is a summary of cost of living research by the Data and Analytics and Research and Citizen Insight teams at Essex County Council, presented in October 2022. This presentation summarises work on the following: Universal Credit take-up Inflation Fuel poverty Impact on childrens' services Primary research with Essex residents. To view the presentation, please download...
Essex County Council's Data and Analytics service have projected the likely impact of rising energy prices on our residents, in light of the rising energy price caps. The three main drviers of fuel poverty are: Low incomes Sub-standard energy inefficient homes High energy prices. The presentation below sets out the likely increases in levels of fuel poverty in Essex...
A review of the external research related to renting in later life. The review covers 3 broad areas: A summary of the personal views of private renters who are likely future private renters in later life. How your tenure status relates to various health outcomes. What increased future private renting in later life is likely to mean for Essex's adult social care services.
Under the new Domestic Abuse Act, ECC has responsibilities for delivering a range of statutory duties, including ensuring representation of the voice of victims on the Domestic Abuse Partnership Board. As well as meeting this statutory duty, ECC is committed to engaging with domestic abuse survivors as ‘experts by experience’. This includes providing opportunities for sharing views and ideas, and working...
As we emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns in early 2021, the Data & Analytics Service at Essex County Council undertook some analysis to understand the likely financial impact on households in Essex at this time. This analysis looks at the comparisons in households financial standing between 2020 and 2021. This analysis seeks to answer the questions below, showing the...
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.
This analysis evaluates the quality of housing for elderly residents split by tenure type: Owner-occupancy, Private renting, and social renting. Principally, housing quality is assessed in terms of the size, type, and age of the properties. Additionally, housing quality is evaluated in terms of the energy efficiency ratings of individual aspects of a dwelling, as well as the overall EPC rating.
Each year, Essex County Council sets a research topic to some of the best social science undergraduates at the University of Essex. The Challenge Project acts as an alternative to their individual undergraduate dissertation module in their final year. As a group, the students work together to provide the council with evidence which is academically accredited and cutting edge. The report...
