Over the past 17 years, owner occupancy has become far less common amongst households younger than 65. All else equal, the high rate of occupancy for those in later life is very likely to deteriorate in the future. Households between the ages of 45-64 in low earning occupations are now far less likely to be owner occupants when compared to 10...
Dashboard which provides details on help being requested in Essex districts. Details include information about Category A people in Essex, EWS figures and Community Hubs figures by district.
Following the announcement of the COVID-19 lockdown on 23rd March, the University of Essex and Jump, working with the Essex Local Delivery Pilot (LDP) and ECC’s Research and Insight team, launched the State of Life survey. The State of Life survey is web-based and distributed via social media channels. It is designed to gather key insights on wellbeing across Essex. This report...
In November 2020, the Research & Citizen Insight team in collaboration with the corporate and strategy team and colleagues in Childrens and Families, conducted a survey titled 'Childcare in Essex - Parents' views'. This was aimed at parents of children aged 0-19 (25 if SEND), who were living in Essex, and using any form of childcare (formal or informal), including...
The Essex Resident Survey is our biggest survey exercise and aims to generate insights: • on residents’ aspirations, views and values – helping to shape strategy, inform key ECC delivery programmes and our engagement with residents; • to inform specific decisions on service transformation and resource prioritisation; and • that help better understand the views of residents on key issues, informing the work...
A Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) is a comprehensive assessment of the current and future pharmaceutical needs of the local population. Health and Wellbeing Boards have a legal duty to produce, consult and publish a PNA for their area. This set of documents sets out the current Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment for Essex covering the period of 2018 to 2021 (Extended to 30th...
Essex County Council’s Research and Citizen Insight Team worked with Oxford Consultants for Social Inclusion (OCSI) to develop our understanding of communities across Essex. The work – conducted between March and June 2021 - focused on examining the position of different communities across Essex on a national ‘community needs index’. This work allows us to compare communities across Essex, assess local communities...
The first five years of a child’s life can affect how they learn and grow into an adult. We have launched a new plan which sets out how we will help every child in Essex get the best start in life. Our Early Years and Childcare strategy is our vision for children and families across the county. It also outlines...
The above dashboard provides information about the extent of inequality at local authority level in England in the following domains: Income Rate of employment deprivation Rate of those not entering higher education Health (average years of potential life lost) Gini coefficients are a single number which describe how equally spread a resource (e.g income) is spread among...
With the gradual ease out of lockdown and the furlough scheme ending in September 2021, ECC needs to proactively plan for the increased and changing demand on employment services. These circumstances will potentially create a new cohort of individuals who have not needed to previously engage with these services. A broader programme of work is underway to understand financial resilience...