This document summarizes the data available through the Local Knowledge database. It covers economic, social, and environmental indicators for regions, sub-regions, districts, wards, and neighborhoods in the UK. The data comes from over 130 sources and includes over 1,500 indicators organized into categories. Users can add their own local data and view or analyze it alongside the national data. Data is available at different geographic levels down to small areas. Additional data packs with consumer and property information can also be purchased.

1. © 2012 Grant Thornton UK LLP. All rights reserved.
Data

2. © 2012 Grant Thornton UK LLP. All rights reserved.
Data coverage
• Economy: scale;
productivity; growth;
industrial structure;
business and enterprise;
skills and qualifications;
labour market
• Society: demographics
(age; ethnicity;
households; migration
and change);
occupations; prosperity;
deprivation; health;
change
• Environment: housing;
commercial & industrial
floorspace; transport;
local amenities; natural
environment

3. © 2012 Grant Thornton UK LLP. All rights reserved.
Sources
• Local Knowledge
contains a wide range
of data for analysing
the characteristics of
Britain's cities and
localities.
• Data is drawn from 130
nationally recognised
sources, together with
unique Local Futures
indicators
• Content is held at a
regional, sub-regional,
Local Authority District,
ward and
neighbourhood level
• Powerful 'search
engines' allow users to
quickly locate data and
generate outputs.

4. © 2012 Grant Thornton UK LLP. All rights reserved.
Data
• Data coverage allows
a comprehensive
analysis of places,
with indicators
organised in three
broad categories and
twenty sub-
categories.
• Local Knowledge
contains over 1,500
indicators with
national coverage.
• For each sub-
category we provide
headline indicators
and a composite
score, for use in our
overall analysis of
place.

5. © 2012 Grant Thornton UK LLP. All rights reserved.
Private space
• Users have the option of including their own locally sourced
data within Local Knowledge. The data can be analysed using
the system’s easy-to-use toolkit, alongside our own data. Two
types of data can be included:
• Thematic data: locally sourced indicators can be added at a
variety of spatial levels, from district through to ward and
neighbourhood level. Examples of thematic data include crime
rates and fear of crime.
• Cosmetic data: point or polygon data can also be included
and viewed within the mapping application. Examples of
cosmetic data include the location of schools, GP surgeries
and land holdings.

6. © 2012 Grant Thornton UK LLP. All rights reserved.
Spatial coverage
• Data is held at a number
of different spatial levels,
allowing users to 'drill-
down‘, identifying local
differences
Regions 11
Sub-
regions
50
Districts 400
Wards 10,000
LLSOAs 34,000
COAs 200,000

7. © 2012 Grant Thornton UK LLP. All rights reserved.
Data packs
• Data Packs have been developed in association with third
party data suppliers.
• Acxiom is one of the world’s leading marketing services and
data companies. Data is derived from their research opinion
poll, which is collected half-yearly and has a sample of over
one million respondents. Indicators are available for sub-
regions down to lower level super output areas or output
areas.
• Hometrack is the UK’s leading provider of residential property
and housing information. Hometrack supply high quality data
for use by local authorities and property developers.
• Data packs can be supplied as an add-on to an annual
subscription. The data can be viewed alongside our current
data and accessed using our range of analytical tools.

8. © 2012 Grant Thornton UK LLP. All rights reserved.
Data packs - examples
Acxiom
• Civic engagement
• Debt and savings
• Environmental behaviour
and awareness
• Health behaviour
• Housing and households
• Income
• Internet access and
digital services
• Satisfaction with services
Hometrack
• Property prices
• Affordability
• Housing sales
• Housing supply
• Housing demand
• People and society

9. © 2012 Grant Thornton UK LLP. All rights reserved.
Data packs - examples
Expenditure and
Food Survey
• Total household income
• Household income from
different sources
• Household income from
benefits
• Household expenditure
on pensions, life
insurance, savings,
investment
• Household expenditure
on food, transport and
communications, cultural
activities, fuel
British Population
Survey
• Household income
• Internet access
• Demographics
• Qualifications
• Economic activity
• Home tenure

10. © 2012 Grant Thornton UK LLP. All rights reserved.
www.localfutures.com