Places Apart: Exposing disparities in Northern Ireland’s 11 new councils
Places Apart examines the disparities between each of Northern Ireland's 11 new councils (formed out of the previous 26 "legacy" councils). You can read the full article here.
The datasets behind the article are provided here. They look at:
- Estimated council debt and assets per capita
- Local rates (using a £150k home as an illustration)
- Claimant count (% of population)
- Median earnings
- Educational attainment (% pupils 5 GCSEs A*-C inc. English and Maths)
- Pupils entitled to free school meals (%)
- Life expectancy men and women
- Households in housing stress (% of population) and empty homes (%)
Mid-year population estimates were also used as part of this study.
The results have been used to construct a league table, ranking each of the councils from 1 to 11 on the variables above.
Additional datasets, relating to council areas but not used in the league table or the article, are also included here.
Data and Resources
- Places Apart: Councils League Tablecsv
This dataset contains the rankings of each new council area (Local...
Explore Data Download - Mid-year Population Estimates by New Council Area, 2001-2014csv
Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) [(link)](...
Explore Data Download - Life expectancies, by council area (2009-2011)csv
Life expectancies (years) for men and women by new council area, covering...
Explore Data Download - Debt and Assets: Legacy and New Councils 2013-14csv
On the changeover date for the new councils (1 April 2015), liabilities and...
Explore Data Download - New Council Rates 2014-15csv
Rates are a property tax used to fund both local and regional services in...
Explore Data Download - Claimant Count by Council Area (2014)csv
The Claimant Count records the number of people claiming unemployment-...
Explore Data Download - Annual Gross Earnings by Council Area, 2014csv
This dataset contains information on employee pay by council area.For the...
Explore Data Download - Educational Attainment and Free School Meals by Council Area (2013-14)csv
This dataset contains information on schools' performance by council area in...
Explore Data Download - Housing Stress by Council Area (2014)csv
This dataset has been compiled by bringing together levels of housing stress...
Explore Data Download - Empty Homes by Council Area (March 2015)csv
This datasets contains on the number and percentage of vacant homes in each...
Explore Data Download - Additional Tables: Severance Payments made to Councillors as at 12 May 2015csv
Details of the severance payments made to former councillors, with a minimum...
Explore Data Download - Additional Tables: DSD Empty Homes Unit cases at 24 March 2015csv
For a property to be registered as an Empty Home with the NIHE Empty Homes...
Explore Data Download - Additional Tables: Former district council staff numbers 2013-14csv
Full-time and part-time staff in each of the 26 legacy council areas 2013-14...
Explore Data Download - Additional tables: Legacy councils succession eventscsv
Events held on or around the date of transfer from the 26 former legacy...
Explore Data Download - Additional tables: Legacy councils rates arrearscsv
Details on rates arrears as at 31 March 2014 (the date of succession from...
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Dataset Info
These fields are compatible with DCAT, an RDF vocabulary designed to facilitate interoperability between data catalogs published on the Web.| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publisher | |
| Author | |
| Modified Date | 2017-09-04 |
| Release Date | 2015-06-10 |
| Frequency | Irregularly |
| Identifier | 2a421984-f9e0-4021-828b-e4c76b747155 |
| Licence | Licence Not Specified
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| Open Definition | No |
| Topic | |
| Spatial / Geographical Coverage Area (WKT) | POLYGON ((-8.16926 55.4436, -5.08667 55.4436, -5.08667 53.8702, -8.16926 53.8702, -8.16926 55.4436)) |
| Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location | Northern Ireland |
| Granularity | Council |
| Contact Name | Bob Harper |
| Contact Email |