Here you’ll find all of our InfoBase news including updates on the system and its content.

Road casualties (2020)

The data for 2020 for road casualties are now available following a release by the Welsh Government.

Please note that the data for 2019 has also been revised.

Do you know how many people live in your authority?

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) published the 2020 mid-year estimates of population on 25 June 2021.

The estimates are available at single year of age and at local authority level. We have included them here as broad age bands for easier use.

If you need data for different age bands please contact us.

The 2020 mid-year population estimates cover 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020 (this period covers the COVID-19 pandemic (March - June 2020).

However, please use caution when interpreting the data as only some of the pandemic’s impacts will be evident.

More information can be found on the ONS website.

Job Seeker’s Allowance claimant count (May 2021)

The latest (May 2021) Job Seeker’s Allowance claimant count is now available following a release by the Office for National Statistics.

Average house prices (April 2021)

The data for April 2021 for average house prices is now available following a release by the Land Registry.

CACI have contacted us with an offer of support to Welsh local authorities in these unique times. CACI produce a range of commercial datasets, including Acorn, Household Acorn, Wellbeing Acorn and Vulnerability Indicators, which can be used to better understand your communities at a small geography level.

Normally available on a commercial basis, CACI are now making this data available free to local authorities and public sector organisations in England and Wales, to help you identify vulnerable people in your communities. This offer extends until the end of February 2021 in the first instance and will cover COVID-related work only. Any future agreement will be between yourselves and CACI.

More information about accessing this data is available on CACI’s website, including details on how to register.

Please note: if you are already part of the current consortium agreement we have with CACI, this offer is separate to that agreement and will have no impact on it.

If you have any questions in the meantime, please contact CACI via their website or Duncan MacKenzie.

We will be closed from 12:00 on Thursday 24 December 2020.

We will re-open on Monday 4 January 2021. If you have any queries please email us at enquiries@data.cymru or telephone 029 2090 9500 and leave a message.

We’ve launched the latest release to our tool Profiling Places Wales.

The tool aims to support Welsh local authorities, Public Services Boards and their partners to plan and deliver services, to understand how places are changing over time and to better understand well-being at a community level. The tool contains data on 192 Built-up Area (BUA) geographies with a Census 2011 population of 2,000 or more.

Following the successful launch of the tool in 2019, we’ve continued to review and develop the tool, the latest release includes:

• train station mapping and commuter data;
• linking local health & well-being services to the Dewis Cymru directory and map;
• the addition of 2019 WIMD data;
• improvements to Census metadata; as well as
• other functional updates.

We have an exciting route map planned for the tool, with a long-term focus on its potential to support understanding of the data coming out of the 2021 Census. In the meantime, we’re looking for input from users as we seek to add further data and extend its functionality.

If you have any thoughts or ideas or would like to have a chat about the tool, please contact Tom.Brame@data.cymru.

The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD) Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) rankings and the indicator data is now available in InfoBaseCymru.

There are 1,909 LSOAs in Wales, across the 22 local authorities. They are ranked from most deprived to least deprived against the eight domains of deprivation (Income, Employment, Health, Education, Access to Services, Community Safety, Physical Environment and Housing) and also for overall deprivation.

Each domain is made up of a number of indicators and the indicator data is also available along with the LSOA rankings.

The data and rankings are a valuable source of information for local authorities, public bodies, policy makers and the general public to understand how deprivation exists across Wales.

To access the data please visit InfoBaseCymru.

Overall, the latest free swimming data shows a 7% increase in the number of free public swims for both younger and older people compared to the same period last year.

Want to see more? Check out our Free Swimming interactive tool for Wales.

For more information on Free Swimming data please contact Adrian Smith.

Overall, the latest free swimming data shows a 14% increase in the number of free public swims for both younger and older people compared to the same period last year.

Want to see more? Check out our Free Swimming interactive tool for Wales.

For more information on Free Swimming data please contact Adrian Smith.

We’ve launched the latest release to our tool Profiling Places Wales.

The tool aims to support Welsh local authorities, Public Services Boards and their partners to plan and deliver services, to understand how places are changing over time and to better understand well-being at a community level. The tool contains data on 192 Built-up Area (BUA) geographies with a Census 2011 population of 2,000 or more.

Following the successful launch of our beta tool earlier this year, we’ve continued to receive valuable feedback which has helped us update and develop the tool further, including:

• The addition of health and well-being services data;
• The addition of more LSOA level maps to provide a breakdown for larger areas;
• The ability to export or print charts for reporting purposes; as well as
• More functional updates.

We have an exciting route map planned for the tool, with a long-term focus on its potential to support understanding of the data coming out the 2021 Census. In the meantime, we’ll be looking for input from users as we seek to add further data and extend its functionality.

If you have any thoughts or ideas or would like to have a chat about the tool, please contact Tom.Brame@data.cymru.

Overall, the latest free swimming data shows a 10% increase in the number of free public swims for both younger and older people compared to the same period last year.

Want to see more? Check out our Free Swimming interactive tool for Wales.

For more information on Free Swimming data please contact Adrian Smith.