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

Do you know how many people live in your authority?

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) published the 2019 mid-year estimates of population on 6 May 2020.

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.

Job Seeker’s Allowance claimant count (March 2020)

The latest (March 2020) Job Seeker’s Allowance claimant count is now available following a release by the Office for National Statistics.

Employment status (April 2020 release)

The latest (January 2019 – December 2019) employment status estimates are now available following a recent update of the Annual Population Survey.

The next update will be available in July 2020.

Annual Population Survey datasets (2019) - qualifications of working age people

The 2019 datasets for qualifications of working age people are now available following a recent update from the Annual Population Survey.

Average house prices (February 2020)

The data for February 2020 for average house prices is now available following a release by the Land Registry.

Looked after children (2019)

The data for 2019 for looked after children is now available following a release by the Welsh Government.

Conceptions (2018)

The data for 2018 for conceptions is now available following a release by the Office for National Statistics.

Annual Population Survey datasets (2019) - Welsh language skills

The 2019 data for Welsh language skills are now available following a recent update of the Annual Population Survey.

Annual Population Survey dataset (2019) - national identity

The 2019 dataset for national identity is now available following a recent update from the Annual Population Survey.

Annual Population Survey data (2019) - ethnicity

The 2019 datasets for ethnicity are now available following a recent update from the Annual Population Survey.

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 and Wellbeing Acorn, 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 in England and Wales, to help you identify vulnerable people in your communities. This offer extends until mid-June in the first instance and 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’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.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) published the 2018 mid-year estimates of population on 26 June 2019.

The estimates are available at single year of age and at local authority level. We have included them in InfoBaseCymru as broad age bands for easier use. If you need data for different age bands please contact us.

For more information on population data please contact Rhys Fidler.