North West Museums Key Data
Francoise McClafferty & Catriona West
Key Demographics: at a glance The aim is to build a solid evidence of the demographic
makeup of the region’s popula8on and understand it in rela8on to museum provision and museum use
The Northwest region has made significant progress in the last 20 years. Skills levels have risen and overall prosperity has increased. But important challenges s>ll remain such as ill health, worklessness, produc>vity and social inclusion. On environmental sustainability we have made rela>ve progress to the rest of the UK. Regenera>on in our ci>es has been impressive, but we s>ll have areas of considerable depriva>on. (NWDA , Principles and Issues Paper, April 2009)
Key ques8ons:
• Who lives in the North West?
• What are the key demographic trends?
• What are the big differences between the sub-‐regions? • What do they have in common?
Key data
• PopulaDon and density
• Age • Ethnic minoriDes
• EducaDon
• Work and unemployment
• Quality of life -‐ deprivaDon indicators
The North West : 5 sub regions
PopulaDon Region Population North West 6,875,800
Cheshire 1,006,100
Cumbria 496,600
Greater Manchester 2,573,500
Lancashire 1,451,700
Merseyside 1,347,900
Source: Northwest Pocket Databank, April 2010, NWDA
Older people and children
Region Population % under 16
Population % of Pension Age or over
North West 18.9 19.4
Cheshire 18.7 20.4 Cumbria 17.3 23.3 Greater Manchester 19.5 17.6 Lancashire 19.0 20.3 Merseyside 18.3 20.0
Ethnic minoriDes
Region All ethnic groups as % of population
North West 7.9
Cheshire 3.3 Cumbria 2.1 Greater Manchester 12.1 Lancashire 7.2 Merseyside 4.6
EducaDon
Key data Northwest Cheshire Cumbria Greater
Manchester Lancashire Merseyside
% of pupils at the end of KS4 achieving 5+A*-C grades at GCSE or equivalent (males)
67.2 65.4 62.9 66.4 67.4 69.7
% of pupils at the end of KS4 achieving 5+A*-C grades at GCSE or equivalent (females)
74.8 76.1 70.5 74.1 74.5 76.5
% of pupils at the end of KS4 achieving 5+A*-C grades at GCSE or equivalent (total)
70.9 70.6 66.7 70.2 70.8 73.1
Work and unemployment
Key data Northwest Cheshire Cumbria Greater
Manchester Lancashire Merseyside
Employment rate %
70.8 75.7 77.0 69.7 71.3 66.5
Unemployment rate %
7.8 6.5 5.3 8.6 7.2 8.7
Claimant count rate % of working age population
4.8 3.9 3.0 5.2 3.9 6.3
DeprivaDon
Key data Northwest Cheshire Cumbria Greater Manchester
Lancashire Merseyside
Number of SOAs in 10% most deprived*
911 44 27 374 146 320
*SOA = super output area -‐ it is a geographical area designed for the collecDon and publicaDon of small area staDsDcs
• High levels of deprivation across the region • Particularly pronounced in the more urban areas
Key Demographics
• What does all this mean for museums?
• How can we work effecDvely to deliver public value?
• How can museums align themselves with regional imperaDves?
• How does the external environment impact our work and how in turn can we try and influence it?
Museum Provision (1) • Findings
• Governance & Loca8on
4
9
28
18
5
10
14
10
17
2 4
3 1
0
3 1
2 0 0 0 0 0
3 2 2
0 0 2
0
7
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Cheshire (19) Cumbria (28) Greater Manchester
(44)
Lancashire (37)
Merseyside (19)
Local Authority Museums (64)
Independent Museums (53)
NaDonal Trust (11)
English Heritage (3)
University Museums (7)
NaDonal (& Branch) Museums (9)
Museum Provision (2) • Staffing*
2500 Paid Staff 2700 Volunteers
• Collec8ons • Roman • TexDle Industrial • Natural History
• Key Aims • Focus on ‘provision’ rather than ‘engagement’, passive not interacDve • Few Local Authority Museums make reference to Tourism, Economic Development, Skills, Environment, Health and Wellbeing
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