Swansea

Swansea

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Local authorities in PUA:

Swansea

Rank

area km2
people
Total population, 2012
Population change, 2011-12
business & innovation
Business start-ups per 10,000 pop, 2012
Business stock per 10,000 pop, 2012
Patents per 100,000 pop, 2012
Gross Value Added (bn), 2012
GVA per worker, 2012
skills
High level qualifications, 2012
No formal qualifications, 2012
5 A*- C GCSEs, inc. Maths & English, 2012

58

jobs
Employment, 2013
Private to public sector ratio, 2012
Private sector jobs change, 2011-12
industrial structure
Manufacturing jobs, 2012
Knowledge intensive service jobs, 2012
Public service jobs, 2012
Other services, 2012

239,600 (41/64)
0.4% (46/64)
25.3 (60/64)
229 (52/64)
2.1 (52/64)
3.7 (50/63)
36,500 (62/63)
49,100
16,000

32.8% (23/64)
10.7% (34/64)
55.0% (38/60)

97,800

65.1% (51/64)
1.6 (57/63)
-0.9% (39/63)

-500
5,100
13,000
39,400
38,700

earnings
Average weekly wages, 2013
Change in real wages, 2012-13

436 (46/64)
-3 (33/64)

unemployment
JSA claimant count, Nov 2013
Youth claimant count, Nov 2013
Long term claimant count, Nov 2013
Claimant count change, from Feb 2008

4,330
1,250
1,040
1,180

housing
Average house price, 2013
Affordability ratio, 2013
environment
CO2 emissions per capita (t), 2011
digital connectivity
Postcodes with superfast broadband, 2013
LEP: n/a

Rank

420 (14/64)

5.0%
12.7%
38.7%
38.0%

(52/63)
(26/63)
(7/63)
(47/63)

-0.8% (35/64)
2.8%
3.6%
0.7%
0.7

(22/64)
(21/64)
(16/64)
(21/64)

148,700 (39/63)
6.6 (36/63)
5.6 (30/64)
68.5% (44/63)