Local Knowledge Data Packs are a powerful resource for understanding local areas.  Data includes economic, social, lifestyle and attitudinal data, robust at low spatial levels, designed to boost the depth of analysis available for your area. Together with detailed user guides and metadata, the Data Packs provide a quick source of all the information required to profile, monitor and benchmark areas.

 
Data Packs have been developed by the Local Futures Group, in association with Acxiom, one of the world’s leading marketing services and data companies. Local Knowledge Packs are based on our own modelled data and bespoke indicators. Acxiom Packs are based on their research opinion poll, which is collected half-yearly and has a sample of over one million respondents.  Results are weighted and modelled to ensure robust estimates at low spatial levels.  Indicators are available for sub-regions down to lower level super output areas or output areas.

Subscribers to Local Knowledge online

Data packs can be supplied as an add-on to your annual subscription.  These packs can then be viewed online, alongside our current data and accessed using our range of analytical tools.  Along with supporting user guides, topics include:

• Local Knowledge Recession Pack (assessing the vulnerability of areas to the economic downturn)
• Local Knowledge Survey Estimates Pack (modelled survey estimates at census output area level of a range of characteristics including health behaviours; transport and communication; amenities and hobbies; and finances and savings)
• Local Knowledge OAC Subgroups Pack (modelled estimates of the population within each Output Area Classification Subgroup – which allows you to profile your local area at a detailed level of OAC)
• Income
• Debt and Savings
• Civic Engagement
• Satisfaction with Local Services
• E-society (includes access to the internet and digital services)
• Environmental Behaviour and Awareness
• Health Behaviours
• Data is also available on a range of other topics, including local area measures of population change and structure; qualifications and training; hobbies; and housing.

Offline access

For non-subscribers to Local Knowledge, data packs can be supplied in Excel, Access or text files, ready for inclusion in Local Information Systems, thus saving time on data collection.  The range of indicators include official statistics from all main sources, exclusive bespoke data created by Local Futures, and modelled data.  Data packs are created from our database of over 1,500 indicators, and cover the following themes:

• Economy: economic performance; industrial structure; business and enterprise; skills and qualifications; labour market; Local Knowledge recession pack
• Society: demographics; occupations; prosperity; deprivation; health; crime
• Environment: housing; commercial floor space; transport; local amenities; natural environment
• Cross-topic packs: typologies; creative places (jobs, people, amenities)

If you would like to know more about Local Knowledge Data Packs please contact us at info@localfutures.com.