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Introduction

Solihull comprises 17 wards and 2 parliamentary constituencies.

Wards

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Solihull comprises the wards of:

Parliamentary Constituencies

Solihull covers the parliamentary constituencies of Meriden and Solihull.

Data

The data sources in this data pack are as follows. All data are the most recently available and are correct at the time of publishing (June 2024):

Population

The population of Solihull at the 2021 census was 216,230 which is around 7% of the population of the WMCA. Of that total, 128,892 (60%) were working age (16-64), this compares with 63% across the WMCA as a whole.

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A line chart with age on the x axis and proportion of the population on the y axis. The chart shows the WMCA population alongside the population of Solihull.The data for the chart is in the tab named table to the right of the chart tab.

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Residents’ ethnicity

All groups

Under 10%

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Claimant Count

Table: Claimant count for the population aged 18 to 64.

Labour Market Overview

Labour market statistics for the West Midlands region are published monthly. The latest West Midlands data are for the period Feb-Apr 2024. Labour market data for local authorities are published quarterly. The latest Solihull and WMCA data are for the period Jan 2023-Dec 2023.

Solihull Chart

* The unemployment rate presented here is the remainder of the population who are not employed or economically active. This is different from the standard measure of unemployment which expresses unemployment as a percentage of the economically active population. The most recent APS labour market statistics release has an unemployment rate of 3.5% for Solihull.

WMCA Chart

* The unemployment rate presented here is the remainder of the population who are not employed or economically active. This is different from the standard measure of unemployment which expresses unemployment as a percentage of the economically active population. The most recent APS labour market statistics release has an unemployment rate of 6.7% for the WMCA area.

Region Chart

* The unemployment rate presented here is the remainder of the population who are not employed or economically active. This is different from the standard measure of unemployment which expresses unemployment as a percentage of the economically active population. The most recent ONS labour market statistics release has an unemployment rate of 5.1% for the West Midlands region.

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Unemployment

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Economic Inactivity

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Economic Inactivity by Age

Solihull Chart

WMCA Chart

Region Chart

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Economic Inactivity by Reason

Solihull Chart

WMCA Chart

Region Chart

Note: Data showing zero are missing data from the ONS/APS Labour Market Statistics release due to disclosure control.

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Note: Data showing zero are missing data from the ONS Labour Market Statistics release due to disclosure control.

Jobs

Data on current vacancies in Solihull are provided by Lightcast. The most recent data (for June 2024) are from the Lightcast Q1 2024 Data Set and show a total of 115,029 unique job postings from 6,939 employers. The median salary for vacancies in Solihull in the period was £29,888.

Data on the top 10 occupations, the top 10 employers and the minimum educational requirements for current job vacancies are shown in the tables below.

Jobs projections

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A timeseries chart showing actual jobs for the period 2018 to 2023 and then forecast jobs for the period 2024 to 2028. Data is for Solihull.  The data for the chart is in the tab named table to the right of the Chart tab.

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Adult Education Enrolments and Funding

To date in 2022/23 AEB spend in the WMCA area has been £85.7 million. Spend in Solihull to date is £2.5 million, which is 2.9% of the WMCA total.

Note: Data are based on location of learners rather than location of delivery.

Course types and Spend

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A chart showing the relative size of WMCA spend for different course types inSolihull.The data for the chart is in the tab named table to the right of the Chart tab.

Age of learners

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A chart showing the proportion of enrolments against the proportion of population inSolihull.The data is presented for age groups.The data for the chart is in the tab named table to the left of the Chart tab.

Ethnicity of learners

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A chart showing the proportion of enrolments against the proportion of population inSolihull.The data is presented for ethnic groups.The data for the chart is in the tab named table to the left of the Chart tab.

Under 10%

A chart showing the proportion of enrolments against the proportion of population inSolihull.The data is presented for ethnic groups.The data for the chart is in the tab named table to the left of the Chart tab.

Learner outcomes

Outcomes percentages are out of the total who have completed their programme.

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A chart showing the number and proportion of completed enrolments by outcome inSolihull.The data for the chart is in the tab named table to the left of the Chart tab.

Learner achievement

Achievement percentages are out of the total who have completed their programme.

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A chart showing the number and proportion of completed enrolments by achievementtype inSolihull.The data for the chart is in the tab named table to the left of the Chart tab.