Investor Presentaiton
Best evidence indicates key drivers of an area's relative economic performance are
skills and access to centres of economic mass.
Qualifications profile of (adult) population in Valleys is weak, and partly reflects out-
migration:
Local authority: district/ unitary
(348 in Wales & England)
No quals
Apprenticeship
Level 4 quals and
above
%
Rank/348
%
Rank/348
%
Rank/348
Top ten for "no quals"
Blaenau Gwent
27.1
Merthyr Tydfil
26.2
Sandwell
25.4
Knowsley
25.3
123+
3.4
192
16.6
343
3.4
179
19.4
321
2.5
297
17.7
336
4
3.2
226
17.5
338
Stoke-on-Trent
24.5
Walsall
24.3
Kingston upon Hull, City of
23.4
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
23.0
5698
3.2
223
17.4
339
2.7
282
19.0
330
7
3.8
111
16.9
342
3.2
214
21.8
288
Caerphilly
22.9
9
3.5
169
20.7
307
Barnsley
22.8
10
3.9
88
19.3
326
Other South Wales
Neath Port Talbot
Bridgend
22.0
22
4.9
9
20.8
304
20.8
32
3.8
113
24.3
246
Torfaen
20.3
40
4.0
81
22.1
285
Newport
19.4
45
3.4
173
25.6
223
Carmarthenshire
17.5
81
4.0
83
26.0
214
Swansea
16.6
100
3.8
115
27.9
179
Cardiff
14.8
149
2.3
306
34.8
74
Source: Census 2011
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