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 a re 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 North West
Population 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 North West
Population % of Pension Age or over 18.9 19.4
Cheshire Cumbria Greater Manchester Lancashire Merseyside
18.7 17.3 19.5 19.0 18.3
Population % under 16
20.4 23.3 17.6 20.3 20.0
Ethnic minoriDes
Region
North West Cheshire Cumbria Greater Manchester Lancashire Merseyside
All ethnic groups as % of population 7.9 3.3 2.1 12.1 7.2 4.6
EducaDon Key data
Northwest
% of pupils at the end of KS4 achieving 5+A*-C grades at GCSE or equivalent (males) % of pupils at the end of KS4 achieving 5+A*-C grades at GCSE or equivalent (females) % of pupils at the end of KS4 achieving 5+A*-C grades at GCSE or equivalent (total)
Cheshire Cumbria
Greater Manchester
Lancashire
Merseyside
67.2
65.4
62.9
66.4
67.4
69.7
74.8
76.1
70.5
74.1
74.5
76.5
70.9
70.6
66.7
70.2
70.8
73.1
Work and unemployment Key data
Northwest Cheshire
Cumbria
Greater Lancashire Merseyside Manchester
Employment rate %
70.8
75.7
77.0
69.7
71.3
66.5
Unemployme nt 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
Number of SOAs in 10% most deprived*
Northwest Cheshire Cumbria
911
44
27
Greater Lancashire Manchester
374
Merseyside
146
*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
320
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 30
28
25
Local Authority Museums (64)
20 14
15 10 5
10
NaDonal Trust (11) 10
9
English Heritage (3) 7 5
4 4
3 1
0
Independent Museums (53)
18 17
0 0
3
2 0 0
Cheshire (19) Cumbria (28)
1
2
0
Greater Manchester (44)
2 0 0 0 Lancashire (37)
2
University Museums (7)
3
2 0
Merseyside (19)
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