Press Release
Invest for growing population
15 August 2012
Many areas need more schools, more housing, improved transport links, upgrades in utilities like water, more health facilities and more recreation facilities and more care for growing numbers of elderly says GMB
GMB, general workers union, is calling for investment in housing, in schools and other social infrastructure to meet the needs of a growing population as the springboard to reflate the economy.
This is on the back of a new analysis by GMB of population growth between 2001 and 2011 in 174 shire counties, London and metropolitan boroughs and unitary authorities in England and Wales based on official data in the Census for 2001 and 2011.
The analysis shows that the population grew in all 10 regions in England and Wales between 2001 and 2011 as follows: London 14.0%, East Midlands 8.7%, East of England 8.5%, South East 7.9 %, South West 7.3%, Yorkshire and The Humber 6.4% West Midlands 6.4%, Wales 5.5%, North West 4.8% and North East 3.2%. The figures for all the 10 regions are set out in the table below.
The analysis shows that there are 41 areas of England and Wales where the population grew by 10% or more between 2001 and 2011. These are Tower Hamlets 29.6%, Manchester 28.1%, Newham 26.3%, Hackney 21.4%, Westminster 21.0%, Milton Keynes 20.2%, Hounslow 19.6%, Greenwich 18.7%, Waltham Forest 18.3%, Brent 18.1%, Wandsworth 17.9%, Leicester 17.9%, Slough 17.7%, Southwark 17.7%, Haringey 17.7%, Peterborough 17.6%, Islington 17.2%, Redbridge 16.9%, Swindon 16.2%, Harrow 15.6%, Nottingham 14.5%, Enfield 14.2%, Lambeth 13.9%, Barking and Dagenham 13.4%, Cardiff 13.3%, Barnet 13.3%, Hillingdon 12.7%, City of Bristol 12.5%, Ealing 12.4%, Cambridgeshire 12.4%, Bournemouth 12.3%, Derby 12.2%, Bradford 11.7%, Camden 11.3%, Lewisham 10.8%, Hammersmith and Fulham 10.4%, Lincolnshire 10.4%, Brighton and Hove 10.3%, Luton 10.2%, Thurrock 10.2% and Kent 10.1%.
The analysis shows that there are 10 areas where the population has fallen between 2001 and 2011.
The figures for all 174 areas of England and Wales are set out in notes to editors below with the % change between 2001 and 2011 ranked from largest to smallest. Also in notes to editors are details of the sources and web links to the data.
CHANGE IN POPULATION BY REGION IN ENGLAND AND WALES BETWEEN 2001 AND 2011
|
2001 |
2011 |
change |
% change |
||
|
England and Wales |
52,041,916 |
56,075,900 |
4,033,984 |
7.8 |
|
|
England |
49,138,831 |
53,012,500 |
3,873,669 |
7.9 |
|
|
rank |
|||||
|
1 |
London |
7,172,091 |
8,173,900 |
1,001,809 |
14.0 |
|
2 |
East Midlands |
4,172,174 |
4,533,200 |
361,026 |
8.7 |
|
3 |
East |
5,388,140 |
5,847,000 |
458,860 |
8.5 |
|
4 |
South East |
8,000,645 |
8,634,800 |
634,155 |
7.9 |
|
5 |
South West |
4,928,434 |
5,288,900 |
360,466 |
7.3 |
|
6 |
Yorkshire and The Humber |
4,964,833 |
5,283,700 |
318,867 |
6.4 |
|
7 |
West Midlands |
5,267,308 |
5,601,800 |
334,492 |
6.4 |
|
8 |
Wales |
2,903,085 |
3,063,500 |
160,415 |
5.5 |
|
9 |
North West |
6,729,764 |
7,052,200 |
322,436 |
4.8 |
|
10 |
North East |
2,515,442 |
2,596,900 |
81,458 |
3.2 |
Brian Strutton, GMB National Secretary for Public Services, said“These figures show that many areas need more schools, more housing, improved transport links, more health facilities, upgrades in utilities like water and more recreation facilities. There is a need for a step change in how we care for growing number of the elderly and in particular how can we help them stay in their own homes for as long as possible.
National and local government and the private sector must use this growth in population as the springboard to reflate the economy by providing the social infrastructure this population needs.
Leadership is needed to deliver such a programme as well as the £200bn investment to deliver essential energy and infrastructure projects. It is a bigger challenge than delivering the Olympics.
Osborne is simply not up to the job and is doing the opposite of what is needed. He should be moved to make way for a change of direction.”
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