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  are  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   Population  North West   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   Population % under 16  

Population % of Pension Age or over  

North West   18.9 19.4  

Cheshire   18.7   20.4  Cumbria   17.3   23.3  Greater Manchester   19.5   17.6  Lancashire   19.0   20.3  Merseyside   18.3   20.0  

Ethnic  minoriDes  

     Region   All ethnic groups as % of population  

North West 7.9  

Cheshire   3.3  Cumbria   2.1  Greater Manchester   12.1  Lancashire   7.2  Merseyside   4.6  

EducaDon  

     Key data   Northwest   Cheshire   Cumbria   Greater

Manchester  Lancashire   Merseyside  

% of pupils at the end of KS4 achieving 5+A*-C grades at GCSE or equivalent (males)  

67.2   65.4   62.9   66.4   67.4   69.7  

% of pupils at the end of KS4 achieving 5+A*-C grades at GCSE or equivalent (females)  

74.8   76.1   70.5   74.1   74.5   76.5  

% of pupils at the end of KS4 achieving 5+A*-C grades at GCSE or equivalent (total)  

70.9   70.6   66.7   70.2   70.8   73.1  

Work  and  unemployment  

     Key data   Northwest   Cheshire   Cumbria   Greater

Manchester  Lancashire   Merseyside  

Employment rate %  

70.8   75.7   77.0   69.7   71.3   66.5  

Unemployment 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   Northwest   Cheshire   Cumbria   Greater Manchester  

Lancashire   Merseyside  

Number of SOAs in 10% most deprived*  

911   44   27   374   146   320  

*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

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      

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9  

28  

18  

5  

10  

14  

10  

17  

2  4  

3  1  

0  

3  1  

2  0   0   0  0   0  

3  2   2  

0   0  2  

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0  

5  

10  

15  

20  

25  

30  

Cheshire  (19)   Cumbria  (28)   Greater  Manchester  

(44)  

Lancashire  (37)  

Merseyside  (19)  

Local  Authority  Museums  (64)  

Independent  Museums  (53)  

NaDonal  Trust  (11)  

English  Heritage  (3)  

University  Museums  (7)  

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