About Plymouth
Located in the south west, Plymouth has a resident population of 252,800 with a further 100,000 in its travel-to-work area. Its working age population is 161,400 (63.9 per cent of its total population compared to a national figure of 62.0 per cent)
Plymouth has a rich and fascinating past, based largely on its seafaring tradition and strong links with the military, but considerable diversification has taken place and the city now boasts a varied industrial base with six priority clusters for which Plymouth has a competitive advantage having been identified within the Local Economic Strategy:
- Business services
- Creative industries
- Tourism and leisure
- Marine industries
- Medical and healthcare
- Advanced engineering
Plymouth has made huge strides in recent times, transforming itself into one of the great cities in the country, and is currently going through a very exciting period in its history, with the scale of regeneration taking place second only to the post war reconstruction period.
Further information on the city may be found in the factsheets below:
Commuting - factsheet describing travelling options within Plymouth.
File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 377KB
Culture, diversity and equality - factsheet describing culture, diversity and equality issues and services in Plymouth.
File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 478KB
Education - factsheet describing schooling and further and higher education facilities in Plymouth.
File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 418KB
Facts - interesting facts about Plymouth.
File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 403KB
Health - factsheet describing housing health services in Plymouth.
File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 345KB
Lifestyle and leisure - factsheet describing lifestyle and leisure options in Plymouth.
File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 418KB
Major employers - information on major employers located in Plymouth.
File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 389KB
Property prices - information on property prices in Plymouth.
File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 320KB
Transport - factsheet describing transport by road, rail, sea and air within Plymouth.
File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 413KB
