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Plymouth profiles

Our Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) includes three categories of profiles

Area profiles

Local area profiles have been produced by our Public Health Team using data available from within the Council and from nationally published sources. These profiles provide a summary of key indicators by various geographical areas of the city. They are useful in understanding the area itself and how it compares with the city as a whole.

Census 2021 profiles

Two sets of profiles for Plymouth’s 20 electoral wards have been created using data from the 2021 Census. The profiles explore the demographic, social, and economic characteristics of the local population of each of ward.

One set of profiles compares the ward area data to the national (England) average, the other compares the ward area data to the Plymouth average.

You can create your own profile covering any area of England or Wales using the custom area profile tool on the Office for National Statistics website.

Other relevant profiles

These profiles cover Plymouth and many have been produced by other organisation and agencies for example Public Health England. Some focus on specific age-groups or issues such as alcohol.

Together these give wide-ranging information about the characteristics of geographical populations across the city and the wider determinants of health affecting them.

Potential uses of the various JSNA profiles:

  • Aiding decision makers across the city - the information can be used as a basis for setting local policies, including those concerned with education, health, housing and transportation, and for commissioning services in each area according to the needs of the population.
  • Providing evidence that can be used in the preparation of bids and business cases
  • Adding to the tools already available to Councillors as part of a broader suite of information relating to the local communities they serve
  • Assisting service providers considering future development of their services
  • Supporting scrutiny by the public of local health and wellbeing information, plans, and commissioning recommendations
  • Supplying the voluntary and community sector with information to ensure that community needs and views are represented
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