Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bath and Bristol area

Published: 12 September 2023

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In 2023, we published regional data for 41 regions.
Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bath and Bristol area is one of them.

In 2024, we published data for 203 local authorities.
You can see these on the Social mobility by area homepage.

This page shows how Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bath and Bristol area is ranked for the following 5 ‘composite’ measures of social mobility:

  • Childhood poverty and disadvantage
  • Precarious situations
  • Promising prospects
  • Research and development
  • Socio-cultural advantage

Each of these measures combines data from 3 indicators into a single ‘composite’ score. This provides a more reliable picture of geographical mobility patterns.

Rankings

For each composite measure, 41 regions in the UK are ranked from the lowest to highest values. They are then divided into 5 equally-sized groups (‘quintiles’), from 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest).

For example, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bath and Bristol area ranks in the of regions for .

 

Quintile 1
(lowest 20%) Quintile 5
(highest 20%)

Districts in the Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bath and Bristol area region

ITL3 areas: Bristol, City of, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire CC, Swindon, Wiltshire

Local authorities: Bristol, City of, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, Cotswold, Forest of Dean, Gloucester, Stroud, Tewkesbury, Swindon, Wiltshire

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