Shropshire and Staffordshire

This page shows how Shropshire and Staffordshire 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, Shropshire and Staffordshire ranks in the of regions for .

 

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

Districts in the Shropshire and Staffordshire region

ITL3 areas: Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire CC

Local authorities: Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Newcastle-under-Lyme, South Staffordshire, Stafford, Staffordshire Moorlands, Tamworth

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