Population Projections Explorer March 2nd, 2020 by Wil Tonkiss & Mike Brondbjerg, City Intelligence Unit Understanding London’s population, and how and where it can be expected to change, is central to so much of the work undertaken at the GLA, in the boroughs and by many others across the capital. Each year the GLA Demography team produces an updated set of population projections which provide a huge amount of data…
2018 School Place Demand Projections May 18th, 2018 by Wil Tonkiss In November 2015, GLA Demography produced the first pan-London school place demand projections. That publication provided the first consistent view of future demand for places in state-maintained schools across the capital. In the years since, the projections have proven a valuable resource in understanding emerging demand and in informing strategic decisions about future provision and…
Redeveloping the GLA’s modelling framework November 23rd, 2016 by Wil Tonkiss For over 40 years the GLA, and its predecessors, have produced population projections for London and the boroughs. These projections form the foundation of much of the GLA’s strategic planning and help to shape a wide range of policy decisions. The projection models themselves are continually evolving as new data and methods are incorporated into…
New estimates of projected demand for school places in London November 24th, 2015 by Wil Tonkiss Understanding the relationship between population change and demand for school places is crucial if public authorities are to plan effectively for future place provision. Over the last ten years London has experienced exceptionally high birth rates – annual births in the capital rose by almost 30,000 (28 per cent) between 2001/2 and 2011/12. Initially this put pressure…
