The European Quality of Life survey (EQLS) examines both the objective circumstances of European citizens' lives, and how they feel about those circumstances, and their lives in general. It looks at a range of issues, such as employment, income, education, housing, family, health and work-life balance. It also looks at subjective topics, such as people's levels of happiness, how satisfied they are with their lives, and how they perceive...

Excel Age-Range creator for 2001 and 2011 Census population figures. This Excel-based tool enables users to query the single year of age raw data so that any age range can easily be calculated without having to carry out often complex, and time consuming formulas that could also be open to human error. Simply select the lower and upper age range for both males and females and the spreadsheet will return the total population for the ...

Improving the local environment can help improve health and wellbeing. The GLA have produced a bespoke guide for each London borough highlighting how positive changes to the environment help support better health. The Better Environment, Better Health guide offers tailored information on seven important environmental factors that can impact on residents’ health. These factors are green spaces, active travel and transport, surface water...

Range of modelled indicators of health lifestyle choices. These estimates must be used with caution. They will almost certainly not mirror precisely any available measures from local studies or surveys (although research by NatCen and others have shown that they tend to be related). 1) Current smoking among adults (aged 16 or over). Current smokers were defined in the HSfE if the respondent reported that they were a 'current cigarett...

Modelled scenarios of comparison goods retail floorspace need 2011 to 2036 associated with the Experian/GLA publication: "Consumer Expenditure and Comparison Goods Floorspace Need in London". The data is provided for the main London Plan geographies including sub-regions, Central Activities Zone, Outer/Inner London, boroughs and town centres. It includes the ability to test 5 development scenarios with sensitivity testing for consumer e...

Consumer expenditure data to 2036 broken down by London borough, post code sectors, and industry sectors. 1 - Aggregated Borough Base 2 - Aggregated Postal Base Greater London 3 - Aggregated Regional Base The Aggregated category contains spending data on the following sectors: • Convenience • Comparison – Bulky • Comparison - Not Bulky • DIY • Gardening • Accommodation Services • Restaurants and Cafes • Takeaway / Snack Spending • O...

Excess Winter Deaths (EWD) by age and conditions (underlying cause of death) expressed as average per year based on 7 years pooled data, 2004-2011. EWD trend expressed as average per year based on 3 years data. The Excess Winter Mortality Index (EWM Index was calculated based on the 'ONS Method' which defines the winter period as December to March, and the non-winter period as August to November of that same year and April to July of t...

Who owns the empty homes. Each year the Department for Communities and Local Government collects data on the number of empty homes from each local authority in England and from other Government departments and bodies (HSSA Statistics). LA data are reported figures. Regions' totals include estimated values for missing data. Hence summing LA figures would not yield region's figure. LA data are reported figures. # indicates figure not su...

Data and technical analysis for London Assembly Transport Committee report on bus services in London (October 2013). The technical analysis published in support of the Transport Committee's report on bus services in London includes: - the number of bus passenger journeys in London compared to rest of England for 2004/5-2012/13; - annual actual and forecast bus passenger journeys and bus kilometres operated for 1999-2022; - number of...

Throughout 2012/13 the GLA carried out a programme of research to explore the impact that the London 2012 Games and the work of the GLA has had on the opinions, behaviour and attitudes of Londoners and visitors to London. This page is where you can find the results from all of the GLA’s Gamestime research. Infographics There are a series of infographics that show the key findings of the London 2012 Gamestime research. ...