Data updates in Community Insight

As we get settled into the new year, we have plenty of data updates to get stuck into, with plenty from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), and several new indicators too:

New data

Data on your local housing market 

Please note: The following data is not available for Community Insight Scotland

We have added two new measure of the local housing market:

  • Inflation adjusted 10 year house price change by house type (using the CPIH index)
  • Ratio of residential transactions to number of private dwellings – a measure of housing ‘churn’

Take a look at our blog for more on how these datasets were constructed and some headline trends.

Percentage of children in poverty (after housing costs)

Please note: The following datasets are not available for Community Insight Scotland or Community Insight Wales

End Child Poverty has published new figures on the level of child poverty in each constituency, local authority and ward in the UK. The Centre for Research in Social Policy makes these annual estimates for the End Child Poverty Coalition, allowing them to map the percentage of children in poverty at small area level for a snapshot of time (July – September 2017).

Please note: This dataset is not directly comparable to the previous Children in Poverty dataset included within Community Insight. As such, we have kept both datasets available. The previous indicator is called Children in poverty. Take a look at our blog for more on how the data was constructed and caveats for use.

Please note: The following datasets are not available for Community Insight Scotland or Community Insight Wales

New health measures: We have added data from Imperial College London, taken from a longitudinal study on a number of health conditions including:

  • Percentage of people aged 45+ with (severe) hip osteoarthritis
  • Percentage of people aged 45+ with (severe) knee osteoarthritis
  • Percentage of people with (severe) back pain

To add these new datasets to your maps and dashboards, you will need to use the Manage Indicators feature. Search in the Unassigned theme for the datasets and drag & drop to the theme you wish to display them in. If you have any trouble, get in touch on support@ocsi.co.uk

Data Updates

In addition to the new data, as always, we have ensured everything else is up-to-date, so that you can be confident you are using the most recent data available.

Indicators include:

  • DWP Claimants data
    • Attendance allowance (broken down by age, gender and higher / lower rate award)
    • Disability living allowance (broken down by age, gender and higher / lower rate award)
    • Employment and support allowance (broken down by age, gender, higher / lower rate and reason for claiming)
    • Income Support (broken down by gender and living arrangements)
    • Incapacity Benefit (broken down by age and gender)
    • Pension credit claimants
    • Unemployment benefit (JSA & Universal Credit)
    • Youth Unemployment

Please note: The following updates are not available for Community Insight Scotland or for Community Insight Wales

  • Life expectancy
    • Female life expectancy at birth
    • Male life expectancy at birth

Please note: The following updates are not available for Community Insight Scotland or for Community Insight Wales

And finally, due to Sport England’s correction for the Active Lives data, we have temporarily removed the indicator People physically active (at least 150 minutes per week in the past month) from Community Insight. When Sport England republish the data, which will also include a more recent time point, we will add this back into the tool.

Update your reports

Reports have been updated with the latest data. To see the latest data in your reports, you must generate new reports for your custom areas.

Current indicators available within Community Insight

Current indicators available within Community Insight. To see a list of all of the current indicators available in Community Insight and also a list of the most recent round of updates check out this Knowledge Base article.

If you have any questions about the new data updates, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us on support@ocsi.co.uk or give us a call on 01273 810270.

Speed improvements

Our tech team have also been working away to improve overall site performance of Community Insight. The most recent updates have resulted in maps loading much faster with data – let us know if you have noticed any difference!

As always, if you have any questions at all on the data, please get in touch at support@ocsi.co.uk