Regional Context

Explore labour, deprivation, and civic context at ward geography

This workspace keeps the original Urban Metrics stack together so users can compare local economic and civic indicators without crossing into health-service geography.

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Workspace scope

Regional Context

Economic, deprivation, and civic context across the West Midlands at ward geography.

Primary geography

WMCA ward

This workspace keeps one geography model in view so comparisons remain interpretable.

Operational status

Upstream delay

At least one source in this workspace is delayed or incomplete upstream. The layers remain available, and the full cross-product operational view remains on the service status page.

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Map workspace

Compare regional context signals without losing the local geography

The primary fill layer sets the base story. A second local-area metric can be drawn as centroid bubbles so overlapping hotspots and outliers remain legible.

Tracked layers

Generated comparison layers for the current observatory workspace.

Layer status

0 current, 4 reference-only, 1 stale.

Primary geography

Mixed layer geographies

Shown for the active primary layer so the map context stays explicit.

Current focus

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Waiting for the first layer to load.

Layer controls

Choose what the map emphasises

Status

Primary fill layer

Secondary compare layer

Primary opacity78%

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Source caveat

This workspace uses geometry-rich Birmingham City Observatory datasets to keep the local-area context stack robust, transparent, and inexpensive to operate.

Universal Credit Claimants In Employment

stale

Latest source period exceeded 60 days (117 days observed).

IMD Employment Score

warning

Reference dataset; freshness tracked for visibility only.

Households In Fuel Poverty

warning

Reference dataset; freshness tracked for visibility only.

Gross Value Added: All Industries

warning

Reference dataset; freshness tracked for visibility only.

Travel To Work By Bicycle

warning

Reference dataset; freshness tracked for visibility only.

Interactive comparison mapBase geometry: Selected layer geography

Top areas

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Loading generated layers.

Active layer notes

Waiting for data

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