Commuting patterns by Welsh local authority and measure

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Total number of working residents This shows the total number of residents who are working. For Wales it is the total number of people who live in Wales who work.

This shows the total number of residents who are working. For Wales it is the total number of people who live in Wales who work.

Total number of people working in the authority This shows the total number of people who work in the authority/Wales, including those who travel in from outside Wales/their own authority.

This shows the total number of people who work in the authority/Wales, including those who travel in from outside Wales/their own authority.

Number of people working in home authority This shows the total number of residents who work in the same authority as they live.

Number of people commuting out of the authority This shows the total number of working residents who commute out of the authority to work elsewhere. At a Wales level it shows the number of people who commute out of Wales to work.

This shows the total number of working residents who commute out of the authority to work elsewhere. At a Wales level it shows the number of people who commute out of Wales to work.

Number of people commuting into the authority This shows the total number of people who commute from a different local authority into the authority to work. At a Wales level it shows the number of people who commute into Wales to work.

Wales

1,385,900

1,347,600

962,400

86,300

48,000

Wales

Isle of Anglesey

32,100

24,600

22,400

9,700

2,200

Gwynedd

54,500

61,100

48,300

6,300

12,800

Conwy

49,500

43,400

36,700

12,800

6,800

Denbighshire

40,200

41,400

28,800

11,500

12,600

Flintshire

72,000

58,700

40,700

31,300

18,100

Wrexham

66,000

73,800

49,800

16,100

24,000

Powys

64,400

60,300

52,000

12,400

8,200

Ceredigion

33,300

36,700

30,000

3,400

6,700

Pembrokeshire

54,900

53,400

49,200

5,700

4,200

Carmarthenshire

81,600

77,500

63,300

18,300

14,200

Swansea

107,500

115,800

88,200

19,400

27,700

Neath Port Talbot

58,300

48,600

34,000

24,300

14,600

Bridgend

63,500

61,500

43,700

19,900

17,800

Vale of Glamorgan

58,800

42,800

28,500

30,300

14,300

Cardiff

164,800

214,700

130,900

33,900

83,800

Rhondda Cynon Taf

105,200

79,100

61,000

44,200

18,100

Merthyr Tydfil

24,900

24,500

14,700

10,200

9,800

Caerphilly

76,300

56,200

37,300

39,000

18,900

Blaenau Gwent

28,600

20,100

14,600

14,000

5,500

Torfaen

40,400

36,800

22,700

17,600

14,100

Monmouthshire

44,800

43,900

26,100

18,700

17,800

Newport

64,100

72,800

39,700

24,400

33,100

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Title

Commuting patterns by Welsh local authority

Last update

March 2016

Next update

March 2017

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Annual Population Survey, Office for National Statistics

Contact email

economic.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Designation

National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local authorities

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English only

General description

This dataset provides information on commuting patterns by local authority in Wales and flows between Wales and the rest of the UK.

Data collection and calculation

ONS have reweighted the APS to take account of population data from the 2011 Census. Therefore, all estimates from quarter 4 of 2004 to quarter 3 of 2014 have been revised.

The Annual Population Survey, which includes the WLLFS, is an annual sample survey of households living at private addresses in the UK. The annual survey uses results from those sampled for the main quarterly Labour Force Survey and since 2001 additional persons have been sampled on an annual basis to provide a more robust (boosted) annual dataset across the UK, with estimates subject to much lower sampling variability. For Wales, the data are now based on an enhanced sample (around 350 per cent larger) compared to earlier years.

The additional persons sampled in the APS are based on four waves, over four years of the survey. For the first wave, the response rate in Wales is around 60%, with around 75% of these remaining by the fourth wave. In total, approaching 20,000 households are sampled each year for the APS in Wales.
The APS relates to calendar years, whereas the WLLFS used the year ending in February. Therefore values for 2001 to 2003 relate to the years ending February 2002, February 2003 and February 2004. Subsequent values relate to calendar years.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

2001 to 2015

Users, uses and context

We believe the key users of commuting in Wales statistics are:
Ministers and the Members Research Service in the National Assembly for Wales;
Other areas of the Welsh Government;
Welsh Local Authorities
Other government departments;
Students, academics and universities;
Individual citizens and private companies.
The statistics are used in a variety of ways. Some examples of the uses include: Advice to Ministers; Research and general background material;
To inform debate in the National Assembly for Wales and beyond.

Statistical quality

As the LFS/APS is a sample survey all estimates are subject to sampling variability. This is because the
sample selected is one of only a very large number of possible samples that could have been drawn from
the population. Standard errors (SEs) are commonly used as indicators of the extent to which the
estimate based on a sample differs from the true population value. The larger the standard error, the less
precise the estimate is. Coefficients of variation (CV) give the standard error as a proportion of the
estimate itself.

Keywords

Commuting

Name

Econ0065