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Welcome to our latest news section - here you can find out at a glance about recent data updates and publications across the wide range of topics covered by  Understanding Herefordshire.

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Armed Forces veterans insights from the 2021 Census

22 February 2024

The 2021 census was the first to ask questions about veterans and therefore the first time we have had data of this kind. A factsheet with headline results was published in December 2022 based on the limited data released at the time, this factshe...

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New population estimates

29 November 2023

New population estimates show that Herefordshire's resident population was 188,700 in mid-2022

96,200 (51%) women and 92,600 (49%) men

30,100 aged under 16 (16%); 108,700 aged 16 to 64 (58%) ...

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Understanding Herefordshire News

4 September 2023

The first (summer 2023) edition of Understanding Herefordshire News is now available via the link below .  Coordinated by the council’s Intelligence Unit, it is a quarterly update on the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) and covers work...

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Herefordshire Cost-of-Living Bulletin May 2023

22 May 2023

To help to better understand how the rising cost of living is impacting the people of Herefordshire, and the groups and areas likely to be most affected, we have brought together a range of relevant socio-economic data and intelligence into a Cost...

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New population estimates published

24 February 2023

New population estimates show that Herefordshire's resident population was 187,600 in mid-2021.

This is the first mid-year estimate based on the 2021 census. We previously told you that the Census 2021 estimates for Herefordshire show a slo...

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Herefordshire Cost-of-Living Bulletin

13 December 2022

To help to better understand how the rising cost of living is impacting the people of Herefordshire, and the groups and areas likely to be most affected, we have brought together a range of relevant socio-economic data and intelligence into a Read more

Census 2021 - Demography and Migration statistics

11 November 2022

Last week we told you about the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) recent Census 2021 outputs on Demography and Migration.  Headline results and key statistics for Herefordshire are now available to download from October 2022 Monthly Monitoring Report has just been published.  The monthly monitoring report is a supplementary report to the quarterly Herefordshire Economic Update (formerly the Economic Impacts of COVID-19 Summary) has just b...

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Herefordshire Economic Summary October 2021

12 October 2021

The latest (October 2021) Herefordshire Economic Summary (formerly the Economic Impacts of COVID-19 Summary) has just been published on the 'Economic impact of coronavirus' page of the Understanding Herefordshire website​.   The summary ...

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New population estimates

9 September 2021

ONS have published new population estimates which show Herefordshire's population has increased to 193,600 in mid-2020. Data is now available to download from the Population pages.

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Community Wellbeing Survey

20 July 2021

Herefordshire Council recently commissioned DJS research to undertake an important new survey of Herefordshire residents exploring how people feel about their local area and community, participation, satisfaction with the council, mental, physical...

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New population estimates

30 June 2021

ONS have published new population estimates which show Herefordshire's population has increased to 193,600 in 2020.  Further information about this update will soon be available from the Population page of our website. In the meantime, you ca...

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Seasonal workers on Herefordshire farms

1 June 2021

The seasonal workers from overseas on farms in Herefordshire survey (farm survey) is helping to fill the gaps in understanding of the seasonal workforce employed by farms in Herefordshire.

During the COVID pandemic it was felt that there wa...

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The economic impact of coronavirus (COVID-19)

23 March 2021

In the spring of last year the coronavirus pandemic caused the largest contraction in the UK economy for over three hundred years, with thousands of jobs and businesses forced to rely on an unprecedented package of government support in order to s...

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Armed Forces Community Assessment

9 March 2021

Herefordshire Council has just published the Executive Summary of a new Armed Forces Community Assessment that provides a wide range of information and data about issues affecting serving and former members of the Armed Forces community in Herefor...

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COVID-19 in Herefordshire

22 January 2021

If you are interested in facts and figures about the impact of Covid-19 in Herefordshire, you can now download our weekly summary.  It includes analysis of the published data on cases and deaths...

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Census 2021 will provide a snapshot of modern society

19 January 2021

Households across Herefordshire will soon be asked to take part in Census 2021.

The census is a once-in-a-decade survey that gives us the most accurate estimate of all the people and households in England and Wales. It has been carried out ...

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New population estimates

9 July 2020

ONS have published new population estimates which show Herefordshire's population has increased to 192,800 in 2019.  Further information about this update will soon be available from the Population page of our website. In the meantime, you ca...

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Oral health needs assessment

6 December 2019

We have recently published a new oral health needs assessment for Herefordshire which can be viewed, or downloaded, from the oral health page of this website.

The oral health needs assessment describes th...

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Latest small area population estimates

3 December 2019

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have recently published their latest estimates of the population of small areas in England. We will shortly begin analysing this new data and we will be making it available on the ‘population’ and ‘about yo...

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Water quality

1 November 2019

Reflecting the importance of environmental factors to people's health and wellbeing, we are gradually expanding the environment section of Understanding Herefordshire.  

In a recent (September 2019) news item we announced the addi...

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English Indices of Deprivation 2019

25 October 2019

The English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (IoD2019) were released at the end of September, replacing those from 2015.  They give an indication of how deprived a local area is compared to all other areas of England based on seven different types...

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Latest population estimates

17 September 2019

ONS have published new population estimates which show Herefordshire's population has increased to 192,100 in mid-2018.  We are working on analysis of the new data at the moment and will update the Population Read more

Ward profiles updated

9 September 2019

Updated ward profiles, incorporating the latest information about quality of housing in Herefordshire, are now available to view and download via the ‘interactive map'.

The wa...

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Latest population estimates

16 August 2019

ONS have published new population estimates which show Herefordshire's population has increased to 192,100 in mid-2018.  Data is now available to download from the Growing population. These show that the anticipated development of 16,000 new homes over the next 12 years, in Herefordshire, co...

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