City factsheet

Milton Keynes

How is the Milton Keynes economy performing, and what are the key policy issues facing the city?

Milton Keynes map

This factsheet compares Milton Keynes with the five most similar European cities by size and industrial structure. These are: A Coruña (Spain) Almere (Netherlands), Amersfoort (Netherlands), Europ’ Essonne (Massy) (France), Oldenburg (Germany)

Comparing cities in this way helps us to understand more about how well UK cities are competing on an international scale because it groups cities with similar industrial structures, rather than on their resulting economic performance. The factsheet also compares the relative strengths and weaknesses of Milton Keynes to its European counterparts on variables such as skills, employment and productivity.

City group characteristics

Milton Keynes is a small city with a relatively small public sector but large private services and business services sector.

Population

Industrial structure

Key

  • Manufacturing, mining and utilities 2011
  • Business services 2011
  • Public services 2011
  • Other private services 2011
  • Other sectors 2011

Industrial Structure chart

Overall economic performance

Milton Keynes performs well in its group, ranking highly on GVA, GVA per worker, jobs and employment, although compared to the group its population is relatively less highly skilled.

Note: For more about this data please see the indicator index.