This factsheet compares Warrington to the five most similar European cities in size and industrial structure. These are: Europ’ Essonne (Massy) (France) Almere (Netherlands) Oberhausen (Germany) A Coruña (Spain) Castellón de la Plana (Spain)
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 Warrington to its European counterparts on variables such as skills, employment and productivity.
City group characteristics
Warrington and the cities in its group are small with a large private and business services sector, their public sectors are relatively small.
Population
Industrial structure
Key
- Manufacturing, mining and utilities 2011
- Business services 2011
- Public services 2011
- Other private services 2011
- Other sectors 2011
Overall economic performance
Warrington performs well within its group across the indicators. It is ranked highly in particular on GVA, jobs and patents.