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Cities Outlook 2018
By
Centre for Cities
| 29 January 2018
Cities Outlook 2018
By
Centre for Cities
| 29 January 2018
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Foreword
The state of urban Britain in 2018
Table Figure 1: The political divides across urban Britain
Table Figure 2: The economic divides across urban Britain
Table Why economic divides exist across the country
Table Devolution and local leadership
Table Box 1: Defining cities
The future of work in cities
Table Box 2: Methodology
Table Cities and the risk of job losses
Table Box 3: Displacement in big cities
Table Figure 3: Share of jobs in occupations likely to shrink
Table Box 4: What types of jobs are at risk?
Table Figure 5: The relationship between jobs at risk of decline, productivity per worker (left) and welfare spend per capita (right)
Table Cities and past trends in the labour market
Table Box 5: The rise and fall of occupations in the last century
Table Figure 6: Jobs that have mostly been replaced by automation
Table Box 6: Defining occupations in 1911
Table Figure 7: Share of all jobs at risk because of automation and globalisation 1911
Table Figure 8: Growth in jobs, 1911-2016
Table Cities and jobs likely to see an increase in demand to 2030
Table Box 7: The current composition of jobs likely to grow in the future
Table Figure 9: Occupational breakdown for existing jobs likely to grow to 2030
Table Figure 10: Breakdown of the type of jobs likely to grow in each city to 2030
Table Figure 11: Jobs likely to decline and the composition of jobs likely to increase
Table Policy has not focused on helping people and places to adapt
Table Figure 12: The relationship between incapacity benefits and publicly-funded jobs
Table Figure 13: Share of 50-64 year olds with no formal qualifications
Table Figure 14: Differences in economic outcomes between cities in the South and cities elsewhere in Britain
Table Figure 15: The EU Referendum result and share of jobs likely to grow that are in higher-skilled private sector activities
Table Policy implications
City monitor 2018
Table Figure 16: Cities as a share of the national average
Table Population
Table Table 1: Population growth
Table Business dynamics
Table Table 2: Business starts and closures per 10,000 population
Table Figure 3 Business stock per 10,000 population
Table Productivity and innovation
Table Table 4: GVA per worker
Table Figure 17: GVA per worker
Table Box 8: Measuring Innovation
Table Table 5: Patent applications published per 100,000 residents
Table Employment
Table Table 6: Employment rate
Table Table 7: Jobseeker’s Allowance claimant count
Table Table 8: Private sector jobs growth
Table Table 9: Ratio of private sector to publicly-funded jobs
Table Skills
Table Table 10: Residents with high level qualifications
Table Figure 18: Residents with high-level qualifications
Table Wages
Table Table 12: Average workplace wages
Table Inequality
Table Table 13: Gini coefficient
Table Figure 19: The relationship between productivity and inequality
Table Housing
Table Table 14: Housing stock growth
Table Table 15: House price growth
Table Table 16: Housing affordability ratio
Table Environment
Table Table 17: Total CO2 emissions per capita
Table Digital connectivity
Table Table 18: Premises achieving ultra-fast broadband speeds (greater than 100 Mbps)
Table Figure 16: GVA per worker
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11: Residents with no formal qualifications
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