Area Norfolk Broadland Breckland Great Yarmouth King’s Lynn & West Norfolk North Norfolk Norwich City South Norfolk Suffolk Babergh Forest Heath Ipswich Mid Suffolk St Edmundsbury Suffolk Coastal Waveney England
Youth % Children % Index of unemployed in poverty Unemployment mult. dep.
NVQ4+ %
29.5 29.3 28.1 27.8
9.8 14.8 24.3 17.9
3.0 7.1 7.8 9.4
10.41 15.91 27.66 21.05
26.0 17.4 14.1 23.9
27.3 29.9 28.4
16.2 29.6 11.1
3.2 7.7 8.8
19.28 25.65 13.31
24.6 39.1 30.6
27.0 28.6 28.0 29.0 28.6 29.3 32.4 26.6
11.6 14.5 21.7 9.2 11.4 10.5 21.2 20.9
3.6 3.7 9.0 4.8 8.4 5.2 4.4 7.5
12.59 13.28 24.82 10.23 13.49 11.41 22.08 19.15
23.7 24.7 28.9 29.0 27.6 35.2 18.8 31.3
Notes to table 3 Data not shown at County level. Youth unemployment = share of JSA claimants aged 24 and under as percentage of all JSA claimants Children in poverty = under 16’s in low income households as percentage of all households NVQ4+ shows percentage of persons 16-64 with NVQ level 4 and above educational attainment. People are counted as being qualified to level 4 or above if they have achieved a first or higher degree, National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) level 4 or 5, a recognised degree-level professional qualification an Higher National Certificate(HNC)/Higher National Diploma (HND) or other higherlevel vocational or management qualification, a teaching or nursing qualification; or a diploma in Higher Education (HE).
5.4 What are the key messages from Table 3? Table 3 demonstrates the diverse challenges across the areas in terms of poverty, unemployment, deprivation and educational achievement. Outside Cambridge and South Cambs youth unemployment rates are above the English average of 26.6%. Norwich City has the highest recorded relative concentration of child poverty, but Great Yarmouth is also significantly above the national English average. Unemployment rates vary substantially across the areas covered and can be above the English average at the time of the survey, of 7.5%. Similarly the index of multiple deprivation data shows significant variations above and below the English average; Great Yarmouth is, 22 | P a g e