Derry City and Strabane District Council - Key stats info July 2019

Derry City and Strabane
District Council
Key Statistics
July 2019
Population of 150,680
71% of population live in urban areas
29% of population live in rural areas
Council area is approx. 1,245 sq km
Area farmed is approx.
948 sq km

Derry City and Strabane District Council as 100 people
77 Very good / Good
7 Poor / Very poor
16 Fair
49 Male
51 Female
43 Economically inactive
8 Unemployed
12 Working part-time
37 Working full-time
22 None
22 NVQ Level 4+
56 NVQ Level 1-3
General
health
Economic
Activity
(16+)
Qualifications
(16-64)
Religion
Gender
Age
Country
of Birth
34 Aged 0 to 24
27 Aged 25 to 44
25 Aged 45 to 64
14 Aged 65+
89 in NI
9 Rest of UK and RoI
3 Elsewhere
2 Other and No Religion
72 Catholic
25 Protestant and Other Christian

Standardised Mortality Ratio
Population
Total population
In 2018 = 150,680
1.7% since 2011
4.8% since 2001
2017 Change since
Age band Number % 2011 2001
0-15 32,810 22% 590 -1.8% 5,420 -14.2%
16-24 17,650 12% 1,680 -8.7% 2,320 -11.6%
25-44 38,460 26% 2,750 -6.7% 3,900 -9.2%
45-64 39,390 26% 3,740 10.5% 10,910 38.3%
65+ 22,380 15% 3,770 20.2% 7,600 51.4%
Total 150,680 100% 2,490 1.7% 6,870 4.8%
Projected % change within
age bands (2016 – 2041)
70%
60%
50%
63%
Life expectancy at birth
Gender 2009-11 2011-13 2013-15
Male 76.7 77.0 77.3
Female 80.3 81.4 81.7
0.6yrs for males since 2009-11
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
-10%
-20%
-30%
Total population
in 2041 projected
to be 145,852
-15% -14% -17%
-11%
-3%
1.4yrs for female since 2009-11
Standardised Mortality Ratio
107
106
105
104
103
102
101
100
99
98
97
96
106.1
104.9
103.9 103.8 104.0
102.3 102.4
103.2
Northern Ireland
Derry City & Strabane
100
Age Band
Period

Average house price (£)
Sales
Housing
Housing Stock
4.6% since 2014
Dwelling completions
Private
140
120
Social
59,700 60,019 60,471 61,043
61,737
62,462
100
80
60
40
20
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Year 0
Period
Standardised Residential Property Price and Verified Residential Property Sales
£200,000
£180,000
£180,450
1000
900
£160,000
£140,000
£120,000
DCSDC Verified Residential Property Sales
DCSDC Average Price
800
700
£120,651
600
£100,000
500
£80,000
400
£60,000
300
£40,000
200
£20,000
100
£0
0
2005 2006 2006 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Year

Gross weekly median pay
Economy, Labour Market and Income
Number of employee jobs
Composition of employee jobs, 2018
up 10.6% since
52,606 53,630 54,986 55,821 58,196
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Year
26%
28%
10%
36%
Male
FT
Male
PT
Female
FT
Female
PT
Gross weekly median pay of employee jobs
£600
2017 2018
£500
£475.40
£486.70
£446.20
£455.20
£400
£373.60
£381.90
£344.60
£342.10
£300
£200
£100
£0
Work in DCSDC
- All jobs
Work in DCSDC
- FT jobs
Resident in DCSDC
- All jobs
Resident in DCSDC
- FT jobs

Economy, Labour Market and Income (cont’)
Number of VAT and/or PAYE registered
businesses
In 2019, there were 5,260 VAT and/or
PAYE registered businesses operating in
DCSDC.
10.7% of firms employed 10 or more
people
9.4% of firms a turnover of £1,000,000
or more.
Agriculture
In June 2018 there were 1,771 farms
and, of these, 74.8% were very small
farms, 13.0% were small, 5.0% were
medium and 7.2% were large.
The total agricultural workforce was
3,510 in June 2018.
Non-Financial Business Economy
Category 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Turnover (£m) 3,084 3,377 3,595 3,691 3,691 3,684
Purchases (£m) 1,994 2,186 2,498 2,594 2,502 2,472
GVA (£m) 1,094 1,200 1,124 1,215 1,237 1,231
Unemployment (Claimant Count and Job Seeker’s Allowance)
Claimant Count May 2019 = 4,465 (i.e. 4.7% of those aged 16-64 in DCSDC)
1.5% from April 2019
1.7% from May 2018
Jobseeker’s Allowance
Category
% of all
Change since
Number claimants April 2019 May 2018
Claiming 1yr+ 2,080 91% -35 -2% -50 -2%
16-24 205 9% -15 -7% -460 -69%
16-24 & 1yr+ 200 9% -10 -5% -70 -26%

Economy, Labour Market and Income (cont’)
Number of claimants of key benefits (Nov 2018)
State Pension
22,260
Employment and Support Allowance
Disability Living Allowance
11,420
13,400
Carers Allowance
Pension Credit
7,300
8,240
Income Support
Attendance Allowance
Job Seekers' Allowance
3,770
3,730
2,640
- 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000

Deprivation
DCSDC SOAs within 100 most deprived in Northern Ireland by deprivation domain
(1 = most deprived; 890 is least deprived)
MDM
SOA
Rank
East 1
Crevagh 2 3
Strand 1 5
The Diamond 6
Creggan Central 1 10
Brandywell 13
Shantallow West 1 19
Culmore 2 22
Shantallow West 2 27
Creggan South 33
Ballycolman 37
Ebrington 2 38
Clondermot 1 43
Westland 45
Shantallow West 3 51
Carn Hill 2 59
Rosemount 68
Creggan Central 2 69
Shantallow East 86
Glenderg 90
Education, Skills and
Training
SOA
Rank
East 14
Creggan Central 1 31
Crevagh 2 32
Creggan South 57
Culmore 2 64
Altnagelvin 1 85
Shantallow West 1 87
Ballycolman 92
Brandywell 98
Income
SOA
Rank
East 4
Strand 1 10
The Diamond 11
Crevagh 2 15
Shantallow West 2 16
Brandywell 18
Creggan Central 1 20
Ebrington 2 24
Ballycolman 26
Shantallow West 3 40
Culmore 2 42
Westland 43
Clondermot 1 45
Glenderg 48
Rosemount 51
Creggan South 54
Creggan Central 2 58
Shantallow West 1 65
Donemana 79
Finn 81
North 83
Crevagh 1 85
Carn Hill 2 94
West 1 97
Access to Services
SOA
Rank
Plumbridge 1
Donemana 21
Glenderg 23
Claudy 2 32
Banagher 41
Slievekirk 52
Clare 60

Deprivation (cont’)
DCSDC SOAs within 100 most deprived in Northern Ireland by deprivation domain
(1 = most deprived; 890 is least deprived)
Employment
SOA
Rank
East 3
Strand 1 4
The Diamond 6
Shantallow West 1 7
Crevagh 2 10
Brandywell 13
Creggan South 14
Creggan Central 1 16
Culmore 2 22
Clondermot 1 24
Westland 29
Ballycolman 31
Carn Hill 2 32
Shantallow West 2 40
Shantallow East 43
Ebrington 2 51
Culmore 3 57
Shantallow West 3 58
Creggan Central 2 61
Rosemount 65
West 2 68
Altnagelvin 1 71
Castlederg 74
Beechwood 79
Living Environment
SOA
Rank
Strand 1 9
Ebrington 2 18
Strand 2 22
Pennyburn 1 37
The Diamond 42
Rosemount 50
Creggan Central 1 82
Culmore 2 95
Health and Disability
SOA
Rank
Crevagh 2 9
Shantallow West 1 13
Culmore 2 22
Creggan Central 1 23
Brandywell 32
Creggan South 35
Strand 1 36
The Diamond 44
Clondermot 1 45
Shantallow West 2 46
East 54
Shantallow West 3 59
Shantallow East 62
Carn Hill 2 63
Creggan Central 2 65
Westland 77
Ballycolman 81
Culmore 3 85
Crime & Disorder
SOA
Rank
The Diamond 1
Strand 1 10
Shantallow West 1 19
Pennyburn 1 24
Crevagh 2 28
Shantallow West 2 29
Culmore 2 30
Ebrington 2 33
Rosemount 44
Brandywell 50
East 76
Clondermot 1 94

Number of recorded offences
Crime
Recorded crime (excluding fraud), 2001/02 to 2018/19
Year
Recorded Crime -
offences
Annual Change
2001/02 10,128 -
2002/03 10,218 0.9%
2003/04 10,092 -1.2%
2004/05 9,684 -4.0%
2005/06 10,527 8.7%
2006/07 10,106 -4.0%
2007/08 9,027 -10.7%
2008/09 9,261 2.6%
2009/10 9,188 -0.8%
2010/11 8,993 -2.1%
2011/12 9,301 3.4%
2012/13 9,659 3.8%
2013/14 9,430 -2.4%
2014/15 9,370 -0.6%
2015/16 9,425 0.6%
2016/17 8,504 -9.8%
2017/18 8,485 -0.2%
2018/19 8,400 -1.0%
12,000
10,527
10,000
9,659
8,400
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0

% of school leavers
Education
School enrolment 2018/19
Nursery
8 schools
511 pupils
DCSDC
School
enrolment
2018/19
Pre-school
23 schools
384 pupils
Primary
69 schools
16,093 pupils
Special School
2 schools
440 pupils
Post-primary
14 schools
11,897 pupils
Qualifications of DCSDC school leavers, 2013/14 to 2017/18
90
80
70
60
50
55.5
76.4
58.7
82.0 81.5 82.3
84.1
68.2 69.3 70.0
63.2
58.9 60.0 58.4 57.0
40
30
20
10
0
2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18
Year
2+ A Levels A*-E 5+ GCSEs A*-C 5+ GCSEs A*-C inc. GCSE English and maths

Health
Standardised Admission Rate due to alcohol related causes per 100,000 population
1,081 1,091
1,130 1,127
7.4% over rolling fiveyear
period
1,001
Period
Standardised Admission Rate due to circulatory disease per 100,000 population
2,127 2,157 2,097
1,948
1,759
17.3% over rolling fiveyear
period
Period
Standardised Admission Rate due to respiratory disease per 100,000 population
2,270
0.3% over rolling five
year period
2,238
2,250
2,242 2,244
Period

Number of trips/nights
Estiamted spend (£)
Tourism
Estimated Overnight Trips, Nights and Expenditure, 2011-2017
Year
Overnight Trips
Nights spent on
Overnight Trips
Expenditure during
Overnight Trips
2011 168,064 767,880 £29,582,184
2012 164,802 706,128 £26,654,278
2013 254,121 932,153 £46,305,147
2014 231,027 810,809 £39,497,818
2015 223,718 890,527 £42,712,577
2016 282,833 909,670 £50,220,218
2017 270,408 822,313 £55,827,929
Change 2011-2017 102,344 (60.9%) 54,433 (7.1%) £26,245,745 (88.7%)
1,000,000
900,000
800,000
700,000
600,000
60,000,000
50,000,000
40,000,000
500,000
400,000
300,000
200,000
100,000
0
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Year
30,000,000
20,000,000
10,000,000
0
Overnight trips Nights spent on overnight trips Expenditure spent on overnight trips (£)

Tourism (cont’)
Place of origin of those on overnight trips to DCSDC, 2015-2017
Other (including
RoI), 12%
North America, 6%
Other European, 9%
Northern
Ireland,
40%
Great Britain, 34%

Environment
Renewable energy applications within DCSDC, 2010/11 – 2018/19
Year Approved applications Decided applications
2010/11 30 34
2011/12 56 65
2012/13 50 68
2013/14 60 68
2014/15 16 30
2015/16 21 34
2016/17 16 46
2017/18 9 13
2018/19 3 5
Apr - Jun 2018 0 0
Jul – Sept 2018 0 1
Oct – Dec 2018 2 3
Jan – Mar 2019 1 1
Municipal waste
October to December 2018
Category
Tonnes %
Total municipal waste arisings 19,230 100%
Preparing for reuse, dry recycling and composting 8,608 44.8%
Of which:
Dry recycling 6,332 32.9%
Waste composting 2,242 11.7%
Preparing for reuse 34 0.2%
In the period October to December 2018, DCSDC had 19,230 tonnes of municpal waste
arising. Of this, 44.8% was sent for preparing for reuse, dry recycling or composting.

Further Information:
For any further statistical enquiries on the Derry City and Strabane
District Council area, please contact the statisticians located within
Council:
statistics@derrystrabane.com
Hugh McNickle
hugh.mcnickle@derrystrabane.com
Claire Hood
claire.hood@derrystrabane.com