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- Indicator 57
Creating sustainable communities and a fairer world
57. Accessibility
Access to key services at the neighbourhood level by foot and public transport, 2005 to 2007
- This new indicator has been developed in liaison with DfT and is presented for the first time. Owing to changes in methodology, data for 2005 to 2007 are not comparable with later data.
- Between 2005 and 2007, accessibility to all five services improved. The accessibility of employment centres improved by 4.7 index points, primary schools by 3 index points, secondary schools by 3.1 index points, hospitals by 6.2 index points and supermarkets by 4 index points.
- Figures for 2007 and 2008 show little change for all five services.
- Shown below is the previous indicator based on CLG data.
Access to key services (households perceiving difficulty), 1997-8 to 2007-8
| Differences in access for those with and without a car since: | 1990 |
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2003 |
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- The gap between households with and without cars in perceiving difficulty in accessing key services has changed little between 1997-8 and 2007-8.
- The proportions of households in 2007-8 perceiving difficulties in accessing corner shops or supermarkets showed little change since 1997-8 for those with and without cars.
- Between 1997-8 and 2007-8 there was an increase in households perceiving difficulty in accessing post offices (from 10 per cent to 18 per cent for households without cars and from 3 to 8 per cent for those with cars). During this period perceived difficulty in accessing a doctor or a hospital changed little for households with and without cars, although higher percentages saw difficulty in intervening years.
Updated: 30 July 2009