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Overview

Community Network for Manchester, have provided a briefing which gives you an overview of statistics available locally, regionally and nationally.  Click here to access their briefing directly from their website

Each local authority will also have specific data on your local area, and this can be accessed through a portal.  Below is a link to the relevant portal for each local district.


Bolton
www.bolton.gov.uk/website/pages/StatisticsandCensusInformationBoltonResearchGroup.aspx?bid=1449  

Bury
http://bury.gov.uk
Click on the “social issues” tab on the homepage and follow the link to “population and migration” to access the “statistical and census information page for a range of area and thematic reports.

Manchester
Manchester City Council www.manchester.gov.uk/
The city council has data on Manchester's economy and population, taken from the national census, surveys and other datasets. Use the A-Z Index to access “Statistics about Manchester” and download a area and thematic reports. Ward profiles may be found under “Policy Unit Publications”.

Oldham
www.oldhaminfo.org/
The site offers quick online access to local information, allowing users to zoom in on a map of the borough and call up the information for defined areas including wards, area committees and programme areas such as New Deal, Surestart, SRB, and Housing Market Renewal. It is possible to create and analyse user-defined areas. The statistics data has been organised according to the Oldham Partnership thematic partnerships to assist users wishing to focus on particular themes.

Rochdale
www.statsandmaps.org.uk/statsandmaps/
Stats and Maps provides easy online access to statistics about health, social, economic and environmental factors. Statistics can be displayed on the map, in a table or as a graph. Users can display data for standard areas such as wards. You can also define your own area of interest using a map tool and the website will produce statistics for that area too.

Salford
Salford City Council : www.salford.gov.uk
http://maps.salford.gov.uk/externalgis/map.aspx
Click on the “Living” tab and drill down via “Planning and Building” and “Research and Information” to access comprehensive ward profiles (updated in May 2009). Information on Salford’s eight neighbourhood areas may be accessed via the link to “Communities in Salford”. The interactive map service may be accessed from “quick links” on the homepage.

Stockport
Profiling Stockport Live http://interactive.stockport.gov.uk/profile/
An information sharing and reporting site which is used for a variety of purposes including area profiling, statistical visualisation, performance management, and neighbourhood monitoring. The data in the Profile has come from a number of sources: Census information, the Indices of Deprivation, health data, educational data, housing data and local data from service providers, such as take up of Welfare Rights advice.

Tameside
Partnership Information Portal (PIP) www.tamesidepip.org.uk/
PIP provides easy access to statistics and indicators at differing geographical levels across the borough. The statistics cover a number of themes including demographics, educational achievement, health, employment and public perceptions.

Trafford
Trafford MBC www.trafford.gov.uk
Ward profiles, annually updated, may be accessed by entering your postcode on the homepage or following the “Neighbourhood Forums” or “Citizen’s Portal” links.

Wigan
Wigan W.I.S.D.O.M (Information System of Dynamic Online Maps) http://kinnear.wigan.gov.uk/iads/
W.I.S.D.O.M. provides access to statistics at a variety of spatial levels including Output Area, Lower Super Output Area, Ward, Township and Local Authority Districts. The statistics cover a range of themes including deprivation, health and social care, economic activity, children and young people, housing, crime and disorder, leisure and culture, environment, transport and demographics. Access is currently restricted to people and organisations associated with Wigan Borough Partnership