Metropolitan Borough of Solihull
The Metropolitan Borough of Solihull is a metropolitan burgh o the Wast Midlands, in wast-central Ingland. It is namit efter its lairgest toun, Solihull, frae which Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council is based. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region (code UKG32) an is ane o seiven burghs or unitar destricts that comprise the "Wast Midlands" NUTS 2 region. Hintle o the lairge residential population in the north o the burgh centres on the commonties o Castle Bromwich, Chelmsley Wood, Fordbridge, Kingshurst, Marston Green an Smith's Wood. In the sooth are the touns o Solihull an Shirley.
Metropolitan Borough of Solihull | |
|---|---|
 Coat o Airms o the Borough Council | |
 Shown athin Wast Midlands | |
| Sovereign state |  Unitit Kinrick |
| Constituent kintra |  Ingland |
| Region | Wast Midlands |
| Historic coonty | Warwickshire |
| Admeenistrative coonty | Wast Midlands |
| Admeen. HQ | Solihull |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Metropolitan burgh |
| • Leadership: | Leader an cabinet |
| • MPs: | Lorely Burt (LD) Caroline Spelman (C) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 178.3 km2 (68.8 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 175t |
| Population (2011 est.) | |
| • Total | 216,240 |
| • Rank | Ranked 78t |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (Breetish Simmer Time) |
| ONS code | 00CT (ONS) E08000029 (GSS) |
| Ethnicity | 89.1% White (85.8% White Breetish) 6.5% Asie 2.2% Mixed Race 1.5% Black 0.6% Ither [1] |
| Website | solihull.gov.uk |
Syne 2011, Solihull haes formit pairt o the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership alang wi neebourin authorities Birmingham, Bromsgrove, Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Redditch, Tamworth an Wyre Forest.
Economy
eeditSolihull is regardit as haeing ane o the strangest subregional economies in the Wast Midlands, wi a significantly heicher nominal GVA per caipita an Silhillians enjoyin considerably heicher disposable income rates than baith regional an UK averages.[2][3]
Analysis shows Solihull as haein the lawest (an fastest fawin) claimant coont for Jobseeker's Allowance in the region an aw.[4]
This is a chairt o trend o regional gross value addit o Solihull at current basic prices published Archived 2006-05-25 at the Wayback Machine (pp. 240–253) bi Office for Naitional Statistics wi figurs in millions o Breetish Poonds Sterling.
| Year | Regional Gross Value Addit4 | Agricultur1 | Industry2 | Services3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1,929 | 12 | 496 | 1,421 |
| 2000 | 2,959 | 8 | 870 | 2,082 |
| 2003 | 4,023 | 8 | 1,121 | 2,893 |
^1 includes huntin an forestry
^2 includes energy an construction
^3 includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured
^4 Components mey no sum tae totals due tae roondin
Dounsets in Solihull
eedit- See an aw Leet o auries in Solihull
Localities in the burgh include:
- Balsall, Balsall Common, Barston, Bentley Heath, Berkswell, Bickenhill, Blossomfield
- Castle Bromwich, Catherine-de-Barnes, Chadwick End, Chelmsley Wood, Cheswick Green, Coleshill Heath, Copt Heath
- Dickens Heath, Dorridge
- Elmdon, Elmdon Heath
- Fordbridge
- Hampton-in-Arden, Hockley Heath
- Kingshurst, Knowle
- Lyndon
- Marston Green, Meriden, Monkspath Street
- Olton
- Packwood
- Sharmans Cross, Shirley, Silhill, Smith's Wood, Solihull
- Temple Balsall, Tidbury Green
- Whitlock's End
References
eedit- ↑ http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rft-table-ks201ew.xls
- ↑ http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/regional-trends/regional-economic-analysis/sub-regional-productivity--april-2013/prt-subregional-productivity-2013.xls
- ↑ http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/regional-trends/region-and-country-profiles/economy--june-2013/regional-profiles---economy--june-2013.xls
- ↑ http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/subnational-labour/regional-labour-market-statistics/june-2013/rft-lm-table-jsa01-june-2013.xls
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