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- 2. Navigate toThings you need to know section
- 3. Navigate to Influencing local decisions by ethnicity section
- 4. Navigate to Taking part in local decision making by ethnicity section
- 5. Navigate toData sources section
- 6. Navigate toDownload the data section
1. Main facts and figures
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in the year ending March 2020, 27% of people in England said they felt they could influence decisions affecting their local area
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8% said they got involved in decisions about their local services
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white people were the least likely out of all ethnic groups to feel they could influence decisions in their local area (25%) or get involved in decisions about their local services (8%)
2. Things you need to know
Things you need to know
What the data measures
The data shows the percentage of people aged 16 and over in England who:
- felt they could influence decisions affecting their local area
- got involved in decisions about their local services, either in person or online
Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number.
Not included in the data
Data based on fewer than 30 people is not included. This is to protect people’s confidentiality and because the numbers involved are too small to make reliable generalisations.
The ethnic groups used in the data
Data is shown for 5 aggregated ethnic groups:
- Asian
- black
- mixed
- white
- other
This means estimates are shown for these groups as a whole. This is because the number of people surveyed was too small to make any reliable conclusions about any of the 18 ethnic groups used in the 2011 Census.
Methodology
Read the detailed methodology document (PDF) (PDF opens in a new window or tab) for the data on this page.
The figures on this page are based on survey data. Find out more about:
- interpreting survey data, including how reliability is affected by the number of people surveyed
- how weighting is used to make survey data more representative of the whole group being studied
3. Influencing local decisions by ethnicity
| 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | |||||
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| Ethnicity | 2016-17 % | 2016-17 number of respondents | 2017-18 % | 2017-18 number of respondents | 2018-19 % | 2018-19 number of respondents | 2019-20 % | 2019-20 number of respondents |
| All | 27 | 10,014 | 26 | 9,994 | 25 | 10,417 | 27 | 10,065 |
| Asian | 37 | 1,086 | 34 | 903 | 32 | 887 | 35 | 780 |
| Black | 44 | 349 | 43 | 348 | 48 | 337 | 45 | 389 |
| Mixed | 37 | 446 | 34 | 494 | 35 | 486 | 33 | 449 |
| White | 25 | 7,854 | 24 | 7,943 | 24 | 8,412 | 25 | 7,936 |
| Other | 34 | 158 | 40 | 120 | 30 | 121 | 44 | 118 |
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4. Taking part in local decision making by ethnicity
| 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | |||||
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| Ethnicity | 2016-17 % | 2016-17 Number of respondents | 2017-18 % | 2017-18 Number of respondents | 2018-19 % | 2018-19 Number of respondents | 2019-20 % | 2019-20 Number of respondents |
| All | 8 | 10,256 | 8 | 10,217 | 8 | 10,627 | 8 | 10,243 |
| Asian | 8 | 1,111 | 8 | 926 | 8 | 909 | 9 | 798 |
| Black | 12 | 360 | 12 | 353 | 8 | 348 | 11 | 396 |
| Mixed | 6 | 467 | 8 | 510 | 8 | 499 | 9 | 464 |
| White | 8 | 8,022 | 7 | 8,108 | 8 | 8,560 | 8 | 8,057 |
| Other | 5 | 163 | 13 | 124 | 13 | 125 | 9 | 118 |
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5. Data sources
Source
Type of data
Survey data
Type of statistic
Official statistics
Publisher
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Publication frequency
Yearly
Purpose of data source
The Community Life Survey tracks developments in areas that are important to encouraging social action and empowering communities.
These include:
- volunteering and charitable giving
- neighbourhood (views about the local area, community cohesion and belonging)
- civic engagement and social action
- wellbeing
6. Download the data
This file contains the following: measure, ethnicity, year, value, number of respondents
This file contains the following: measure, ethnicity, year, value, number of respondents