Taking part in local decision making
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1. Main facts and figures
- in the year to March 2020, 8% of people aged 16 and over in England said they got involved in decisions about their local services – the same percentage as the last 3 years
- there was little difference between ethnic groups
2. Things you need to know
What the data measures
The data measures the percentage of people who said they got involved in decisions about their local services in person or online, by ethnicity.
Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number.
Not included in the data
Data based on fewer than 30 people is not included as it makes estimates unreliable.
The ethnic groups used in the data
People chose their ethnicity from a list of 18 ethnic groups used in the 2011 Census.
Data is shown for the following 5 aggregated groups:
- Asian
- Black
- Mixed
- White
- Other
This is because the number of people surveyed was too small to make reliable generalisations about all 18 ethnic groups.
Methodology
Read the detailed methodology document (PDF opens in a new window or tab) for the data.
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.
You can also read about how weighting is used to make survey estimates more representative of the group they are about.
3. By ethnicity over time
| 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Download table data for ‘By ethnicity over time’ (CSV) Source data for ‘By ethnicity over time’ (CSV)
Summary of Taking part in local decision making By ethnicity over time Summary
The data shows that:
- in the year to March 2020, 8% of people aged 16 and over in England said they got involved in decisions about their local services – the same percentage as the past 3 years
- there was little difference between ethnic groups
- there were no reliable differences with figures from the previous year for any ethnic group
4. 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
5. Download the data
This file contains the following: measure, ethnicity, year, value, number of respondents