Talk:South Gloucestershire

Joint services
Everything summarised in the lead should appear elsewhere in the article. So the info about joint services with other ex-Avon authorities needs to appear in the body of the article - possibly a "Shared services" section? Pam D  18:49, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

infobox
If this article used Infobox UK place then it could automatically pick up the fire, police and ambulance services, but this isn't availabe with Infobox Settlement. I don't know the other pro's and cons of the two options. Pam D  20:55, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Railway stations
This statement in the article "Unfortunately, there are no railway stations within South Gloucestershire south of the M4 Motorway" is surely untrue. I can name with certainty Pilning, Severn Beach and Patchway. I am not so sure whether Filton Abbey Wood is in South Gloucestershire or Bristol, though Filton is in South Glos. With the possible exception of Filton Abbey Wood, none of these are major stations but the statement is clearly untrue. I haven't yet changed it because I wouldn't know what to say instead. SMeeds (talk) 08:47, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for your swift and decisive action Redrose64. SMeeds (talk) 08:49, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

Updating the page
Hi, there is quite a bit of out of date information on here. Below is some more up to date information for the various headings.

Please note not everything needs changing, the intro, history, geography, major towns, other towns and places of interested are all up to date.

Also, sorry I wasn't sure how you reference to existing links on the page, there are two in the last section under democracy, numbers 11 and 12.

Thanks SouthGlosCouncil (talk) 09:12, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi, I have now edited this so there are only external references, bar one council one which is our head count which is part of a freedom of information request so I assume this can be classed as independent.

And thank you for pointing out the naming breach, I have now amended. Batch40 (talk) 15:12, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

South Gloucestershire covers an area of 53,664.7 hectares (or 536.6 sq km), with a population of 282,600. 19% of the population are children aged under 15 years, 63% are of working age (16-64 years) and 19% are of pensionable age (65 years and over).

According to the 2011 census, 5% of the district’s population are of black and minority ethnic origin, approximately 13,200 residents. 1.4% are mixed/multiple ethnic groups, 2.5% percent are Asian or Asian British, 0.8% are Black or Black British and 0.3% are described as ‘other’.

87% of the population live in urban areas, largely in the built up areas immediately adjoining Bristol and the towns of Yate and Thornbury. The remaining 13% live in the more rural areas of South Gloucestershire.

The main employers within the local authority are Airbus, the Ministry of Defence , South Gloucestershire Council and GKN aerospace. Other large employers include the University of the West of England, Rolls Royce, Aviva, EE and John Lewis.

The largest proportion of residents in employment are employed within the 'Public administration, education and health' sectors (32.8%). The 'Banking, finance and insurance' sector and 'Distribution, hotels and restaurants' sector are the second and third highest employment sectors (19.7% and 14.1% respectively). Agriculture and fishing remains the smallest employment group in South Gloucestershire, with only 0.4% of residents working in this sector (600 workers).

At the end of the 2018/19 financial year (March 2019), 80.7% of the working age population (16-64 year olds) in South Gloucestershire were in employment and the official unemployment rate was 3.1%.

In 2018, the average annual earnings for residents working full-time was £30,720 and the median house price was £270,000.

South Gloucestershire is home to 97 primary schools, 20 secondary schools and post-16 colleges and 7 special schools. There is one university, the University of the West of England, which was a former polytechnic.

The reformed GCSEs in English and mathematics were taken for the first time in 2017. In 2018, the Attainment 8 score for pupils in South Gloucestershire was 44.8. This is consistent with the national figure for all schools of 44.5.

The proportion of children achieving the expected standard is a combined measure across three subjects. To be counted towards the measure, a pupil must have a scaled score of 100 or more in both reading and mathematics; and have been teacher assessed in writing as ‘working at the expected standard’ or ‘working at a greater depth in the expected standard’. In 2018, 63% of pupils in South Gloucestershire achieved the expected level at the end of their primary education (key stage 2).

92% of 16 and 17 years olds in South Gloucestershire are in education, employment or training.

In the academic year 2017/18 – 2,390 apprenticeships started in South Gloucestershire. Advanced level apprenticeships accounted for 1,130 (47%) of apprenticeships whilst intermediate level apprenticeships accounted for 950 (40%).

41.1% of working aged people (16-64 years) living in South Gloucestershire are educated to NVQ level 4 or above (HND, degree, higher degree level qualifications or equivalent). This is slightly higher than the national average (39%).

South Gloucestershire is a major transport hub with many areas of South Gloucestershire having easy commuting access to: Bristol (A38 & M32 Roads), Bath to the east, as well as westward to South Wales and Cardiff via the two Severn bridges. Plus there is easy access to London, (M5 & M4 Motorway links), also Gloucester to the north. South Gloucestershire also has access to the major 'Avon' Ring Road. (See map for motorways).

This network of roads is of paramount importance to the industries and distribution centres in the area, as well as to the regional shopping centres - which give it a prime location.

South Gloucestershire has been working with the City and County of Bristol in developing a large Metrobus system which was launched in May 2018.

The area also has an important and very well used railway network, with many direct routes to towns and cities across the UK. This includes eastward to London and westward through the Severn Tunnel to Cardiff and the rest of South Wales. There are also routes down to the South-West counties and north to England's second city, Birmingham. Many routes cross in Stoke Gifford at the Bristol Parkway railway station. There are a total of six stations within the district, Bristol Parkway, Filton Abbey Wood, Patchway, Pilning, Yate and Severn Beach mainly located near the border with Bristol in the west of the district.

South Gloucestershire is home to the eastern ends of the two Severn Bridges, which are the main arterial routes by road to and from South Wales.

See also: South Gloucestershire Council elections

The Conservatives have held an overall majority on the council since 2015, with the only other majority being held by the Liberal Democrats from 1999-2003. In 2012, it became one of the first authorities in the UK to return to a Committee System, abolishing the single party Cabinet, as allowed under the Localism Act.[11] This was later reverted back to a leader and cabinet system in 2017 during the Conservative majority.[12]

Under the Boundary Commission proposals, which took effect at the 2010 general election, the authority has been divided between three new constituencies, all lying within the authority boundary. These are:


 * Thornbury and Yate (County – 86,400 residents)
 * Filton and Bradley Stoke (County – 101,350 residents)
 * Kingswood (Borough – 91,200 residents)

''County/Borough is a legal term denoting the type of constituency. County is a rural area, Borough is an urban area.''

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Batch40 (talk • contribs) 09:12, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

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