Grant Thornton Vibrant Economy Index - Summary

Grant Thornton have created a Vibrant Economy Index to measure economic success beyond just economic performance; it breaks down into: Prosperity Dynamism and Opportunity Inclusion and Equality Health, Wellbeing, and Happiness Resilience and Sustainability Community, Trust, and Belonging More detail can be found here: http://www.grantthornton.co.uk/en/insights/vibrant-economy- index/ This is a summary of the index covering Local Authority areas within the Coast to Capital region

Jamie Watson www.coast2capital.org.uk Economic Research Analyst @coast2capital [email protected] VIBRANT ECONOMY INDEX RANKING

REIGATE AND 10 Vibrant Economy Index HORSHAM 33 This is the overall ranking given to each of the 324 36 Local Authority areas in , comprised of the 6 M I D S U S S E X 37 measures AND EWELL 58 and Banstead is in the top 10 best performing economies CHICHESTER 68 Horsham is in the top decile TANDRIDGE 74 80 Mole Valley, Mid Sussex, and are in the second top decile CROYDON 87 11 out of the 14 Local Authority areas within Coast to 106 Capital are in the top half of the rankings LEWES 120 The lower ranking Local Authority areas are ARUN 166 concentrated along the coast 201 Adur is in the ninth decile and 73 places below ADUR 274 Worthing

1 47 93 139 185 232 278 324 Source: Grant Thornton Vibrant Economy Index 2016

Jamie Watson www.coast2capital.org.uk Economic Research Analyst @coast2capital [email protected] PROSPERITY INDEX RANKING Prosperity Index CRAWLEY 6 MOLE VALLEY 19 Prosperity measures GVA, GVA per job, Mean REIGATE AND BANSTEAD 34 weekly pay, Knowledge employment, Businesses CROYDON 110 with a turnover of >£1m and >£100m, and Foreign owned businesses M I D S U S S E X 116 HORSHAM 156 Crawley makes the top 10 most prosperous area in England, and Mole Valley joins it in the top decile BRIGHTON AND HOVE 161 Reigate and Banstead is in the second top decile EPSOM AND EWELL 169 There are 76 places between Reigate and Banstead WORTHING 172 and Croydon – prosperity is not well distributed within TANDRIDGE 177 the region CHICHESTER 207 7 out of the 14 Local Authority areas are in the top ADUR 226 half of the rankings LEWES 242 Arun is in the ninth decile, Lewes the eighth, Adur and Chichester the seventh ARUN 267

Source: Grant Thornton Vibrant Economy Index 2016 1 47 93 139 185 232 278 324

Jamie Watson www.coast2capital.org.uk Economic Research Analyst @coast2capital [email protected] DYNAMISM AND OPPORTUNITY INDEX RANKING Dynamism and Opportunity REIGATE AND BANSTEAD 22 Index BRIGHTON AND HOVE 28 CHICHESTER 54 Dynamism and opportunity measures rates of HORSHAM 72 Business formation, High level skills, Knowledge workers, Patents, A*-C GCSEs, Higher education EPSOM AND EWELL 81 employment, and R&D Employment LEWES 107 Reigate and Banstead are in the top decile CROYDON 112 Chichester is in the second decile MOLE VALLEY 124 Horsham and Epsom and Ewell are in the third decile ARUN 146 M I D S U S S E X 158 10 out of 14 Local Authority areas are in the top half of the rankings TANDRIDGE 171 Crawley is in the eighth decile – there are 57 places WORTHING 172 between Worthing and Crawley CRAWLEY 229 Adur is in the ninth decile and 54 places below ADUR 283 Crawley 1 47 93 139 185 232 278 324 Source: Grant Thornton Vibrant Economy Index 2016

Jamie Watson www.coast2capital.org.uk Economic Research Analyst @coast2capital [email protected] INCLUSION AND EQUALITY INDEX Inclusion and Equality RANKING Index MOLE VALLEY 7 EPSOM AND EWELL 8 Inclusion and equality measures Deprivation, M I D S U S S E X 11 Inequality, Average income, Child poverty, Housing affordability, Homeless households, NEETs, Fuel TANDRIDGE 13 poverty, and others (not a comprehensive list) REIGATE AND BANSTEAD 17 Mole Valley and Epsom and Ewell are in the top 10 HORSHAM 22 Six Local Authority areas are in the top decile CHICHESTER 74 LEWES 85 Inclusion and equality is unequal across the region - there are 52 places between Horsham and ADUR 106 Chichester and 54 places between Arun and WORTHING 116 Croydon CRAWLEY 139 Croydon and Brighton and Hove are in the seventh ARUN 159 decile nationally CROYDON 213 12 out of 14 Local Authority areas are in the top half BRIGHTON AND HOVE 218 of the rankings Source: Grant Thornton Vibrant Economy Index 2016 1 47 93 139 185 232 278 324

Jamie Watson www.coast2capital.org.uk Economic Research Analyst @coast2capital [email protected] HEALTH, WELLBEING, AND HAPPINESS INDEX RANKING Health, Wellbeing, and M I D S U S S E X 5 Happiness Index HORSHAM 9 Health, wellbeing, and happiness measures Sports REIGATE AND BANSTEAD 10 participation, Adult and child obesity, Life satisfaction, MOLE VALLEY 14 Happiness, Anxiety, Diabetes prevalence, Life TANDRIDGE 26 expectancy, Life worthwhile, and Mean hours worked EPSOM AND EWELL 30 Three Local Authority areas are in the top 10 nationally and six are in the top decile CHICHESTER 72 LEWES 96 Ranks are widely distributed across the region - there are 42 places between Epsom and Ewell and CRAWLEY 157 Chichester, 61 places between Lewes and Crawley, ADUR 167 and 90 places between Arun and Croydon ARUN 170 Croydon is in the eighth decile and Brighton and CROYDON 260 Worthing are in the ninth decile – Worthing has BRIGHTON AND HOVE 261 similar health and happiness characteristics as large cities (e.g. Newcastle, Sunderland, Birmingham, and WORTHING 278 ) 1 47 93 139 185 232 278 324 Source: Grant Thornton Vibrant Economy Index 2016

Jamie Watson www.coast2capital.org.uk Economic Research Analyst @coast2capital [email protected] RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY INDEX Resilience and RANKING Sustainability Index CROYDON 2 HORSHAM 36 Resilience and sustainability measures Air quality, CHICHESTER 58 Recycling, Co2 emissions, Energy consumption, New households on flood zones, Brownfield sites ARUN 59 used, Dwellings completed, Households on waiting REIGATE AND BANSTEAD 83 lists, and Planning applications M I D S U S S E X 92 nd Croydon is ranked 2 in the country and the only BRIGHTON AND HOVE 121 area to be in the top decile TANDRIDGE 171 Horsham, Chichester, and Arun are in the second WORTHING 203 decile EPSOM AND EWELL 225 7 out of 14 Local Authority areas are in the top half of MOLE VALLEY 266 the rankings LEWES 278 4 out of 14 are in the ninth and tenth deciles CRAWLEY 281 Adur is in the tenth decile – the only Local Authority ADUR 320 area to be in the tenth decile across any measure Source: Grant Thornton Vibrant Economy Index 2016 1 47 93 139 185 232 278 324

Jamie Watson www.coast2capital.org.uk Economic Research Analyst @coast2capital [email protected] COMMUNITY, TRUST, AND BELONGING INDEX RANKING Community, Trust, and BRIGHTON AND HOVE 34 Belonging Index MOLE VALLEY 44 M I D S U S S E X 45 Community, trust, and belonging measures LEWES 54 Community assets, Cultural amenities, Living alone 50+, Voter turnout, Violent crimes, and Ethnic EPSOM AND EWELL 56 diversity TANDRIDGE 58 No Local Authority area makes the top decile CROYDON 70 nationally, though six are in the second decile REIGATE AND BANSTEAD 101 (Brighton and Hove to Tandridge) CRAWLEY 104 12 out of 14 Local Authority areas are in the top half HORSHAM 117 of the national rankings CHICHESTER 120 Adur is in the sixth decile and Arun is in the seventh decile – making overall distribution between Local WORTHING 146 Authority areas smaller than in other measures ADUR 169 ARUN 199

1 47 93 139 185 232 278 324 Source: Grant Thornton Vibrant Economy Index 2016

Jamie Watson www.coast2capital.org.uk Economic Research Analyst @coast2capital [email protected] Notes

The table on the right shows the ranking Decile Ranking Range ranges for each decile for looking up 1 1 33 decile groups for Local Authorities not explicitly mentioned 2 34 65 3 66 98 The full Grant Thornton Vibrant Economy map can be found here: 4 99 130 http://www.vibranteconomyindex.granttho 5 131 163 rnton.co.uk/vibrant-economy 6 164 195 7 196 228 8 229 260 9 261 293 10 294 324

Jamie Watson www.coast2capital.org.uk Economic Research Analyst @coast2capital [email protected]