Key facts: City life

Plymouth’s 65+ population
is expected to increase by

31.6%

between 2021 and 2043
(an additional 15,472 individuals)

93%

of the Plymouth population are
White British

Source: Plymouth Report

Life expectancy at birth is

78.8 for males and 82.5 for females

(compared to England average 79.4% for males and 83.1% for females)

Source: Office for National Statistics ONS 2018 to 2020

Life expectancy is over

4
years

lower in some of the most deprived areas of the city compared to the least deprived group of neighbourhoods

Source: Plymouth Report

Key facts: Economy

Plymouth currently has an employment rate of

73%

aged 16 to 64

4.2%

of 16 and 17 year olds are currently not in employment, education or training

compared to 2.8% nationally

14.6%

of Plymouth’s jobs are in the manufacturing industry, far exceeding the national average of 8.3% (2019)

The Marine and Defence sector accounts for 20% of the city’s GVA and 18.1% of total employment, over 19,000 FTE jobs.

Plymouth’s average weekly pay is

£542.4

(88.8% of UK average) workplace 2021

HM Naval Base Devonport (HMNB)

is the largest Naval Base in Western Europe

and is of vital importance to the UK’s defence capability

Devonport plays a vital role in the Plymouth and wider regional economy directly supporting

10%

of Plymouth’s total employment

and 14.1% of its economic output (Gross Value Added, GVA 2017)

£988m

exports (goods and services) in 2020

GVA per hour worked is

82.8%

of the UK average

Key facts: Getting around

Considered part of the far south west, the city is 255 miles away from London by rail

With the average train journey times of

3 hours 12 minutes

Pre-pandemic bus patronage was

18,027,681

in 2019/20

and this has recovered to

14,430,064

in 2022/23

24.9%

of Plymouth households do not have access to a car or van

Over the last 10 years approximately

400,000

ferry passengers travelled through Plymouth per year

100,000

people travel into Plymouth each day from the surrounding area for work

Key facts: Local community

26.3%

of residents (adults) volunteer at least once per month

Source: Plymouth City Survey 2020

Plymouth City Survey 2022 results will be available in January 2023.

39%

of Plymouth residents feel that people from different backgrounds get on well together in their local area

Source: Plymouth City Survey 2020

Plymouth City Survey 2022 results will be available in January 2023.

Levels of crime in Plymouth remain relatively low at

85.94

crimes per 1,000 resident population

compared to similar areas at 107.67 per 1,000 residents (2022)

Key facts: Health and wellbeing

Healthy life
expectancy at birth is

59.3
for females

and 64.3 for males

Source: Public Health England

Around

620

children in Plymouth (16 and under) had teeth removed under general anaesthetic in 2018/19

The rate of dental extractions is nearly four times higher in the most deprived areas in the city compared to the least deprived

Source: Plymouth Oral Health Needs Assessment, Plymouth City Council 2019

14.6%

of Plymouth adults smoke

compared to an England average of 12.1% (2020)

Source: Public Health Outcomes Framework

Around

25,800

Plymouth residents over 65 are estimated to have a long-term limiting illness where their day-to-day activities are limited (2020)

Source: Projecting Older People Population Information

There are estimated to be around

27,250

carers in Plymouth

Approximately 840 of these will be young people aged 18 and under

Source: Plymouth Report

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust has secondary care catchment population of

475,000

and a wider peninsula population of 2 million in specialist services.

Key facts: Living and housing

Plymouth has

120,780

dwellings (2021)

Source: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC)

Plymouth has lower levels of owner occupation with

59.5%

locally as opposed to 68% regionally and 64.1% nationally

The average property price in Plymouth is

£226,858

(August 2022)

Source: UK House Price Index

The Joint Local Plan (JLP) for Plymouth and South West Devon seeks to deliver

26,700

new homes of which 6,600 should be affordable by 2034 across two policy areas of Plymouth and the Thriving Towns and Villages of South West Devon

Key facts: Arts, culture and heritage

2020

marked the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower from Plymouth UK to Plymouth Massachusetts

Around

4,000,000

people visited Plymouth in 2021

Key facts: Environment and green space

Over

40%

of the city is designated as green space

And is surrounded by 3 Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs), a European Marine Site, a Marine Conservation Zone and Dartmoor National Park

36.6%

of Plymouth’s waste is sent for reuse, recycling and composting

Source: Plymouth City Council Corporate Plan Performance Report 2022/23

Currently within Plymouth there are nearly

950 hectares

of accessible green space

Plymouth has

13

Local Nature Reserves covering over 297 hectares which is well above the national standard of 1 hectare for every 1000 people.

Plymouth has a network of

120

wildflower meadows

and 28 County Wildlife Sites

Key facts: Education and learning