Document Status
Current
Supplement
Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Abstract
Summarises the key findings from the statistical digest of rural England, covering: population; housing; health and wellbeing; communities and households; connectivity and accessibility; education, qualifications and training; and rural economic bulletin.
History
Last updated: 10 December 2025 - Updated with latest analysis from the Communities and Households report (English Indices of Deprivation) and the Rural Economic Bulletin (Business demographics and Businesses by industry). Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/key-findings-statistical-digest-of-rural-england/key-findings-statistical-digest-of-rural-england and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: official statistics. First published: 14 March 2023.
Subjects
- Statistics and information, GIS
- Strategic planning
- General planning statistics
- Planning and development
- Rural planning
Publisher History
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a UK Government department. They are committed to tackling climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and work to secure a healthy, resilient, productive and diverse natural environment. This work has formerly been carried out by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Department of the Environment.