Service demand pressure index
Composite score (0-100) from 5 components: ethnic change rate, asylum concentration, school diversity, language demand, and housing pressure. Higher = more service demand from demographic change.
17High pressure
99Moderate pressure
204Low / Stable
Top 30 — highest service demand pressure
#AreaScoreCategoryWBI change
1 Nottingham 78 High Pressure -24.1pp 2 Reading 78 High Pressure -24.6pp 3 Wolverhampton 77 High Pressure -25.1pp 4 Coventry 74 High Pressure -27.6pp 5 Sandwell 74 High Pressure -29.4pp 6 Derby 74 High Pressure -24.4pp 7 Blackburn with Darwen 74 High Pressure -20.6pp 8 Middlesbrough 74 High Pressure -16.8pp 9 Hillingdon 73 High Pressure -23.6pp 10 Manchester 73 High Pressure -22.5pp 11 Stoke-on-Trent 73 High Pressure -28.1pp 12 Telford and Wrekin 73 High Pressure -22pp 13 Croydon 71 High Pressure -18.7pp 14 Bolton 71 High Pressure -32.7pp 15 Hounslow 70 High Pressure -15.7pp 16 Leicester 70 High Pressure -18.9pp 17 Luton 70 High Pressure -20.7pp 18 Newcastle upon Tyne 69 Moderate Pressure -23.8pp 19 Oldham 69 Moderate Pressure -27.8pp 20 Birmingham 67 Moderate Pressure -22.7pp 21 Liverpool 67 Moderate Pressure -26.5pp 22 Bradford 67 Moderate Pressure -16.8pp 23 Rochdale 67 Moderate Pressure -24.1pp 24 Peterborough 67 Moderate Pressure -27pp 25 Windsor and Maidenhead 66 Moderate Pressure -18pp 26 Barnet 65 Moderate Pressure -17.8pp 27 Portsmouth 65 Moderate Pressure -19.7pp 28 Walsall 63 Moderate Pressure -29.4pp 29 Bury 63 Moderate Pressure -21.6pp 30 Milton Keynes 63 Moderate Pressure -27.2pp Score components
Each component contributes up to 20 points to the total score.
Ethnic change rate Speed of WBI composition change 2021-2041
Asylum concentration Asylum support rate per 10,000 population
School diversity pressure Projected EAL demand growth from DfE data
Language demand Projected non-English speaking population growth
Housing pressure Foreign-born population growth driving housing demand