The supplementary data tables provide additional statistics for each section of the Digest, using the rural urban classification categories. The local authority data tables supply the disaggregated datasets, used to conduct analysis in Digest, at a local authority level where feasible.

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Published 21 July 2016
Last updated 25 August 2022 + show all updates

25 August 2022
Published today, latest rural statistics on fuel poverty.
21 July 2022
Published today, latest statistics on Productivity measured by Gross Value Added (contribution by industry) and Wellbeing in rural areas.
30 June 2022
Published today, latest statistics on productivity, transport and travel, and crime in rural areas.
26 May 2022
Published today, latest rural statistics on businesses, additions to affordable housing stock, housing affordability and education (GCSE's).
28 April 2022
Published today, latest rural statistics on businesses, life expectancy and potential years life lost.
31 March 2022
Published today, latest statistics for housing completions and skills in rural areas.
27 January 2022
Published today, latest edition of the Statistical Digest of Rural England, including latest data on home working in rural areas.
23 December 2021
Published today, latest statistics on loneliness, feelings about the local neighbourhood and volunteering in rural areas.
25 November 2021
Publication of the November 2021 edition. Publication of local authority level data tables of key Digest datasets.
28 October 2021
Publication of the October 2021 edition.
30 September 2021
Update: The September 2021 edition of the Statistical Digest of Rural England has been published.
26 August 2021
The August 2021 edition of the Statistical Digest of Rural England has been published.
22 July 2021
The historical publications of the Statistical Digest of Rural England have been reorganised and grouped by year. They are accessible from this document page's parent page, which uses the same name.
22 July 2021
Published today, latest rural statistics on productivity by industry.
24 June 2021
Published today, latest rural statistics on productivity, broadband, tourism and household expenditure.
27 May 2021
Published today, the latest edition of the Statistical Digest of Rural England including latest rural statistics for capital investment per employee and additions to affordable housing stock.
25 March 2021
Published today, latest statistics on business counts and start-ups in rural areas.
25 February 2021
Published today, latest statistics on ethnicity and businesses in rural areas.
17 December 2020
Published today, latest rural statistics on home working and skills.
5 November 2020
Published today, latest edition of the Statistical Digest of Rural England
24 September 2020
Published today, latest rural statistics on population, economic activity and transport and travel.
27 August 2020
Published today, latest edition of the Statistical Digest of Rural England including updates to rural analysis on internal migration, businesses, fuel poverty and crime.
26 March 2020
Published today, latest analysis on accessibility of services in rural areas.
27 February 2020
Published today, latest statistics on earnings in rural areas.
30 January 2020
Published today, the latest edition of the Statistical Digest of Rural England, containing latest rural statistics on GVA by industry, population at local authority level, accessibility of services and residential housing transactions.
23 December 2019
Published today, latest rural analysis on productivity (GVA), deprivation and additions to affordable housing stock.
28 November 2019
Published today, latest figures on population in rural areas.
24 October 2019
Published today, latest rural analysis on transport and travel.
26 September 2019
Published today, latest rural analysis on ethnicity and infant mortality rates.
29 August 2019
Published today, the August edition of the Statistical Digest of Rural England.
18 July 2019
Published today, the latest edition of the Statistical Digest of Rural England, including updates to rural analysis on childcare provision, life expectancy, potential years of life lost (PYLL) and wellbeing.
27 June 2019
Published today, the latest rural analysis on fuel poverty, school inspection outcomes and skills.
30 May 2019
Published today, the latest edition of the Statistical Digest of Rural England including updates to home working in rural areas.
25 April 2019
Published today, latest rural statistics on businesses.
21 March 2019
Published today, latest rural analysis on broadband speeds and provision.
28 February 2019
Published today, latest rural statistics on population at local authority level, internal migration and earnings.
31 January 2019
Published today, latest edition of the Statistical Digest of Rural England including updates to productivity by industry and capital investment.
20 December 2018
Published today, latest edition of the Statistical Digest of Rural England
29 November 2018
Published today, the latest edition of the Statistical Digest of Rural England including updates to population, economic activity and affordable housing stock.
2 October 2018
Minor adjustments to wording on page 1 of the Deprivation section to improve clarity of text.
20 September 2018
Published today, the September 2018 edition of the Statistical Digest of Rural England
28 June 2018
Published today, latest edition of the Statistical Digest of Rural England, including updates to sections on accessibility, poverty and tourism in rural areas.
26 April 2018
Published today, latest edition of the Statistical Digest of Rural England
22 February 2018
Published today, latest rural analysis on population at Local Authority level, businesses and fuel poverty.
25 January 2018
January 2018 edition of the Statistical Digest for Rural England has been published.
22 December 2017
Published today, latest edition of the Statistical Digest of Rural England including updates to Productivity and Earnings.
29 November 2017
November 2017 edition of the Statistical Digest for Rural England published today.
31 August 2017
Published today, August edition of the Statistical Digest of Rural England
25 May 2017
Published today, latest rural analysis on health, higher education and housing availability.
9 March 2017
Published today the latest edition of the Statistical Digest of Rural England including updates on Businesses, Poverty and Fuel poverty
21 December 2016
Latest version of the Digest published including updates to Productivity and Skills chapters
24 November 2016
Published today, updates on education (childcare, secondary education, school inspection outcomes and skills) and new time-series data added to the productivity section.
9 November 2016
Revised September 2016 edition including updated population and migration statistics.
22 September 2016
September 2016 edition of Statistical Digest of Rural England including updates to rural population and migration and employment sections.
21 July 2016
First published.

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