The high street geographies used for analysis in this article are the same as those used in the ONS's 2019 publication High streets in Great Britain. This work uses research datasets which may not exactly reproduce National Statistics aggregates. The use of the ONS statistical data in this work does not imply the endorsement of the ONS in relation to the interpretation or analysis of the statistical data. Please note that this work was produced using statistical data from the ONS. We hope to release new data tracking the situation in all physical retail settings later this year. We continue to work with Ordnance Survey to develop our work by discovering the physical of shopping malls and retail parks as well as refining the definition of traditional high streets. There are some differences between the figures in this article and the previous output, due to the use of different data sources. We continue to develop our work which means that the data and results in this article are Experimental Statistics. And to help assess how the function of buildings may change, if physical shopping on the high street continues to decline, we include land use figures that detail the addresses that are currently used as offices, housing, leisure, community services and, of course, retail. The pandemic has forced social distancing that will inevitably change the way businesses can operate, so we describe how many people are employed in sectors sensitive to this on the high street, for example, cafes and hairdressers, to help give a feel for how many people would normally be working in these places. This article looks at how many people actually live within walking distance of a main shopping street and breaks this down by age bands, to give an idea of potential demand for services in a local area. We use the most recent published data, from 2020 for land use classification and from 2018 for employment and population.ĭuring the COVID-19 pandemic people have been spending more time closer to home, with many people working remotely or on furlough. This article focuses on updating this joining of official statistics and physical high street locations to produce more regional analysis as well as adding new local authority level insights on the same themes of businesses, employment and people living near the high street. We thank everyone who provided us with feedback which has informed the next stage of development. In 2019, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and Ordnance Survey (OS) joined together to identify the physical geography of high streets across Great Britain for the first time, putting them "on the digital map", and to produce some initial experimental analysis, comparing trends on the high street with those in non-high street areas at regional level. As shops and the hospitality sector have now begun to reopen, it provides the context to help understand some key changes that are already being seen on the high street, as lockdown eases in some respects. In the context of the almost complete shutdown of Britain's non-essential shops between March and June 2020, it is critical that good data are available to describe high streets as they were before this happened. The closure of branches was already leading to worries about the decline of retail on the high street. Retail has been among the sectors most affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Things you need to know about this release
Many of the people living on or around high streets in British cities are higher education students.Ģ. The population living within easy walking distance of a high street is predominantly in the 16 to 64 years age group, more so than in a local authority's non-high street areas. In 2018, 121,440 people were employed in pubs and bars on British high streets, with London and the South East having the highest numbers.īetween 20, the growth in employment in high street pubs and bars was three percentage points higher than in pubs and bars in non-high street locations. High street employment in the accommodation and food services sector was growing in most local authorities between 20. Hub towns' high streets have retained more of a retail focus than other places, being composed of 36% retail addresses, compared with 29% in Great Britain overall. High street retail employment fell in more than three-quarters of local authorities between 20. “Other services” sectors consisting mostly of private sector office-based firms made up between 29% of high street employment in the North East and 49% in London in 2018, with the rate in City of London at 85%. Offices accounted for around 11% of all addresses on British high streets in March 2020.
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