The Story of Redbridge offers an extensive view of resident data covering over 50 various topics such as health, business and public services. It was published in 2019 and shows the borough at a snapshot in time.
If you would like to view more recent information, please view our 2021 Census dashboard.
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Project Background
The Story of Redbridge is the result of several months’ work researching open source data about Redbridge residents, leading to development of a visually rich Power BI dashboard.
It takes core themes such as population, ethnicity, education, health wellbeing, transportation and deprivation and enables the user to interact with a series of maps graphs and tables.
This helps services better understand potential issues or changes in the Redbridge population using data from the past, present and future.
Using the Story of Redbridge
The best way of starting to use the functionality in the Story of Redbridge is to simply start clicking. You can’t break it and if it freezes then you can just refresh your browse page and start using it again. Most visualisations like graphs or maps allow you to click on them and the data will contract to the item you are selecting.
For example, click on an area of a map and the data will only show you what data is there for all the visualisations on the page. Click on the outside of the map (outside the boundary) and see the whole borough picture again. If you want to look at two wards and aggregate the data for these areas then hold down the Ctrl + left keys on your keyboard. You can do this as many times as there are areas.
Please note, on some pages specific graphs may not be responsive. This is because the functionality has been turned off.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why have we created the Story of Redbridge?
There is lots of open data out in the public domain. It enables anyone to answer their own questions. By joining data together using common geographical areas these mini datasets and stories become one that informs the borough about its collective identity.
Often this is raw open data requires technical knowledge to bring it to life. This is where the story of the borough comes in. Interactive data visualisations called dashboards begin to allow non-technical users to quickly explore data and facilitate their understanding.
What data has been used in the creation of the Story of Redbridge?
The story of Redbridge uses open data that has been taken from a range of areas such as the Census, Greater London Authority and Office for National statistics. These are referenced on each page of the dashboard.
Why does the of Redbridge show the old wards?
The Story of Redbridge uses datasets that are refreshed at different intervals. Legislation allows electoral boundaries including ward boundaries to be changed by Councillors and MPs to reflect population changes.
A cross party review undertook this in Redbridge and wards changed in early 2018. When a change is made the new changes in data takes time to catch up and reflect these. Changes are therefore dependent on how frequent a dataset is refreshed by the data holder/creator.
What is the Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)?
The IMD is the Government’s official measure of deprivation created from the Department for Communities and Local Government. The Indices shows that London remains an area of mixed fortunes, with some wealthier areas alongside pockets of deprivation across the capital.
A GLA Intelligence Briefing gives information about the components of the Indices and how they are constructed and an analysis of the results for London.
The Story of Redbridge
