Analysis

Total Population

Mid-year population estimate for the area

demographicUnit: countSource: ONS

The metrics below move with Total Population across UK places. A positive correlation means the two tend to rise together; a negative one means as this rises, the other tends to fall.

Strongest positive correlatesRise together

#	Metric	Strength	r	n
1	MP identifies as Muslimpolitics	moderate	0.56	33
2	Total Expenditureeconomic	moderate	0.48	632
3	Taxpayer Counteconomic	moderate	0.47	650
4	Employed Counteconomic	moderate	0.41	650
5	Education Spend (allocated)education	weak

Strongest negative correlatesMove in opposite directions

#	Metric	Strength	r	n
1	Rural-Urban Classificationdemographic	weak	-0.31	51
2	MP identifies as Sikhpolitics	weak	-0.26	33
3	Areademographic	weak	-0.25	51
4	All cancers: incidence ratehealth

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Correlation ≠ causation. A strong correlation does not mean one metric causes the other. Both may be driven by a shared underlying factor, or the link may be coincidental.
r is the Pearson correlation coefficient (−1 to +1); n is the number of places compared. Larger n means a more reliable estimate.
Click any correlate to explore its drivers and walk the network of relationships.

Data: precomputed cross-metric correlations (latest period).

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