Rural Economy

The rural economy is a major contributor to the region’s economy: 35% of the population live in rural areas and it is estimated that 36% of the region’s GVA is generated there; and 80% of the region’s land area is rural. There is a great diversity across the region’s rural economy. An in depth understanding is provided by the Agency commissioned reports below.

Other organisations produce a range of evidence and links to their websites are available from the Related Links section to the right side of the page. The West Midlands Regional Observatory has a searchable resource database containing contributions from many organisations.

Rural Evidence Base 2010 - PDF - 468kb

Rural Evidence Base 2010 - datasets - XSL - 2mb

West Midlands Rural Broadband Infrastructure Study ( 2010 ) - PDF - 4mb

Redundant Buildings Grant Scheme Evaluation (2010) - PDF - 1mb

Redundant Buildings Grant Newsletter - PDF - 844kb

West Midlands Rural Economy (2008) - PDF - 836kb

Rural Evidence Base (2008) - PDF - 2mb

West Midlands Rural Economy Overview Report (2008) - PDF - 1mb

West Midlands Rural Economy Baseline Paper 1 (2007) - PDF - 2mb

West Midlands Rural Economy working Paper 2 - Socio economic characteristics (2007) - PDF - 14mb

West Midlands Rural Economy Working Paper 3: The Rural Economy and Housing in the West Midlands (2008) - PDF - 143kb

West Midlands Rural Economy Working Paper 4: Case Studies of Market Town and Urban Centre ( 2008) - PDF - 288kb