We need to understand the needs of people living and working in the county and experiences of those using our services; information about communities helps us identify priorities, set objectives, meet needs and monitor performance and outcomes.
View our guide on gathering diversity information for monitoring purposes.
Ways you can get involved
- Public consultation and forums for participation
- Staff networks and forums (restricted access: staff only)
- Feedback
- DCC equality and diversity data (workforce, communities, services, schools)
Workforce data
- Information about the Devon County Council workforce is published at Staff Profile.
- Gender Pay Gap.
Service user data
- Service user data is held by commissioners and service providers (for example, information about care needs) and is used to inform Impact Assessments.
- Service User Diversity Profiles
Community data
- Quick view: Census 2021 diversity profiles
- Languages in Devon
- Community profiles for Devon
- Census 2021 area profile for Devon County Council
- Health and Wellbeing Profiles – including the Devon Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) which provides a strategic overview of key health inequalities and is underpinned by thematic Health Neds Assessments.
School data
- Bullying and prejudice related incidents in schools
- Educational outcomes: results are available through the Department for Education’s LAIT (Local Authority Interactive tool), the LAIT is updated around mid October.
- Challenges, opportunities and priorities (2023)
This report includes challenges and opportunities identified initially as part of the 2023-2024 budget impact assessment. It also draws on views and experiences of the Equality Reference Group organisations and members of staff diversity networks gathered at an event in July 2023, as well as sources of data.
The findings and recommendations of this report are intended to aid the development of an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan and can also be used to inform equality impact assessments.
- National Picture for Equality
Visit the Equality and Human Rights Commission Monitor.
- Archive
Community surveys (with equality analysis)
2019 Community Insight – Survey Results
2015 Community Insight – Survey Results
Hear Me Too – results of the 2011 Community Needs Survey and Hear Me Too – Summary