Residents within a 30 minute walk of their nearest library Connectivity
This indicator shows the percentage of the resident population living within a 30 minute walk of their nearest library, in England and Wales, as at May 2024.
- Data source:
- Office for National Statistics (opens in a new tab)
- Published on:
- 17 October 2024
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Residents within a 30 minute walk of their nearest library
Percentage of resident population within a 30 minute walk of their nearest library, lower tier/unitary authorities, 2024
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Residents within a 30 minute walk of their nearest library
Percentage of resident population within a 30 minute walk of their nearest library, lower tier/unitary authorities, 2024
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Residents within a 30 minute walk of their nearest library
Percentage of resident population within a 30 minute walk of their nearest library, lower tier/unitary authorities, 2024
Interpretation
Travel time to libraries analysis was performed in collaboration with Ordnance Survey (OS). This analysis contains the locations of 3,159 static public libraries from the Arts Council for England dataset, accurate to May 2024. This analysis does not include mobile and other libraries that are not routinely open to the public or those that are open for less than 2 hours a week.
Analysis parameters, including walking speed of 4.8 kilometres per hour, closely follow those of the Department for Transport Journey Time Statistics (2019).
Please see the 'More quality and methodology information' section of the publication for further details.
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Other indicators
Residents within a 30 minute walk of their nearest library is one of 104 local indicators on the Explore local statistics service. See the full list of local indicators.