Where are we now?
About the West Midlands Combined Authority region
- It covers an area of over 90,000Ha
- 2.9m people in 1.15 million homes
- 88,600 businesses across the seven authorities
- 78,400 businesses employing fewer than 10 people with a similar number turning over less than £1million
- 1,000 businesses employing more than 100 people with a similar number turning over more than £10million
- 1.4 million cars registered in the West Midlands Combined Authority (including 32,000 ultra low emissions vehicles).
- 455 public EV chargers in the West Midlands Combined Authority of which 97 are ‘rapid’
- 75 million vehicle miles taking place annually in the West Midlands Combined Authority. Over 60% of all journeys are made by car.
There is significant variation across the seven local authorities including the levels of fuel poverty (the national average for fuel poverty is 10.3%) and in the indices of multiple deprivation.