Norwich ranked among UK's highest performing cities for growth

The city was eighth in the annual Demos-PwC Good Growth for Cities Index, which ranks 51 of the UK’s largest cities based on the public’s assessment of 12 economic measures.

This included jobs, health, income, safety, and skills, as well as work-life balance, housing, travel-to-work times, income equality, high street shops, environment, and business start-ups.

The list features the UK's largest cities - generally considered those with populations of at least 350,000 people - plus the London boroughs as a whole. 

Plymouth topped the 2024 list, with Bristol rising to second place and Southampton completing the podium in third.

The east of England is home to the most improving urban areas, with Ipswich placing 12th and Cambridge 11th. 

Here is the full Demos-PwC 2024 Good Growth for Cities Index results by city, ranked highest to lowest:

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Rachel Taylor, government and health industries leader at PwC, said: “Raising prosperity across the UK is needed more than ever as we continue to see growing inequality in housing, jobs and education.

"There is an increasing imbalance within and between neighbourhoods, which is being driven by disparities in access to quality education, jobs and housing. This is felt not only across different regions, but also between people living within the same postcodes in cities. 

“If we are serious about economic growth as a country we need to provide people and places with the foundations on which they can fuel that growth - access to jobs, skills and education and affordable homes.

"The public’s priorities are clear and together local and national government, businesses and the third sector need to work together through local growth plans tailored to local needs and opportunities to make this a reality.”