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Urban Audit: Welcome to the Urban Audit web site
What is the Urban Audit?

Following a pilot project for the collection of comparable statistics and indicators for European cities the first full-scale European Urban Audit took place in 2003, for the then 15 countries of the European Union. In 2004 the project was extended to the 10 new Member States plus Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey. Under Eurostat coordination, the work of the Urban Audit involves all national statistical offices as well as some of the cities themselves.

The second full-scale Urban Audit took place between 2006 and 2007, and involved 321 European cities in the 27 countries of the European Union, along with 36 additional cities in Norway, Switzerland and Turkey.

Data collection currently takes place every three years, but an annual data collection is being planned for a smaller number of targeted variables.

WARNING – Some data for 2004 are still to be uploaded on this site!

Data collection for the 2004 reference year has now been completed but, at the moment, not all data series are available on this website.

Please note the following:

Many data have not yet been provided by France and Ireland. They will only be available following the next census results (2009 in France). The quality check process is still ongoing. Data can only be made available once they have been validated.

Some countries are still sending data.

Please revisit this site soon for updates.

2008 Conference on the State of European Cities: The Urban Audit

At the invitation of Mrs Danuta Hübner, Commissioner for Regional Policy, more than 200 representatives of Urban Audit cities and other interested parties gathered in Brussels on 10 June to discuss the state of European cities and the work derived from the Urban Audit. The presentations given during this meeting can be found here.

Presentation, Map and Perception Survey

Map of the Urban Audit Cities.

Booklet on the Urban Audit Perception Survey including all the results. Please note that the Perception Survey results are not included in this database.

You can access data through five applications:
 
City Profiles: This application has not been updated yet with 2004 data. Concerning previous reference years, it presents an overall profile of the selected city based on a selection of indicators across domains. The profiles include the city, LUZ and sub-city levels (where available) and can be downloaded as a PDF document. The selection criteria of this application are country and city.
 
How do the cities rank?: This application shows how cities within a selected group rank for a particular  indicator.  The selection criteria on this application include: domain; indicator; group; display order; and year.
 
How does your city compare?: This application shows the position of a selected city or larger urban zone within a selected group(s) of cities for up to four indicators. The selection criteria on this application include: city or larger urban zone; indicators; group; and year.
 
What is the structure of the city?: This application displays the score of selected indicators across the various spatial levels of the city.  The selection criteria on this application include: city; year; and indicators.
 
Data that can be accessed: This application allows the downloading of datasets for up to six indicators in various formats including by spatial level and by group. The downloadable file is in .CSV format.  The selection criteria on this application include: data level; group; indicators; and year.

Reminder: Remember to click on the reset button when proceeding with a new query.
 

Indicators

The Urban Audit contains data for over 250 indicators across the following domains:

  • Demography

  • Social Aspects

  • Economic Aspects

  • Civic Involvement

  • Training and Education

  • Environment

  • Travel and Transport

  • Information Society

  • Culture and Recreation