Key facts about Vale of White Horse district An ageing population Working from home in rural areas

A rural, growing and ageing population VALE OF WHITE HORSE This population • Just over a third of the population of Vale of White population in 1984 and 2014 According to the 2011 Census survey 4,500 people pyramid shows 85 Horse is living in rural areas outside the main towns in Vale of White Horse were working mainly at or that the older of Abingdon, Wantage and Grove. from home. • Over the past 30 years, the population has increased population is growing by 19,100 people or 18%. This was 7% of those in employment (England was 5%) • By 2037 the number of people aged 85+ living in Vale of White Horse is expected to reach 9,000, almost three times the number in this age group in 2013. and the younger Jobs increasing, low unemployment, high rates of population is home working reducing • In 2014 the total number of employees in the district was 57,500 of which 15,600 were part time. • Unlike other rural districts in Oxfordshire, Vale of White Horse has an above-average proportion of medium-sized and large businesses. Males Females • As of August 2015, 315 residents of Vale of White by age by age Horse were claiming job seeker allowance. This is well below the post recession peak of 1,489. • Rates of self-employment and home working are Source: Office for National Statistics mid-year estimates well above average and highest in rural areas. Low cost housing remaining unaffordable for many By 2037 it is predicted that the number of people aged 85 • Access to a mortgage (4.5X loan on 95% sale price) on a median semi-detached property in Vale of and over living in Vale of White Horse will reach 9,000, White Horse now requires two full time (median) almost three times the number in this age group in 2013 earners. District is ranked poorly on geographical access to services 9,000 • 13 rural areas of Vale of White Horse are ranked The darker areas of the map show within the 10% most deprived in England (2015) on where there were higher rates of access to local services (includes distance to GP, people working at or from home in post office, primary school, supermarket). 2011 3,300 Relatively low rate of crime, high rate of people killed or seriously injured on roads 1,700 • In 2014, Vale of White Horse had one of the lowest Historical estimate Projection crime rates (per 1,000 population) in its group of This map uses lower layer super output areas which are a statistical geography most similar district areas. used mainly for reporting Census data and have an average of around 1,500 residents and 650 households Source: Office for National Statistics 2012-based Sub-national population projections Source: ONS Census 2011 table QS701

Key facts Vale of White Horse 2015 Key facts Vale of White Horse 2015 Key facts Vale of White Horse 2015 Employment by industry and jobs Housing affordability

In 2014, 22% of employees in Vale of White Horse In 1999 a single earner on a median income in Vale of were working in Education, Public Administration, White Horse would have been able to access a Care, social work and other health occupations. mortgage for a median semi-detached property in the district (on the basis of a 4.5X loan on 95% of sale Jobs by industry of employment price). (employed by Businesses) By 2014, the same loan on a semi-detached property 22% required two full time earners. mainly public sector Income required for 4.5X loan on 95% of Median Sale price for a Semi-detached property vs Median income Vale of White Vale of White Horse

57,500 Horse employee jobs 2015

2014 78% A summary of statistics about mainly private population, economy and housing sector Sources: CLG House prices tables (table 1b Median sale price by dwelling type and local authority); ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings in Vale of White Horse district

Prepared by: District Data Analysis Service on behalf of Vale of White Horse District Council. You can download a copy of this leaflet from residents www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk 124,900 Source data can be downloaded from www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk and www.nomisweb.co.uk 5,200 businesses Visualisation tools available on ONS website www.ons.gov.uk/census 57,500 employees Data for Oxfordshire and visualisation tools at insight.oxfordshire.gov.uk Health profile from Public Health England Source: Business Register and Employment survey 2014, ONS Crown Copyright reserved An employee is anyone aged 16 years or over that an organisation directly pays from its http://www.apho.org.uk/?QN=P_HEALTH_PROFILES payroll(s), in return for carrying out a full-time or part-time job or being on a training scheme. It excludes Armed Forces, voluntary workers, self-employed, working owners who Analysis of data for Vale of White Horse are not paid via PAYE. www.oxford.gov.uk/districtdataservice BRES data is based on a sample survey and sampling errors apply (not shown).

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