Data note 2 – Completion of the online Census 2011 survey linked to age
The 2011 Census was the first census in England and Wales to allow respondents to complete online instead of on a paper form. Overall, over 16% of census returns were completed online in England and Wales. Oxford had the highest online rate in Oxfordshire (20.9%) and West Oxfordshire the lowest (16.3%). The proportion of Census 2011 survey forms completed online is linked to the age profile of residents. o Analysis by ONS “clearly shows that the age of respondent has an impact on the mode of responding, with nearly 30% of respondents aged 26-35 choosing to complete online… compared with less than 10% for those aged over 65.”1 o Burford in West Oxfordshire is the Oxfordshire ward with the lowest % of Census 2011 returns via the internet and is also the ward with the highest % of residents aged 65+ (see chart below). There is also a link to deprivation with some deprived wards such as Banbury Ruscote and Blackbird Leys (which have a lower % of older people) also scoring low on the % filling in the Census 2011 survey online. Other wards where low online returns do not appear to be linked to age are Brize Norton & Shilton and Alvescot & Filkins – perhaps due to a higher % of military families.
Percent online Census 2011 returns vs percent of people aged 65+ living in the ward - wards in Oxfordshire
LOWER % of HIGHER % of OLDER PEOPLE OLDER PEOPLE 30.0 Carfax Cowley Marsh HIGHER % of ONLINE 25.0 RETURNS
20.0 Holywell Henley North Blackbird 15.0 Leys Banbury Ruscote Burford Brize Alvescott 10.0 Norton & Filkins & percent onlinereturns Shilton 5.0 LOWER % of ONLINE RETURNS - 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% percent aged 65+
Trend line is % of people aged 65+
1 http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/the-2011-census/the-2011-census-project/2011- census-updates-and-evaluation-reports/index.html District Data Analysis Service 15 May 2012
Top 5 and bottom 5 wards in Oxfordshire on % online Census 2011 returns vs % of residents aged 65+
Percent of Percent of online residents Local Authority returns Rank of % aged 65+ Rank of % Name Ward Name (%) returns (mid-2010) 65+ TOP 5 --- Oxford Carfax 28.5 1 3% 136 South Oxfordshire Didcot Ladygrove 27.5 2 4% 134 Oxford Cowley Marsh 27.1 3 7% 130 Oxford St Mary's 26.8 4 4% 135 Cherwell Bicester South 26.0 5 5% 132 BOTTOM 5 --- West Oxfordshire Ascott and Shipton 13.6 133 24% 6 Cherwell Sibford 13.4 134 20% 33 Cherwell Deddington 12.7 135 23% 10 West Oxfordshire Milton-under-Wychwood 12.2 136 23% 11 West Oxfordshire Burford 11.4 137 32% 1
Source: Office for National Statistics This is the first in a series of high level updates published by the Office for National Statistics from the Census 2011 survey. The update gives provisional and early analyses of the take-up of the online questionnaire for regions, local authorities, lower super output areas and wards. Download available from http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/the-2011-census/the- 2011-census-project/2011-census-updates-and-evaluation-reports/index.html Ward population data from ONS Ward Level Mid Year Population Estimates (experimental) - 2010 Wards - Mid 2010 http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference- tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-230924
Data note prepared by: Margaret Melling, District Data Analysis Service, [email protected] 07958 239857 On behalf of: Cherwell District Council, Oxford City Council, South Oxfordshire District Council, Vale of White Horse District Council and West Oxfordshire District Council
District Data Analysis Service 15 May 2012 2011 Census Percentage of household returns made by internet - Cherwell
17.8 Cherwell Bicester South 26.0
Caversfield 24.7
Bicester North 24.1 Ambrosden and Chesterton 22.2 Banbury Hardwick 20.2 Banbury Grimsbury and Castle 19.8 Bicester East 18.9 Launton 18.4 Bicester West 18.3
Kidlington South 18.1
The Astons and Heyfords 17.9 Otmoor 17.9 Banbury Calthorpe 17.7 Kidlington North 17.3 Fringford 17.1 Yarnton, Gosford and Water Eaton 16.6 Banbury Neithrop 16.5
Kirtlington 15.9
Hook Norton 15.4 Bicester Town 15.2 Wroxton 14.9 Banbury Easington 14.8 Bloxham and Bodicote 14.7 Banbury Ruscote 14.6 Cropredy 14.2
Adderbury 13.7
Sibford 13.4 Deddington 12.7
District Data Analysis Service 15 May 2012 2011 Census Percentage of household returns made by internet - Oxford
Oxford 20.9
Carfax 28.5
Cowley Marsh 27.1
St Mary's 26.8
Jericho and Osney 23.7 St Margaret's 23.1 Lye Valley 22.4 North 21.7 Barton and Sandhills 21.6 Hinksey Park 21.4 Quarry and Risinghurst 21.3 Churchill 20.7 Iffley Fields 20.5 St Clement's 20.4
Headington Hill and Northway 20.3
Cowley 20.3
Littlemore 20.0
Summertown 19.9 Holywell 19.6 Headington 19.3 Marston 19.2 Northfield Brook 19.0 Rose Hill and Iffley 17.6 Wolvercote 16.7 Blackbird Leys 15.9
District Data Analysis Service 15 May 2012 2011 Census Percentage of household returns made by internet – South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire 17.7
Didcot Ladygrove 27.5
Didcot Northbourne 23.1
Sandford 20.0
Benson 20.0 Chiltern Woods 18.9 Thame North 18.8 Hagbourne 18.5 Didcot All Saints 18.3 Shiplake 17.9 Chinnor 17.8 Cholsey and Wallingford South 17.6 Aston Rowant 17.1 Henley North 17.0
Forest Hill and Holton 16.8
Chalgrove 16.6
Wallingford North 16.5
Crowmarsh 16.5 Henley South 16.3 Goring 16.2 Didcot Park 16.2 Sonning Common 15.9 Woodcote 15.8 Thame South 15.6 Brightwell 15.5 Wheatley 15.3
Berinsfield 15.0
Great Milton 14.7
Garsington 14.5
Watlington 14.4
District Data Analysis Service 15 May 2012 2011 Census Percentage of household returns made by internet – Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse 18.3 Abingdon Abbey and Barton 22.2 Abingdon Peachcroft 22.1 Abingdon Dunmore 21.5 Marcham and Shippon 21.4 Abingdon Fitzharris 20.5 Harwell 20.0 Grove 19.3 Stanford 19.2
Shrivenham 18.9
Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor 18.7
Wantage Charlton 18.6
Longworth 18.6 Wantage Segsbury 18.3 Faringdon and The Coxwells 18.2 Greendown 18.1 Abingdon Ock Meadow 18.1 Hendreds 17.5 Appleton and Cumnor 17.4 Sunningwell and Wootton 17.3 Drayton 17.2 North Hinksey and Wytham 17.1
Abingdon Caldecott 16.8
Hanneys 16.6
Blewbury and Upton 16.4
Craven 16.2 Abingdon Northcourt 15.8 Sutton Courtenay and Appleford 15.1 Kennington and South Hinksey 14.7 Radley 13.9
District Data Analysis Service 15 May 2012 2011 Census Percentage of household returns made by internet – West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire 16.3 Carterton North East 24.4 Witney East 20.3
Witney West 19.2
Carterton South 18.8
Carterton North West 17.6 Chadlington and Churchill 17.4 Witney North 17.1 Witney Central 16.9 Freeland and Hanborough 16.5 North Leigh 16.2
Ducklington 15.8
Eynsham and Cassington 15.5
Witney South 15.2 The Bartons 15.1 Charlbury and Finstock 15.1 Standlake, Aston and Stanton Harcourt 15.0 Chipping Norton 15.0 Stonesfield and Tackley 14.6 Woodstock and Bladon 14.5
Kingham, Rollright and Enstone 14.5
Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield 14.5 Bampton and Clanfield 14.5 Brize Norton and Shilton 14.1 Alvescot and Filkins 14.0 Ascott and Shipton 13.6 Milton-under-Wychwood 12.2 Burford 11.4
District Data Analysis Service 15 May 2012