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High Town ward profile April 2019
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LBC LBC Contents Summary for High Town ...... 3 Demographics ...... 5 Mid-year population estimates ...... 5 Age breakdown ...... 5 Population by ethnicity ...... 6 Deprivation ...... 7 Economic Activity ...... 8 Employment ...... 8 Claimant count ...... 9 Crime ...... 10 Burglary ...... 10 Hate crime ...... 10 Anti-social behaviour (ASB) ...... 11 Fly tipping ...... 11 Perceptions of Luton ...... 12 Education (2017 results) ...... 15 Early Years ...... 15 Key stage 1 ...... 16 Key stage 2 ...... 17 Health ...... 18 Low birth weight ...... 18 General health ...... 18 Obesity ...... 19 Life expectancy ...... 19 Causes of death ...... 20 Housing ...... 21 Number of households ...... 21 Type of household spaces ...... 21 Tenure ...... 22 Social rented households ...... 23 Average house prices ...... 24 Occupancy levels ...... 25 Appendix ...... 26
LBC 2 of 26 High Town ward profile v4.0 – April 2019 LBC Summary for High Town These series of reports provide a summary of the latest available information on the demographic and socio-economic make-up of the nineteen wards in Luton. It looks at the population structure and provides information on the economic, housing and educational achievement of each ward.
What’s new – April 2019:
Perceptions survey update (i) High Town’s view of Luton: 22 per cent feel the image of Luton has improved over the last year 49 per cent feel positive about the future of this town
Residents top rated aspects: 1. Health services (79%) 2. Sports and leisure facilities (68%) 3. The Town Centre (55%) November 2018: Housing there are 74,293 households in Luton of which 3,979 (5.4 per cent) are in High Town the most common type of household space for High Town is purpose built flats with 41.2 per cent (ii) the most common tenure in High Town is households rented from private landlord with 44.2 per cent, following by 25.2 per cent of households owned with a mortgage (iii) High Town’s level of social rented households is 11.6 per cent. The lowest is in Barnfield with 1.5 per cent and highest in Northwell with 33.8 per cent (iv) the average three bedroom house in Luton in October 2018, cost £280,000 compared to £293,000 in High Town (v) High Town has 23.8 per cent overcrowding, ranking fourth highest out of the 19 wards (vi)
August 2018: Health High Town had a lower than average level of low birth weights over a five year period with 8.8 per cent, Luton’s average was 9.1 per cent (vii) in the 2011 census, the percentage of people who self-reported bad or very bad health was one of the lowest in High Town with 3.9 per cent (as a percentage of the total number of people who responded to this question) (viii) obesity levels in children of reception year were one of the highest in High Town with 13 per cent compared to Luton’s average of 10.4 per cent. In contrast, adult obesity was substantially lower than the average with 21.8 per cent (ix) the average life expectancy in Luton for females is 82.4 and male 78.5 - High town was about the same with 81.1 and 78.9 respectively (x) the highest number of deaths recorded in High Town was circulatory disease; cancer was the lowest reported cause of death compared to the rest of the wards (xi)
April 2018: Demographics (xii) High Town ward is located in the centre of the borough. The population of (based on mid-year estimate 2016) was just over 10,600, accounting for 4.9 per cent of Luton’s population High Town has a substantially higher number of individuals aged 25-35 (10 per cent higher than Luton’s average). 18-44 year old’s account for over half of the wards population
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LBC Population (xiii) the white (British, Scottish, N. Irish, Welsh) population of High Town consists of 41.1 per cent, comparable to the total in Luton of 44.6 per cent the other ethnicity groups prevalent in High Town are White Other with 17.5 per cent and African with 6.4 per cent
Deprivation (xiv) in the 2015 indices of multiple deprivation shows that the northern half of High Town is in the top 20- 50 per cent most deprived and the southern part in the top 10-20 per cent most deprived nationally the percentage of children living in poverty after housing costs is 35-40 per cent
Economic Activity High Town has a slightly higher proportion of economically active individuals than the average in Luton with 76.8 per cent (xv) there is high proportion of those working in elementary occupations with 20.2 per cent it also has a higher than average number of professionals (possibly due to its close proximity to the train station) there were 150 people claiming unemployment benefit in High Town at the start of 2018; a rate of 2 per cent - the average rate for Luton is 1.8, which has gone down since 2016 (xvi)
Crime (xvii) during 2016 and 2017, 97 incidents of burglaries were reported in High Town in the same year, it reported the second highest incidents of ASB with 666, and a high level of fly tipping incidents with 759 incidents
Perceptions of Luton (xviii) From wave 2 of the perceptions survey, it was identified that: 82 per cent of High Town’s population were satisfied with Luton as a place to live 35 per cent felt Luton had improved in the past 12 months 92 per cent of the residents agreed that their local area was a place where different backgrounds got on well together 49 per cent of respondents felt they could influence decisions affecting their local area
Education (xix)
children achieving a good level of development (GLD) were above average than the rest of Luton with 72 per cent KS1 pupils in High town achieved again a higher than average standard in reading, writing and maths (RWM) KS2 pupils performed below Luton’s average, with only half achieving at or above expected standard in the combined subjects of reading, writing and maths
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LBC Demographics
Mid-year population estimates In 2016 there was an estimated total of just under 217,000 people living in Luton. That’s a growth in population of almost 6,000 in three years. Almost every ward has seen an increase with Luton South showing the greatest increase.
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Age breakdown High Town has a substantially higher number of individuals aged 25 to 35 (10 per cent higher than Luton’s average). 18 to 44 year old’s account for over half of the wards population
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LBC Population by ethnicity The white (British, Scottish, N. Irish, Welsh) population of High Town consists of 41.1 per cent, comparable to the total in Luton of 44.6 per cent. The rest of the ethnicity is broken down on the chart below showing the highest proportion of those living in High Town are White Other with 17.5 per cent and African with 4.5 per cent.
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LBC Deprivation 2015 indices of multiple deprivation map illustrates the northern half of High Town is in the top 20 to 50 per cent most deprived nationally and the southern half in the top 10 to 20 per cent
The percentage of children living in poverty after housing costs is 35-40 per cent
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LBC Economic Activity
Employment High Town has a slightly higher proportion of economically active individuals than the average in Luton with 76.8 per cent
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The graph below shows occupation levels of High Town highlighting a high proportion of those working in elementary occupations with 20.2 per cent. There is also a higher than average number of professionals in High Town (possibly due to its close proximity to the train station).
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LBC Claimant count Luton unemployment benefit claimants by ward 2016-2018
In High Town, there were 150 people claiming unemployment benefit at the start if 2018; a rate of two per cent. The average rate for Luton is 1.8, which has gone down since 2016 whereas the proportion of claimants has increased both in the East and the rest of the UK in the last two years.
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Area Claimants as Claimants as Claimants as a proportion a proportion a proportion Claimant of residents Claimant of residents Claimant of residents count aged 16-64 count aged 16-64 count aged 16-64 United Kingdom 772,980 1.9 770,625 1.9 826,545 2.0 East 47,720 1.3 48,060 1.3 51,775 1.4 Luton 2,600 1.9 2,485 1.8 2,540 1.8
Barnfield 35 0.7 25 0.5 35 0.7 Biscot 250 2.3 235 2.2 250 2.3 Bramingham 30 0.6 35 0.7 45 0.9 Challney 130 1.5 120 1.4 115 1.3 Crawley 70 1.5 75 1.5 85 1.7 Dallow 275 2.5 235 2.1 255 2.3 Farley 180 2.1 170 1.9 155 1.8 High Town 150 1.9 140 1.8 150 2.0 Icknield 40 0.9 55 1.2 55 1.2 Leagrave 170 2.2 150 1.9 160 2.0 Lewsey 165 2.1 145 1.8 150 1.9 Limbury 75 1.5 70 1.4 70 1.4 Northwell 150 2.9 135 2.6 140 2.7 Round Green 150 1.9 145 1.8 135 1.7 Saints 175 1.8 175 1.8 150 1.6 South 305 2.4 380 3.0 350 2.7 Stopsley 40 0.9 45 1.1 55 1.3 Sundon Park 145 2.9 105 2.1 105 2.1 Wigmore 65 0.8 60 0.8 85 1.1
Benefit claimant rate January 2018 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0
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LBC Crime
Burglary The map and table below illustrate levels of burglary offences by ward showing the west of the town having a higher level. High Town reported a median number of burglaries between 2016 and 2017 with 97 incidents.
Hate crime The table and map below illustrates the numbers of offences and incidents of hate crime by ward. The table highlights highest to lowest. High Town reported 27 incidents of hate crime between 2016 and 2017.
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LBC Anti-social behaviour (ASB) The table and map below highlights the numbers of anti-social behaviour incidents by ward. High Town reported the second highest number of ASB incidents with 666 in the 12 month period.
Fly tipping Fly tipping was again fairly high in the ward with 759 incidents between 2016 and 2017.
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LBC LBC Perceptions of Luton In 2016, Luton residents took part in a survey which asked a series of questions relating to their perceptions of the town. Their answers were then analysed showing how the residents feel about their local area and Luton as a place to live. In the last round of Luton’s perceptions survey, the following was identified specifically for High Town’s residents.
High Town’s view of Luton: 22 per cent feel the image of Luton has improved over the last year 49 per cent feel positive about the future of this town
Residents top rated aspects: 1. Health services (79%) 2. Sports and leisure facilities (68%) 3. The Town Centre (55%)
Residents least rated aspects: 9. Support to find a job (26%) 10. Childcare for young children (26%) 11. Business opportunities (21%)
When speaking about the people… 84 per cent feel that ‘Luton as a town’ is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together 88 per cent feel local area is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together
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How satisfied are you with Luton as a 82 per cent of High Town’s population place to live? were satisfied with Luton as a place to live. This score increased by 16 per cent in the past year. Satisfied % Ward Wave 1 Wave 2 High Town 66 82 Challney 74 81 Barnfield 74 78 Dallow 64 78 Limbury 79 76 Icknield 77 75 Round Green 76 73 Over the past 12 months, do you feel the Bramingham 74 73 image of Luton has improved? Crawley 82 70 Biscot 74 66 Farley 49 64 Improved % Ward Sundon Park 76 61 Wave 1 Wave 2 Northwell 80 58 Lewsey 40 43 Stopsley 72 53 Leagrave 30 43 Leagrave 66 52 Icknield 28 39 Wigmore 63 51 High Town 38 35 Lewsey 76 49 Biscot 37 35 Saints 75 47 Saints 33 35 South 69 33 Sundon Park 29 35 Round Green 46 33 Barnfield 43 33 Wigmore 49 31 Dallow 29 30
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35 per cent of High Town’s population felt Stopsley 39 27
Northwell Luton had improved in the past 12 months. 51 25 This decreased slightly by 3 per cent since the Limbury 27 22 last survey results in 2016. Challney 29 18 Farley 27 17
South 32 15 Crawley 30 5
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To what extent do you agree that your local area is a place where people of different backgrounds get on well 92 per cent of the residents in High together Town agreed that their local area was a place where different backgrounds got Agree% on well together. This score is one of the Ward Wave 1 Wave 2 highest in the town which increased by Barnfield 86 94 15 per cent since last year. Bramingham 80 94 Wigmore 93 93 High Town 77 92 Stopsley 86 87 Northwell 74 86 Round Green 89 85 Do you agree that you can influence Leagrave 80 84 decisions affecting your local area? Sundon Park 85 84 Limbury 88 83 Icknield 77 82 Agree % Ward Saints 76 78 Wave 1 Wave 2 Biscot 96 77 Biscot 49 59 Challney 82 77 High Town 47 49 Lewsey 81 76 Icknield 44 47 Farley 84 71 Leagrave 39 45 South 71 69 Dallow 33 42 Crawley 77 68 Bramingham 28 41 Dallow 87 66 Farley 31 39 Barnfield 41 38 South 33 38 Sundon Park 21 35 Limbury 54 31 When asked if the residents felt they could Northwell 45 30 influence decisions affecting their local Lewsey 46 28 area, almost half of High Town’s Round Green 44 28 respondents felt they could. Since the last Stopsley 42 28 wave, this view has increased by two per Challney 43 26 cent. Wigmore 20 21 Crawley 34 20 Saints 45 17
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LBC LBC Education (2017 results)
This section provides information on performance from Early years to Key Stage 4 (secondary phase) attainment at ward level. Schools in High Town include St Mathews Primary School and The Studio School Luton. Early Years In High Town, children achieving a good level of development (GLD) were above average for Luton with 72 per cent. Children are deemed to have achieved GLD if they have achieved the Early Learning Goal in the areas of personal, social and emotional, physical development, communication and language development, literacy and mathematics.
School Ward Total Pupils Total pupils with GLD % pupils with GLD Limbury 88 69 78% Barnfield 236 175 74% Wigmore 146 108 74% Farley 258 188 73% High Town 118 85 72% Icknield 200 144 72% Biscot 191 137 72% Challney 141 99 70% Round Green 126 87 69% Dallow 297 202 68% Stopsley 149 100 67% Sundon Park 88 59 67% Bramingham 60 40 67% Crawley 90 60 67% Saints 287 191 67% Northwell 100 66 66% Lewsey 270 173 64% Leagrave 241 149 62% South 219 135 62% Grand Total 3305 2267 69%
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LBC LBC Key stage 1 KS1 pupils in High Town achieved again higher than average standard in reading, writing and maths (RWM). This is measured by those working at or above expected standard in all three areas where reading and maths is measured by an externally set, internally marked test.
School Ward Total Pupils Total Pupils Exp+ % of Pupils Exp+ Wigmore 118 88 74.6% Barnfield 268 184 68.7% Stopsley 160 109 68.2% Farley 253 166 65.7% High Town 119 76 63.9% Saints 261 165 63.3% Challney 146 92 63.1% Lewsey 286 177 61.9% Icknield 205 126 61.5% Limbury 81 49 60.5% Northwell 103 61 59.3% Biscot 171 98 57.4% South 215 120 55.9% Sundon Park 85 47 55.3% Crawley 87 47 54.1% Leagrave 231 122 52.9% Bramingham 60 30 50.0% Dallow 295 133 45.1% Round Green 160 63 39.4% Grand Total 3304 1953 59.1%
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LBC LBC Key stage 2 KS2 pupils in High Town performed below Luton’s average with only half achieving at or above expected standard in the combined subjects of reading, writing and maths. The measures for maths and reading are an externally set and externally marked test. There is a separate English grammar, punctuation and spelling test.
School Ward Total Pupils Total Pupils Exp+ % of Pupils Exp+ Biscot 89 66 74.2% Barnfield 111 76 68.5% Wigmore 115 76 66.1% Crawley 78 50 64.1% Northwell 89 56 63.0% Bramingham 56 33 58.9% Stopsley 145 84 57.9% Farley 235 136 57.9% Lewsey 261 151 57.8% Challney 123 71 57.7% Leagrave 234 132 56.4% Icknield 172 97 56.4% South 124 68 54.8% Limbury 83 45 54.2% Round Green 142 74 52.1% High Town 116 58 50.0% Saints 405 195 48.2% Sundon Park 70 32 45.7% Dallow 293 127 43.3% Grand Total 2941 1627 55.3%
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LBC LBC Health
Low birth weight This is the proportion of all live and still births, with a valid birth weight recorded of less than 2500g. The figure reported is an average over the five year period. Low birth weight babies are associated with poorer long-term health and educational outcomes. High Town had a lower than average level of low birth weights over the five year period with 8.8 per cent. The Luton average of 9.1 per cent is represented by the red line on the graph below.
Births with birth weight less than 2500g (%) (five year average) 2010-2014
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General health This is the number of people in bad or very bad health as a percentage of the total number of people who responded to this question in the last census (2011). This indicator measures the self-reported number of people by general state of health. High Town had one of the lowest levels of self-reported bad health in the town with 3.9 per cent, (higher than Luton’s average of 4.8 per cent).
Barnfield Wigmore 7 Biscot Sundon Park 6 Bramingham 5 Stopsley 4 Challney 3 South 2 Crawley 1 0 Saints Dallow
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LBC LBC Obesity There are many routes by which obesity is a detriment to wellbeing. There is an association between mortality and obesity, with obesity decreasing life expectancy by up to nine years. It causes insulin insensitivity, which is an important causal factor in diabetes, heart disease, hypertension and stroke. Obesity is associated with the development of hormone sensitive cancers, the increased mechanical load increases liability to osteoarthritis and sleep apnoea, and it also carries psychosocial penalties.
Obesity levels in children of reception year were one of the highest in High Town with 13 per cent compared to Luton’s average of 10.4 per cent. In contrast, adult obesity was substantially lower than the average with 21.8 per cent.
Children who are overweight or obese (3 year) Adult obesity (3 year by School age average) 2014/15-16/17 (academic) 2006-08 Ward
Obese children in Obese children in year reception year (%) 6 (%) Adults (%) Barnfield 7.7 22.2 20.2 Biscot 11.4 27.1 23.6 Bramingham 7.7 19.4 25.6 Challney 9.6 23.3 25.5 Crawley 9.0 23.4 27.5 Dallow 10.4 26.1 24.1 Farley 11.0 25.1 26.3 High Town 13.0 25.6 21.8 Icknield 10.2 22.9 24.5 Leagrave 9.8 27.3 28.7 Lewsey 9.9 25.5 29.2 Limbury 9.4 25.2 28.0 Northwell 12.9 23.3 30.0 Round Green 10.9 23.6 26.7 Saints 10.6 27.1 25.0 South 10.7 23.5 22.6 Stopsley 11.7 24.0 25.8 Sundon Park 13.0 25.3 30.3 Wigmore 8.8 21.9 26.6 Luton Average 10.4 24.3 25.9
Life expectancy Life expectancy at birth is useful as a summary measure of all-cause mortality as it is a fundamental and probably the oldest measure of the health status of the population. It represents the cumulative effect of the prevalence of risk factors, prevalence and severity of disease, and the effectiveness of interventions and treatment. Differences in levels of all-cause mortality reflect health inequalities between different population groups e.g. between genders, social classes and ethnic groups.
The bar chart below shows the life expectancy of the population in each ward in Luton by gender. This is a five year average, using data from 2010 to 2014. The average life expectancy in Luton for females is 82.4 and male 78.5. High Town was about the same with 81.1 and 78.9 respectively.
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Wigmore Stopsley Bramingham Barnfield Sundon Park Crawley Round Green Limbury Lewsey Saints South Leagrave Northwell Biscot High Town Icknield Challney Farley Dallow
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Causes of death The chart below shows the causes of death by disease. This data is a five year count from 2010 to 2014. The highest number of deaths recorded in High Town was circulatory disease. Cancer was the lowest reported cause of death compared to the rest of the wards
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LBC LBC Housing
Number of households A household is defined as one person living alone, or a group of people (not necessarily related) living at the same address who share cooking facilities and share a living room, sitting room or dining area.
There are 74,293 households in Luton of which 3,979 (5.4 per cent) are in High Town. According to the 2011 Census, the average household size in Luton is 2.7 people. The average household size in the East of England region and England is 2.4 people.
Type of household spaces A household space is the accommodation used or available for use by an individual household. The percentage of semi-detached in Luton stands at 40.1 per cent, making it the most common type of household space. The second most common house type is terraced (including end-terrace) at 25 per cent.
In the East of England region 30.4 per cent of households are semi-detached, similar to the England average of 30.7 per cent. This is the most common household type.
The graph below shows the most common type of household space for High Town is purpose built flats with 41.2 per cent.
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LBC LBC Tenure The most common tenure type is households owned with a mortgage or loan, which accounts for 35.1 per cent, of the 74,293 households. The second most common tenure type in Luton is households owned outright at 25.1 per cent.
In the East of England region, the percentage of all households owned with a mortgage or loan is 34.7 per cent, and in England that figure is only slightly lower with 34.5 per cent of all households.
The most common tenure in High Town is households rented from private landlord with 44.2 per cent, following by 25.2 per cent of households owned with a mortgage.
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LBC LBC Social rented households Looking specifically at social rented housing, 10.7 per cent of households in Luton are social rented from the council and five per cent from others (Census 2011).
On average across the East of England region, 7.8 per cent of households are social rented from the council, and 7.9 per cent from others. Across England, 10.1 per cent are social rented from the council, and 5.7 per cent from others.
The chart below shows the wards in Luton with the highest proportion of social rented housing, and for each ward shows the proportion of households that rent from the council and the proportion that social rent from others. High Town’s level of social rented households is 11.6 per cent. The lowest is in Barnfield with 1.5 per cent and highest in Northwell with 33.8 per cent.
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LBC LBC Average house prices The average three bedroom house in Luton in October 2018, cost £280,000 compared to £293,000 in High Town. The most expensive ward to buy a three bedroom property in Luton was Barnfield.
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LBC LBC Occupancy levels The bedroom occupancy rating provides a measure of whether a household's accommodation is overcrowded or under occupied. The number of bedrooms required (based on a standard formula) is subtracted from the number of bedrooms present to obtain the occupancy rating. An occupancy rating of -1 implies that a household has one less bedroom than required, whereas +1 implies that they have one more bedroom than the standard requirement.
In Luton, 15.4 per cent of properties are classified as overcrowded (with a bedroom occupancy rating of -1 or lower). This is compared to 6.5 per cent of properties classified as overcrowded in the East of England region and 8.7 per cent in England.
The chart below shows the wards in Luton with the highest proportion of overcrowded households; High Town has 23.8 per cent overcrowding, ranking fourth highest out of the 19 wards.
Wigmore Sundon Park Stopsley South Saints Round Green Northwell Limbury Lewsey Leagrave Icknield High Town Farley Dallow Crawley Challney Bramingham Biscot Barnfield
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In Luton, 23.7 per cent of properties are under occupied with a bedroom occupancy rating of +1 and 38.7 per cent with a bedroom occupancy rating of +2.
This is compared to 22.0 per cent and 54.4 per cent in the East of England region and 22.9 per cent and 49.7 per cent in England.
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LBC LBC Appendix i Perceptions of Luton Survey – February 2019 – Critical research, ward summaries ii Dwelling census 2011 (LG Inform Plus)
iv/iv Tenure census 2011 (LG Inform Plus) v Unadjusted mean house priced for residential property sales (transactions) for a 12 month period. These figures have been produced by the ONS using the Land Registry Price Paid data on residential dwelling transactions (LG Inform Plus)
vi Occupancy rating – census 2011 (LG Inform Plus) vii Low birthweight births, NHS Digital (LG Inform Plus) viii General health - census 2011 nomis ix Public Health England, Local Health Profiles, based on Health Survey for England (LG Inform Plus) local health x Life Expectancy, based on Office of National Statistics mortality statistics, Public Health England (LG Inform Plus) xi Causes of death by disease (count), Local Health, Public Health England (LG Inform Plus) xii Office for National Statistics Mid-year population statistics reflecting position as at 31 Dec 2016, published 22 June 2017 annual mid-year population estimate xiii Office for National Statistics - Census 2011 - This is the latest available data ethnicity and national identity xiv English indices of deprivation 2015, from Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, published 30 September 2015 english indices of deprivation xv Office of National Statistics – Census 2011 – this is the latest available data for economic activity by ward nomis xvi Office for National Statistics - Percentage is number of claimants as a proportion of resident population of the area aged 16-64 nomis
xvii Bedfordshire Police data – mapped by Crime Analyst in the Business Intelligence Department
xviii Perceptions of Luton Residents survey undertaken in 2016 and again in 2017 – views of 1,000 Luton residents xix Children’s Services Luton Borough Council. Data published by DfE. Full report imbedded
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