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2015 Ballinger, South Heath and Chartridge Ballinger, South Heath and Chartridge This ward profile aims to provide an overview of information about the Ballinger, South Heath and Chartridge ward. The majority of this information is at ward level, except for a few statistics which are only available at parish or district level. Quick Statistics (please refer to relevant section for more details): Total population (approx.) 2,164 Economically active 72.5% Area (hectares) 1,569 Average household size 2.4 Unemployment 2.4% Population density 1.4 Total households 887 Disability claimants 1.2% Total dwellings 929 1 Population (Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.1.0) Age structure Source: Mid year population estimates 2013 ward & district level In 2013 the population of Ballinger, South Heath and Chartridge ward was 2,164. The age breakdown of the ward’s population is shown in the table below. Total 0-4 5-14 15-19 20-44 45-64 65+ Ballinger, South Heath and Chartridge 2,164 84 289 118 427 763 483 Ballinger, South Heath and Chartridge (%) 100% 3.9% 13.4% 5.5% 19.7% 35.3% 22.3% Chiltern 93,250 5.80% 13.30% 6.00% 25.30% 28.70% 20.90% England & Wales - 6.30% 11.40% 6.10% 33.50% 25.30% 17.40% Working-age population as a percentage of total population (18 to 65) Working-age Population 64.0% Source: Mid year population estimates 2013 ward & district 62.5% level 62.0% Working-age refers to all individuals who are aged 60.0% between 18 and 65 years old. The working-age 58.0% population of Ballinger, South Heath and 58.0% 57.3% Chartridge was slightly above the district average. 56.0% 54.0% Ballinger, South Chiltern England and Heath & Chartridge Wales Ethnicity Source: 2011 Census - Table KS201EW (Nomis Website) 0.2% 2.1% 0.1% Ballinger, South Heath The largest ethnic group for this ward was Asian 1.4% and Chartridge with 47 people, of this: White 27 people were Indian Mixed/multiple ethnic 11 people were Other Asian groups 5 people were Bangladeshi Asian/Asian British 3 were Chinese Black/African/Caribbean 1 people were Pakistani /Black British 96.2% Other ethnic group South England and Religion stated as: Ward Chiltern Religion Source: Table : KS209EW East Wales Christian 64.9% 63.2% 59.8% 59.3% Based on information from the 2011 Census 64.9% of the population of Buddhist 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 0.4% Ballinger, South Heath and Chartridge Hindu 0.7% 1.3% 1.1% 1.5% stated their religion as Christian. 23.8% stated that they had no religion. Jewish 1.0% 0.6% 0.2% 0.5% Muslim 0.5% 2.5% 2.3% 4.8% Sikh 0.0% 0.5% 0.6% 0.8% Other religion 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 0.4% No religion 23.8% 23.5% 27.7% 25.1% Religion not stated 8.2% 7.6% 7.4% 7.2% 2 Household Composition Source: Table : KS105EW, 2011 Married couples with children made up 31.6% of the households in Ballinger, South Heath and Chartridge. Married couples with no children made up 16.9% of households in the ward, 2.8% higher than the district average. Lone parent households with dependent children made up 1.8% of households in the ward. Household Composition Ballinger, Ballinger, Chiltern Difference South Heath South Heath & District & Chartridge Chartridge (%) average (%) (Number) Single non-pensionable households 99 11.2% 11.4% -0.20% Single pensioner 97 10.9% 13.5% -2.60% All other pensioner households 124 14.0% 11.9% 2.10% Married couple households: No children 150 16.9% 14.1% 2.80% Married couple households: With children 280 31.6% 29.3% 2.30% Cohabiting couple households: No children 39 4.4% 3.8% 0.60% Cohabiting couple households: With children 24 2.7% 3.6% -0.90% Lone parent households: With dependent children 16 1.8% 4.4% -2.60% Lone parent households: All children 19 2.1% 2.9% -0.80% non-dependent Other households: With dependent children 15 1.7% 1.7% 0.00% Other households: Other 24 2.7% 3.4% -0.70% Acorn Data Source: Acorn Data 2013, produced by CACI. Acorn Data provides useful data about the characteristics of people based on the postcode in which they live. Using data from a range of sources, every postcode is classified into one of five categories. This data provides useful information to start to understand the feelings, behaviours and expectations of each group. N.B All category names are already defined on the database. The number of households within Ballinger, South Heath and Chartridge which fell into the Affluent Achievers was 25% higher than the district average. 2.8% of households within the ward fell into the Financially Stretched or Urban Adversity category, much less than for the whole district. 3 Population Projection Source: 2013-based sub national population projections, Office for National Statistics Population forecasts are only available at district level and take no account of the planning strategies and policies or that Chiltern is 80% Green Belt with the consequent restrictions on dwelling numbers. Overall, the population is forecast to 102000 increase by 9.1% for Chiltern. Around Chiltern Forecast ONS 101000 8% is movement into the area from 2012 to 2037. within the UK, the other 1.1% is 100000 largely due to more births than 99000 deaths. 98000 The largest increase is in the 65+ age 97000 group, forecast to increase by 51.9% 96000 (9,800), against 65% for all of England. 95000 94000 The largest percentage increase by group is the 85+ age group across 93000 Chiltern and England, with the 92000 numbers of over 90 year olds in the 2012 2017 2022 2026 2030 2034 2037 district expected to more than double to 3,300. Age Group 2012 2022 2030 2037 % change 0-19 23,300 24,200 24,400 24,300 4.29% 20-64 50,800 49,100 48,600 48,400 -4.72% 65+ 18,900 22,400 25,900 28,700 51.85% Total Population 93,000 95,900 99,000 101,500 9.14% Community (Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.1.0) Health (Source: 2011 Census) 0.59% 2.27% Ballinger, South Heath General Health Source: Table: QS302EW and Chartridge 86.9% of people within Ballinger, South Heath and Chartridge declared 10.26% Very good health themselves as having very good or good health, just above the district Good health average of 86.6% People who declared themselves as Fair health having bad or very bad health in the 32.14% 54.74% ward is 0.3% lower than the district average of 3.2%. Bad health Very bad health Provision of Unpaid Care Source: Table: QS301EW 11.2% of the population within Ballinger, South Heath and Chartridge provided some form of unpaid care. This equated to 246 people. The split is as follows: 200 people provided 1-19 hours unpaid care a week 23 people provided 20-49 hours unpaid care a week 23 people provided 50 or more hours unpaid care a week 4 Housing (Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.1.0. ) Housing Tenure Source: Table: KS402EW Household Tenure Ballinger, South Chiltern England Heath and and Chartridge Wales Owned: Outright or with a mortgage or loan 87.1% 76.9% 63.6% Shared Ownership: Part owned and part rented 0.2% 0.7% 0.8% Social Rented: council/housing association/registered 5.2% 12.4% 17.6% social landlord Private Rented: Private landlord or letting agency 6.7% 9.0% 16.7% Living rent free 0.8% 1.0% 1.4% 87.1% of housing within Ballinger, South Heath and Chartridge was owned either outright or with a mortgage or loan, 10.2% higher than the district average. 5.2% of housing in the ward was social housing, significantly lower than the district and national averages. Accommodation Type Source: Table: KS402EW Ballinger, South Heath & 0.56% 0.23% Chartridge 1.80% Detached house/ bungalow 8.12% 1.69% Semi-detached house/ bungalow 4.96% Terraced house/ bungalow Flat/ maisonettet: Purpose-built block of flats or tenement Flat/ maisonette: Part of a converted or shared house 24.13% 58.51% Flat/ maisonette: In commercial building Caravan or other mobile or temporary structure Shared dwelling 58.51% of the accommodation within Ballinger, South Heath and Chartridge were detached houses and bunga- lows. 8.12% of the accommodation in the ward is ‘Caravan or other mobile/ temporary structure’, because of the caravan site in this ward. Council Tax Banding Source: Valuation list for the authority on 17 February 2015 Council Tax information can provide an overview of house value within an area, however whilst they provide an overview it should be noted that these bandings were created several years ago. This information is only available at a parish level rather than by ward. The percentage of houses falling in the G-H bands for Chartridge parish is much higher than the district average. Parish Dwelling Count Bands A-C Bands D-F Bands G-H Chartridge 684 18.1% 45.2% 36.7% Great Missenden 4,245 12.4% 58.8% 28.9% Chiltern District 38,898 21.1% 51.0% 27.8% 5 Crime Source: Thames Valley Police Crime Summary for Chiltern District as at 31st March 2011 Information on crime levels is produced at the police neighbourhood level rather than by ward.
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