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Great Hollands North Bracknell Forest • the Working Age Population Is Relatively Large in Comparison to Bracknell Forest Bracknell Forest Great Hollands North Berkshire Public Health Shared Team INTRODUCTION CONTENTS This is a profile of Great Hollands North Ward. It is intended to accompany the wider Joint Strategic Needs Assessment of Bracknell Forest. Profiles have been created for each of the Electoral Wards within Bracknell 1. SUMMARY……………….………...….……2 to 3 Forest. 2. DEMOGRAPHICS…………………........ 4 to 6 3. DEPRIVATION, POVERTY AND The profiles are split into nine topics with these being accompanied by a summary of key findings and ACCESS TO SERVICES…………….……7 supported by metadata (information about the data used within the profiles). 4. ECONOMY AND ENTERPRISE……… 8 5. EDUCATION………………………………..9 The profiles are a tool which will be regularly developed with both improved functionality and also new and 6. HEALTH……………………………………….10 to 11 refreshed indicator data. We welcome your comments and suggestions so that we can ensure future 7. HOUSING……………………………………..12 developments are relevant and useful to you. 8. COMMUNITY SAFETY…………………..13 The profiles are in the main based only on data that are collected nationally with a high degree of 9. ENVIRONMENT……………………………14 completeness. This has been supplemented with local data where this has been considered appropriate. 10. SOURCES OF DATA…………………………………………..……………… 15 Some indicators may give small numbers at Ward level. This should be taken into consideration when interpreting the data. Small changes in counts can lead to wide variance in the rate, and counts can vary significantly from year to year. Any provisional conclusions drawn from the profiles should be compared with other sources of information, both quantitative and qualitative. Berkshire Public Health Shared Team 1 1. SUMMARY There are 6,732 people living in Great Hollands North, 11.6% of these are children aged 0 to 15 and 5.4% are older people aged 65 and over. The non- white British population accounts for 12.6% of the total poulation. 88% of the Great Hollands North population were born in the UK. This is more than the average of Bracknell Forest. Great Hollands North is the 2nd most deprived ward in Bracknell Forest (out of 18 Wards). 19.9% of children in Great Hollands North are at risk of living in poverty, compared with 10.2% across Bracknell Forest. In Great Hollands North 11.8% of the working age population claim benefits compared with 7.4% in Bracknell Forest. 71.23% of the population of Great Hollands North who are aged 16 to 74 years are in employment. This is lower than the average in Bracknell Forest. In Great Hollands North, the majority of people in employment (41% of workers) were employed in Managerial/professional/technical occupations. 15% of workers were employed in Associate professional and technical occupations. 17.7% of working age people in Great Hollands North have no formal qualifications. 60.2% of children living in Bracknell Forest achieved 5 GCSEs at grade A* to C. 35.1% of children living in Great Hollands North achieved 5 GCSEs at grade A* to C. 65.4% of children living in Bracknell Forest achieved the expected level of attainment at Key Stage 2. 69.4% of children living in Great Hollands North achieved the expected level of attainment at Key Stage 2. The average life expectancy at birth for males living in Great Hollands North is 82.2 years. The average life expectancy at birth for females in Great Hollands North is 85.4 years. Death rates from all causes in people aged less than 75 are As expected. Emergency hospital admissions for all causes are Lower than expected*. An estimated 27.5% of adults in Great Hollands North are obese. An estimated 20.2% of adults in Great Hollands North binge drink. An estimated 24.8% of adults in Great Hollands North eat healthily. There are a total of 2235 dwellings in Great Hollands North. The most common housing type in Great Hollands North is Terraced. This accounts for 51.7% of all housing. The average household size in Great Hollands North is 2.6 people and 3.4% of housing in Great Hollands North is classifed as needing one or more bedrooms more than it has in order to be adeqautely sized for the number of people living there. There were 173 crimes recorded in Great Hollands North during 2013/14. This equates to 25.7 crimes per 1,000 people living in Great Hollands North - a rate that is lower than the average across Bracknell Forest. In Great Hollands North 100% of the population live in areas classified as urban city and town. * Given the age and gender structure of the population and national death/admission rates Berkshire Public Health Shared Team 2 1. SUMMARY Category Great Bracknell Ward Range Local Authority Average Ward Range Indicator Hollands Forest Worst Best North Average Worst Best Deprivation & Indices of Multiple Deprivation - IMD (2010) 16.7 9.6 17.6 3.0 access % children in Poverty (2012) 19.9 10.2 19.9 3.3 Access to Services - IMD domain (2010) 23.7 21.3 38.7 13.9 Economy & % Job Seekers Allowance Claimants (November 2013) 2.5 1.5 3.1 0.5 Enterprise Post-16 Qualifications - % Level 3 or higher (2011) 37.9 42.7 32.1 55.6 Education % key Stage 2 Level 4+ (2012) 69.4 80.2 67.2 96.0 % 5+ GCSEs A*-C (inc Maths and English) (2012) 35.1 60.2 35.1 90.0 Health All Cause Mortality <75 (2008-10) 93.1 87.4 118 62 Life Expectancy - males (2008-10) 84.5 80 75.5 84.5 Life Expectancy - females (2008-10) 86.6 84.5 80.7 88.9 Emergency hospital admissions for all causes (2010/11) 87.3 75.5 88.2 55.0 % low Birthweights <2500g (2008-10) 7.5 6.5 8.1 3.0 Housing % occupancy rating - bedrooms -1 or less (2011) 3.4 3.0 5.7 0.9 % no Central Heating (2011) 1.1 1.2 2.2 0.3 % socially Rented (2011) 25.0 16.2 34.0 3.3 Community Crime rate per 1,000 (2013/14) 25.7 37.1 153.7 11.5 Safety Anti-social Behaviour rate per 1,000 (2013/14) 7.0 10.3 29.9 2.3 Theft and handling stolen goods rate per 1,000 (2013/14) 4.0 13.2 76.8 1.7 Violence with/without injury rate per 1,000 (2013/14) 5.8 6.6 22.7 1.5 Berkshire Public Health Shared Team 3 2. DEMOGRAPHICS • Great Hollands North has a population of 6,732. This figure has Population Summary 2013 increased at a greater rate than it has on average across Bracknell Forest since 2001. Great Hollands North Bracknell Forest • The working age population is relatively large in comparison to Bracknell Forest. Total Population 6,732 - - • Related to this, the ward has a proportionately larger young Males 3,248 48.2% 49.7% population (12%) and a smaller older population (5%). Females 3,484 51.8% 50.3% • The 2011 Census indicates that 13% of Great Hollands North are Children (0-15) 781 11.6% 9.5% BME, lower than the Bracknell Forest average. Working Age (16-64) 2,300 34.2% 32.9% • The largest single BME population is the White: Other White Older People (65+) 363 5.4% 7.3% group. This group represents 27.2% of BME people and 4% of the BME Population 850 12.6% 15.1% total population of the ward. Population (2001) 4,272 - - Population Change (2001-2011) 2,460 57.6% 6.3% Population structure 2013 LA Total Males Females Religion 2011 Great Hollands North Bracknell Forest 85+ 80-84 Christian 3,126 54.6% 60.5% 75-79 70-74 Buddhist 44 0.8% 0.7% 65-69 Hindu 53 0.9% 1.6% 60-64 Jewish 55-59 1 0% 0.2% 50-54 Muslim 66 1.2% 1.1% 45-49 Sikh 26 0.5% 0.4% Age Band Age 40-44 35-39 Any other religion 29 0.5% 0.4% 30-34 No Religion 2,013 35.2% 28.4% 25-29 20-24 Religion not stated 363 6.3% 6.6% 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-4 15.0 10.0 5.0 0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 Percentage by Age Group Source: ONS 2014 Berkshire Public Health Shared Team 4 2. DEMOGRAPHICS ETHNICITY Bracknell Bracknell Great Hollands North Great Hollands North Forest Forest Total BME (Non White British) Population 850 14.9% 15.1% White Asian or Asian British British 4,871 72.4% 84.9% Indian 83 1.2% 1.8% Irish 41 0.6% 0.9% Pakistani 37 0.5% 0.5% Gypsy or Irish Traveller 7 0.1% 0.1% Bangladeshi 5 0.1% 0.1% Other White (Including White European) 231 3.4% 4.7% Chinese 42 0.6% 0.5% Mixed Other Asian 96 1.4% 2.2% White and Black Caribbean 36 0.5% 0.6% Black or Black British White and Black African 23 0.3% 0.3% Black Caribbean 130 1.9% 1.4% White and Asian 34 0.5% 0.7% Black African 21 0.3% 0.4% Other Mixed 25 0.4% 0.5% Other Black 17 0.3% 0.2% Other Ethnic Group Other Ethnic Group 22 0.3% 0.4% HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION Bracknell Bracknell Great Hollands North Great Hollands North Forest Forest All Households: 2188 45,878 Lone Parent 324 14.8% 9.7% Dependent children 234 10.7% 6.6% One Person Household: 435 19.9% 27.7% Non dependent children 90 4.1% 3.1% One Family Household: 1552 70.9% 65.9% Other household types 201 9.2% 6.4% All aged over 65 108 4.9% 6.5% With dependent children 71 3.2% 2.3% Married or same-sex civil partnership couple 805 36.8% 38.8% All full-time students 2 0.1% 0.1% No children 259 11.8% 13.5% All aged 65 and over 4 0.2% 0.2% Dependent children 412 18.8% 19.6% Other 124 36.8% 38.8% Non dependent children 134 6.1% 5.7% Cohabiting couple 315 14.4% 10.9% No children 169 7.7% 6.4% Dependent children 137 6.3% 4.0% Non dependent children 9 0.4% 0.4% Berkshire Public Health Shared Team 5 2.
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