Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton Ward
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InstantAtlas™ Server 6 Wakefield Ward Profile Selection: Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton Ward Introduction The Wakefield district is divided into 21 wards, with each ward being represented by three councillors. Councillors are elected by residents of the district and are responsible for making decisions about local services and budgets, such as Council Tax, on behalf of the local community. Each councillor serves for a period of four years. The ward boundaries are reviewed periodically, and the current boundaries were last altered in 2004. Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton Ward is situated in the south east of the District. It is a relatively large ward in area terms, with a number of villages and hamlets set amongst farmland. The villages in the ward include Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton, Badsworth, Thorpe Audlin, Low Ackworth and High Ackworth. The ward also includes part of the hamlet of Wentbridge. Selected landmarks: Nostell Priory, managed by the National Trust Bullcarr Plantation and Mires Dale Lane Industrial Estate Profile created: 9/1/2017 Population Profile Population Size The most accurate population estimates are produced every ten years from the Census. These are updated annually using administrative data to produce mid- year population estimates. The mid-2014 estimates show that the size of the resident population in Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton Ward is 16,213 people. The tables below shows the percentage breakdown by age groups and gender. The actual number of people in each age group is shown in brackets. Population Size Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton Ward Total population (2014) 16,213 people Total male population (2014) 7,930 people Total female population (2014) 8,282 people Source: Office for National Statistics Population Groups (% of total population) Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upto Wakefield England n Ward People aged 0-15 (2014) 18.4% (2978 people) 18.5% 19.0% People aged 16-29 (2014) 14.9% (2412 people) 16.9% 18.3% People aged 30-44 (2014) 17.7% (2879 people) 18.9% 19.9% People aged 45-64 (2014) 29.3% (4752 people) 27.3% 25.3% People aged 65 and over (2014) 19.5% (3159 people) 18.4% 17.6% Source: Office for National Statistics Ethnicity and Language Wakefield district has become more ethnically diverse over the past 10 years. In 2001, the district's ethnic population represented just 3.3% of the total population, but the 2011 Census shows this has risen to 7.2%. This proportion, though, is much lower than the England average of 20.2%. A large part of the district increase in the ethnic minority population has been due to immigration from Eastern Europe, particularly from Poland. There has also been continued immigration from South Asia, and a small but growing number of people immigrating from Africa. The ethnic mix for this area is shown in the table below. Population by Ethnicity (% of total population) Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upto Wakefield England n Ward White: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 96.1% (15465 people) 92.8% 79.8% White: Irish 0.3% (43 people) 0.3% 1.0% White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 0.1% (15 people) 0.1% 0.1% White: Other White 1.6% (258 people) 2.3% 4.6% Mixed/multiple ethnic group: White and Black Caribbean 0.2% (36 people) 0.3% 0.8% Mixed/multiple ethnic group: White and Black African 0.1% (11 people) 0.1% 0.3% Mixed/multiple ethnic group: White and Asian 0.2% (36 people) 0.3% 0.6% Mixed/multiple ethnic group: Other Mixed 0.1% (18 people) 0.2% 0.5% Asian/Asian British: Indian 0.2% (32 people) 0.5% 2.6% Asian/Asian British: Pakistani 0.2% (29 people) 1.5% 2.1% Asian/Asian British: Bangladeshi 0.0% (1 people) 0.0% 0.8% Asian/Asian British: Chinese 0.3% (53 people) 0.3% 0.7% Asian/Asian British: Other Asian 0.2% (27 people) 0.4% 1.6% Black/African/Caribbean/Black British: African 0.3% (42 people) 0.6% 1.8% Black/African/Caribbean/Black British: Caribbean (% of total population) 0.1% (10 people) 0.1% 1.1% Black/African/Caribbean/Black British: Other Black (% of total population) 0.0% (6 people) 0.1% 0.5% Other ethnic group: Arab (% of total population) 0.0% (6 people) 0.1% 0.4% Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 0.1% (11 people) 0.2% 0.6% Source: 2011 Census, Office for National Statistics The 2011 Census also provides information about people's country of birth. This presents us with a better understanding of the size of newly arrived immigrant communities within the district. District-wide, the 2011 Census showed that people from the ten European Union Accession States (A10) made up the largest group of people born outside Britain. The numbers of people in Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton Ward born outside Britain are shown below, although only a selected group of countries/continents are included. Country of Birth (% of total population) Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upto Wakefield England n Ward A10: Lithuania (2011) 0.0% (7 people) 0.1% 0.2% A10: Poland (2011) 0.7% (106 people) 1.3% 1.1% A10: Romania (2011) 0.0% (1 people) 0.0% 0.2% A10: Other EU accession countries (2011) 0.3% (52 people) 0.4% 0.7% Africa (2011) 0.5% (82 people) 0.8% 2.4% India (2011) 0.2% (25 people) 0.3% 1.3% Pakistan (2011) 0.1% (19 people) 0.6% 0.9% Source: 2011 Census, Office for National Statistics In Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton Ward, 2.0% of the population have a main language that is not English, and of this group, 4.5% cannot speak English at all. Proficiency in English Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upto Wakefield England n Ward % of people for whom English is not their main language 2.0% (309 people) 3.5% 8.0% % English not main language: can speak English very well 31.1% (96 people) 29.0% 41.5% % English not main language: can speak English well 44.3% (137 people) 41.4% 37.7% % English not main language: cannot speak English well 20.1% (62 people) 24.5% 17.4% % English not main language: cannot speak English 4.5% (14 people) 5.1% 3.3% Source: 2011 Census, Office for National Statistics Religion The 2011 Census questions on religion were not compulsory to answer, and in Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton Ward 6.1% of people didn't answer the question and 22.2% of people stated that they didn't follow a religion. The religions that people do follow are shown in the table below. Religion (% of total population) Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upto Wakefield England n Ward Christian (2011) 70.9% (11412 people) 66.4% 59.4% Muslim (2011) 0.3% (50 people) 2.0% 5.0% Hindu (2011) 0.1% (22 people) 0.3% 1.5% Sikh (2011) 0.0% (2 people) 0.1% 0.8% Jewish (2011) 0.0% (2 people) 0.0% 0.5% Buddhist (2011) 0.2% (25 people) 0.2% 0.5% Other religion (2011) 0.2% (37 people) 0.3% 0.4% No religion (2011) 22.2% (3571 people) 24.4% 24.7% Religion not stated (2011) 6.1% (978 people) 6.4% 7.2% Source: 2011 Census, Office for National Statistics Household Structure The 2011 Census shows that there are a total of 6,882 households in Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton Ward. Household composition classifies households according to the relationships between the household members. A cohabiting couple family consists of two people of any sex who are living together as a couple, with or without their child(ren), but who are not married or in a samesex civil partnership. A dependent child is a person aged 0 – 15 in a household (whether or not in a family) or aged 16 – 18 in fulltime education and living in a family with his or her parent(s). Household Composition (% of all households) Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upto Wakefield England n Ward One person household: Aged 65 and over (2011) 13.1% (901 households) 13.0% 12.4% One person household: Other (2011) 13.5% (927 households) 16.7% 17.9% One family only: All aged 65 and over (2011) 10.4% (715 households) 8.5% 8.1% One family only: Married or same-sex civil partnership couple: No children (2011) 16.5% (1137 households) 14.1% 12.3% One family only: Married or same-sex civil partnership couple: Dependent children (2011) 15.8% (1088 households) 14.1% 15.3% One family only: Married or same-sex civil partnership couple: All children non-dependent 6.9% (473 households) 6.4% 5.6% (% of all households) (2011) One family only: Cohabiting couple: No children (2011) 5.5% (379 households) 5.7% 5.3% One family only: Cohabiting couple: Dependent children (2011) 4.7% (326 households) 5.2% 4.0% One family only: Cohabiting couple: All children non-dependent (2011) 0.4% (30 households) 0.6% 0.5% One family only: Lone parent: Dependent children (2011) 6.4% (443 households) 7.6% 7.1% One family only: Lone parent: All children non-dependent (2011) 2.7% (184 households) 3.4% 3.5% Other household types: With dependent children (2011) 1.8% (125 households) 2.0% 2.7% Other household types: All full-time students (2011) 0.0% ( households) 0.0% 0.6% Other household types: All aged 65 and over (2011) 0.1% (9 households) 0.2% 0.3% Other household types: Other (2011) 2.1% (145 households) 2.6% 4.5% Source: 2011 Census, Office for National Statistics Levels of Deprivation As is the case across the country, there are parts of the Wakefield district where more people tend to be poorer, or less healthy, or more likely to be out of work.