Bethnal Green Ward Profile
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Bethnal Green Ward Profile Corporate Research Unit May 2014 Page 1 Contents Population ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Ethnicity .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Religion ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Housing ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Health - Limiting illness or disability ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Unpaid care provision ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Labour market participation ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Socio economic groups ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 9 Qualification levels ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Introduction The ward profiles have been produced for all 20 wards in Tower Hamlets. They provide the social, economic and demographic characteristics of each ward in Tower Hamlets developing a broad picture of the area and help describing local differences. In May 2014, the number of wards increased from 17 to 20. The changes were made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, in order to ensure that every councillor in Tower Hamlets represented roughly the same number of residents. The changes mean that no ward will have a population variance of greater than 10 per cent. As a result of the changes, the average population per councillor will be 4,029 in 2014, rising to 4,417 by 2018, according to projected population growth. Data from the 2011 Census has been used throughout this ward profile as this still provides the single best source of statistics which are available at geography small enough to be aggregated up in to the new wards. While more recent estimates of the resident population are available for the borough and old ward boundaries, these cannot be used to infer the current population according to the new ward boundaries. Page 2 Population At the time of the 2011 Census, the population for Bethnal Green was 19,308 residents, which accounted for 7.2 per cent of the total population of Tower Hamlets. The population density in this ward was 171 people per hectare; the ward had one of the highest densities in the borough with the average for the borough being 129 people per hectare. The Bethnal Green ward had 9,616 males and 9,692 females providing a gender split in the ward of 49.8 per cent male and 50.2 per cent female. The proportion of females in this ward was slightly higher than the average for the borough. Age Structure Table 1: Number and proportion of residents by age range Figure 1: Proportion of population by age Residents by Age 0-15 16-64 65+ Total Bethnal Green LBTH 100+ Bethnal Green 3,728 14,351 1,229 19,308 90 Bethnal Green % 19.3% 74.3% 6.4% 100% 80 70 Tower Hamlets % 19.7% 74.1% 6.1% 100% 60 (Source: Census 2011 QS103EW - Age by single year) 50 40 The ward has the highest proportion of 18-21 year olds in the 30 borough. This is due to the location of the Queen Mary University. 20 11.7per cent of residents (2,267) are this age range, compared to 10 the borough average of 6.7per cent. 0 6.0% 4.0% 2.0% 0.0% 2.0% 4.0% 6.0% (Source: Census 2011 QS103EW - Age by single year) Page 3 Ethnicity Figure 2: Ethnicity 10,143 residents in the ward were BME (53 per cent). This 100% proportion was lower than the borough average of 54 per cent. 10% 11% 8% 19% All Other 7% 7% 80% 5% Residents of Bangladeshi origin accounted for 32 per cent of 13% Black 32% 32% the population (6,130 residents), the same proportion as the 60% 5% 13% Bangladeshi borough average. 40% 11% 12% 81% Mixed There were 7,126 White British residents in the Bethnal Green 47% ward. There was a higher proportion of residents who are 20% 37% 33% White other White British in the ward compared to the borough average. 0% White British Bethnal Green LBTH London England The three largest ethnic groups in the borough (White British, Bangladeshi and White Other) accounted for 79 per cent of all (Source: Census 2011 QS201EW - Ethnic group) residents in this ward. Religion Figure 3: Religion 100% 15.1% 15.4% 8.5% 7.2% Religion not stated The proportion of residents who identified themselves as 80% 20.7% 24.7% No religion either Christian (25.8 per cent) or Muslim (34 per cent) was 21.9% 19.1% slightly lower than the borough average for those groups. 5.0% Other religion 60% 12.4% 5.0% Sikh 34.0% 34.5% 4,255 of the ward’s population explicitly stated that they had 40% Muslim 59.4% no religion, accounting for 21.9 per cent of the ward 20% 48.4% Jewish population 25.8% 27.1% 0% Hindu 2,909 residents in the ward did not state their religion on the Bethnal LBTH London England Buddhist Green Christian census form – accounting for 15.1 per cent of the ward (Source: Census 2011 QS208EW – Religion) population. Page 4 Housing Tenure1 On Census day, there were 6,918 households in the Figure 4: Tenure of households Bethnal Green ward. Compared to the other wards, 100% Bethnal Green had a higher than average proportion of 25.8% 25.1% 16.8% 80% 32.6% households – accounting for 6.8 per cent of the whole. 17.7% Living Rent Free There were a higher than average proportion of socially 60% 24.1% rented properties in this ward and a lower than average 47.3% 39.6% Private Rented 40% proportion of private rented properties. However the 64.1% proportion of renters as a whole (73.1 per cent) was higher 49.5% Social Rented 20% than the borough average (72.2 per cent). 25.8% 26.6% 0% Owner Occupier Bethnal Green LBTH London England (Source: Census 2011 QS405EW - Tenure – Households) Household size Figure 5: Tenure of households The proportion of households in Bethnal Green with three 100% 8+ people or more people accounted for just over 40 per cent of the 4.5% 4.0% 4.7% 6.4% 5.5% 6.0% total households in the ward. This proportion was higher 13.5% 13.0% 7 people 80% 11.7% 10.0% than the borough average of 35 per cent. 15.6% 14.5% 13.1% 16.1% 6 people 60% This ward had the second highest proportion of three 5 people person households. 26.5% 30.1% 29.0% 34.2% 40% 963 households were recorded as having five or more 4 people people living in them. This equates to 13.9 per cent of the 20% 33.4% 34.6% 31.6% 30.2% 3 people households in the ward and was higher than the average 0% 2 people for Tower Hamlets (12.3 per cent) and for the London Bethnal Green Tower Hamlets London England average of 9.8 per cent. 1 person The average household size in the ward was 2.79. (Source: Census 2011 QS405EW - Tenure – Households) 1 Tenure provides information about whether a household rents or owns the accommodation that it occupies and, if rented, combines this with information about the type of landlord who owns or manages the accommodation. Page 5 Household composition Figure 6: Household composition - percentage of households by type Figure 7: Household composition: percentage of residents that live in each household type Other households without dependant Other households without dependant 7.4% children 8.9% children 2.8% 7.9% Single adult under 65 Other households with dependant children 38.3% 10.0% 39.7% Other households with dependant children Single adult under 65 20.4% Lone parent family with dependant children Lone parent family with dependant 38.5% children 26.0% Single adult 65 and over Single adult 65 and over (Source: Census 2011 QS113EW - Household composition – Households) (Source: Census 2011 QS112EW - Household composition – People) Table 2: Average household size 47.4 per cent of all residents in the Bethnal Green ward lived Average residents Bethnal Tower London England in family households with dependent children. per household Green Hamlets Households with However, family households with dependent children occupied 4.34 4.30 3.89 3.78 28.3 per cent of the households in the ward. This proportion dependent children was higher than the borough average of 19.3 per cent and the Households with London average of 22.4 per cent. non-dependent 1.90 1.81 1.84 1.78 children Single adult households accounted for 33.4 per cent of (Source: Census 2011 QS406EW - Household