Park Ward Profile 2012 Sefton Business Intelligence & Performance Team Park Ward Profile Contents 1. Overview 2. Summary Chart 3. Population 4. Housing 5. Deprivation 6. Deprivation Affecting Older People 7. Child Poverty 8. Worklessness & Benefits 9. Employment & Income 10. Crime & Disorder 11. Environmental Issues 12. Education 13. Healthy Behaviours 14. Health 15. Alcohol Misuse 16. Community Segmentation 17. Ward Assets Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Overview Population & In 2010, Park’s estimated population was 14,109 and is only one of seven wards in the borough to have had an increase in resident Housing population. As with most areas in the borough there are slightly more females than males. Park has a slightly lower proportions of children than across the borough as a whole, and a slightly higher proportion of older people. Park has a much lower proportion of Registered Social Landlord (RSL) housing (4.1%) along with lower percentages of vacant properties compared to the borough percentage. Deprivation & Deprivation in Park is the fifth lowest in the borough, with no Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in the most deprived areas nationally, with Child Poverty relative deprivation having reduced in eight of the ten LSOA’s since 2004. Similarly levels of Income Deprivation Affecting Older People are low with none in the worst affected 20% nationally, however, since 2004 the relative deprivation for older people has increased in eight of the LSOA’s. Child Poverty is also low with eight LSOA’s having fewer than 10% of children estimated to be living in poverty. Worklessness The levels of benefits dependency in the ward is almost half the rate of the borough as a whole, with around one in ten working age & Benefits residents claiming benefits, there has also been a year on year reduction of 0.3%. Latest available figures also show a year on year reduction of 10% for JSA claimants; Over the same period the number of 18-24 year old claimants has remained unchanged. Young people (18 – 24) make up around a third of all JSA claimants in Park. Employment In 2001, more than three quarters of residents within the Park ward were employed; compared to around two thirds across the borough. & Income Administrative & secretarial roles are the most common employment types in Park. The average weekly wage in Sefton Central Constituency is 7% lower than the national average and slightly below the Sefton average. On average males in the sefton Central Constituency earn 25% more than females. (There is no data available by ward for average weekly wage) Crime / There is a lower crime and disorder count per 100 pop in Park ward than the Sefton rate (4.02 compared to 6.76). Overall British Crime Disorder & Survey (BCS) Crimes and Anti Social Behaviour (ASB) incidents have reduced in Park. Only theft from a vehicle and theft of a pedal cycle Environmental offences increasing. Overall ASB also reduced with only incidents of vehicle nuisance having an increase. Reported environmental Issues incidents across the ward are also low, however, Park had the second highest year on year increase in overall reported incidents. The biggest environmental issue in the ward is rat related incidents, which, account for 42% of all calls in the ward and have increased by more than 10% year on year. Education E ducational attainment at the only high school in the ward has shown a reduction in the percentage of pupils attaining 5 A*-C GCSE’s (or equivalent) including English and Mathematics. Performance during this period has also gone from being above the borough and national rates five years ago to below. Overall and persistent absence rates at the school are largely in line with the borough and national rates, however, unauthorised absence is far lower than both the borough and national rates. The proportion of secondary school children eligible for free school meals is lower than that of the borough and national rates Health & Just 6.9% of Park ward residents are smokers, the second lowest across the borough. More than half the population are overweight or Alcohol obese, however, as with the proportion of residents that achieve their recommended daily intake of fruit and vegetables a day, this is in line Misuse with the borough average and far higher than the national percentage. Despite the percentage of children that are obese doubling between reception (ages 4-5) and year 6 (ages 10-11) levels of childhood obesity are considerably lower than both the borough and nationally. Life expectancy for people living in the area for both males and females is several years higher than the borough and national averages. However, Park ward has a higher proportion of residents suffering from long term conditions; child emergency hospital admissions are slightly higher than Sefton as a whole. Around a quarter of residents suffer from below average mental wellbeing. The proportion of residents that state they consume above the recommended weekly allowance of alcohol or binge drink is in line with the borough average, however, levels of alcohol related hospital admissions are far lower than the borough rates. Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Summary Chart Better Than Category Indicator Park Sefton Average Sefton Average Population Change in Population 2001-2010 11.60% -3.60% n Average House price (Sefton Central Constituency figure) £169,170 £128,567 n Housing % of Vacant Properties 1.30% 2.80% n IMD 2010 - % of LSOA area in Most Deprived 10% Nationally 0.00% 18.00% n Deprivation % of LSOA's in most deprived 10% nationally affecting older people 0.00% 20.00% n Child Poverty % of Children Living Poverty 9.30% 20.17% n % of Job Seekers Allowance Claimants 2.50% 5.30% n Worklessness & Benefits % of Job Seekers Allowance Claimants aged 18-24 33.80% 30.30% n % of Incapacity Benefits Claimants February 2012 5.10% 8.80% n Income Average Weekly Wage (Sefton Central Constituency figure) £529.10 £470.00 n BCS Crime per 100 population 2011/12 1.80 3.07 n Crime & Disorder Anti Social Behaviour Incidents per 100 population 2011/12 2.22 3.69 n Environmental Incidents per 100 population 2011/12 2.66 3.61 n Environmental Issues Fly Tipping Calls per 100 population 2011/12 0.53 1.05 n % of student achieving A*-C (or equivelant) inc. English & Maths 2011 43.0% 60.0% n Education Overall Average Absence rates 2011 (Secondary Schools) 6.60% 6.75% n % of Smokers 6.90% 14.80% n Healthy Lifestyles % of Residents Overweight or Obese 53.20% 55.20% n % of Residents achieving recommended weekly exercise 59.90% 65.90% n Male Life Expectancy 79.7 76.6 n Health Female Life Expectancy 85.2 81.4 n % of Residents with Below Average Mental Wellbeing 26.10% 29% n % of Residents With Above Recommended Alcohol Consumption 19.70% 19.90% n Alcohol Misuse % of Residents Who Binge Drink 33.50% 33.80% n Alcohol Related Hospital Admissions per 100,000 1483.6 2279.6 n n Better Than Sefton Average n Worse than Sefton Average n Same as the Sefton Average Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Population 2,500 Park’s 2010 population is estimated to be 14,109 and makes up 5.2% of the 1,129 overall borough population. 2,000 1,116 958 844 1,500 663 827 668 Park ward is one of only seven throughout the borough estimated to have 602 1,000 had an increase in population since 2001. Increasing by 11.6% (1,468 1,055 926 982 832 860 residents). This is the largest increase across all the wards in the Borough 486 500 620 646 614 281 0 0 - 9 10 - 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60 - 69 70 - 79 80+ The gender breakdown in the ward is similar to the borough wide breakdown, with slightly more females (51.7%) than males . Male Female 15,000 The working age population within Park ward is generally in line with the 12,500 borough as a whole, with 62.6% of the overall ward population aged 16-64 10,000 years. 7,500 5,000 The proportion of 0-15 year olds is slightly lower that the borough average at 15.8% (compared to 17.3%), while the proportion of over 65’s is slightly 2,500 higher at 21.6% (compared to 20.7%). 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Male Female Total The proportion of non-white residents in the ward is extremely low at just Category Park % Sefton % 1.3%, however, this is in line with the proportion of residents across the Total Population 14,109 272,876 borough that are non-white (1.6%). Males 6,816 48.3 130,229 47.7 Females 7,293 51.7 142,647 52.3 Children (0 - 15) 2,230 15.8 47,340 17.3 Working Age (16 - 64) 8,834 62.6 169,184 62.0 Older People (65+) 3,045 21.6 56,352 20.7 Source: All population data sourced from ONS Other Backgrounds (Census 2001) 1,812 1.3 4,418 1.6 Census 2001 and 2002 - 2010 Mid Year White Persons (Census 2001) 12,297 98.7 278,540 98.4 Population Estimates Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Housing There are a total of 5,258 residential properties in Park, which represents Housing Tenure 5.1% of the borough housing stock.