Leagrave ward profile April 2019 Business Intelligence | Luton Council Visit our information observatory | Visit our council website Contents Summary for Leagrave ................................................................................................................................. 3 Demographics .............................................................................................................................................. 5 Mid-year population estimates .................................................................................................................. 5 Age breakdown ......................................................................................................................................... 5 Population by ethnicity .............................................................................................................................. 6 Deprivation ................................................................................................................................................... 7 Economic Activity ......................................................................................................................................... 8 Employment .............................................................................................................................................. 8 Claimant count .......................................................................................................................................... 9 Crime .......................................................................................................................................................... 10 Burglary .................................................................................................................................................. 10 Hate crime .............................................................................................................................................. 10 Anti-social behaviour (ASB) .................................................................................................................... 11 Fly tipping ............................................................................................................................................... 11 Perceptions of Luton ................................................................................................................................... 12 Education (2017 results) ............................................................................................................................. 15 Early Years ............................................................................................................................................. 15 Key stage 1 ............................................................................................................................................. 16 Key stage 2 ............................................................................................................................................. 17 Health ......................................................................................................................................................... 18 Low birth weight ...................................................................................................................................... 18 General health ........................................................................................................................................ 18 Obesity ................................................................................................................................................... 19 Life expectancy ....................................................................................................................................... 19 Causes of death ...................................................................................................................................... 20 Housing ...................................................................................................................................................... 21 Number of households ............................................................................................................................ 21 Type of household spaces ...................................................................................................................... 21 Tenure .................................................................................................................................................... 22 Social rented households ........................................................................................................................ 23 Average house prices ............................................................................................................................. 24 Occupancy levels .................................................................................................................................... 25 Appendix .................................................................................................................................................... 26 2 of 26 Leagrave ward profile v4.0 – April 2019 Summary for Leagrave These series of reports provide a summary of the latest available information on the demographic and socio-economic make-up of the nineteen wards in Luton. It looks at the population structure and provides information on the economic, housing and educational achievement of each ward. What’s new – April 2019: Perceptions survey update (i) Leagrave’s view of Luton: 15 per cent feel the image of Luton has improved over the last year 49 per cent feel positive about the future of this town Residents top rated aspects: 1. Further / Higher Education (79%) 2. Schools (77%) 3. Sports and leisure facilities (65%) November 2018: Housing there are 74,293 households in Luton of which 4,590 (6.2 per cent) are in Leagrave the most common type of household space in Leagrave is semi-detached properties with 44.3 per cent followed by almost an even split of terraced and purpose built flats (ii) the most common tenure in Leagrave is households owned with a mortgage with 34.5 per cent; similar to that of the rest of England (iii) Leagrave has a high level of social rented households with 27.1 per cent. The lowest is in Barnfield with 1.5 per cent and highest in Northwell with 33.8 per cent (iv) the average three bedroom house in Luton in October 2018, cost £280,000 compared to £263,000 in Leagrave (v) Leagrave has 12.5 per cent overcrowding, compared to Luton’s average of 15.4 per cent (vi) August 2018: Health Leagrave had a lower than average level of low birth weights over the five year period with 8.6 per cent, Luton’s average was 9.1 per cent (vii) in the 2011 census, the percentage of people who self-reported bad or very bad health in Leagrave was 6 per cent (as a percentage of the total number of people who responded to this question). The average for Luton was 4.8 per cent (viii) obesity levels in Leagrave for reception aged children was lower than Luton’s average, however older children and adults were higher; with 27.3 per cent of children in year 6 and 28.7 per cent of adults being obese (ix) the average life expectancy in Luton for females is 82.4 and male 78.5; Leagrave was lower with 81.7 and 75.6 respectively (x) the highest number of deaths recorded in Leagrave was circulatory disease followed closely by cancer (xi) 3 of 26 Leagrave ward profile v4.0 – April 2019 April 2018: Demographics (xii) Leagrave ward is located in the north of the borough. The population of (based on mid-year estimate 2016) was just over 12,600, accounting for 5.8 per cent of Luton’s population Leagrave has a low number of individuals aged 18-34 in comparison to Luton’s average, accounting for 22 per cent of the wards population as opposed to 26.6 per cent in Luton Population (xiii) the white (British, Scottish, N. Irish, Welsh) population of Leagrave consists of 45.6 per cent, compared to Luton’s average of 44.6 per cent the second highest proportion of those living in Leagrave are Black (African / Caribbean) accounting for 16.9 per cent Deprivation (xiv) 2015 indices of multiple deprivation showed that Leagrave was in the top 20 to 50 per cent most deprived nationally the percentage of children living in poverty after housing costs is 20 to 25 per cent Economic activity Leagrave has a very similar economic profile to Luton with more unemployed individuals than the average in England and Wales (xv) the occupation level of Leagrave highlights a higher than average proportion of administrative, skilled and personal trades accounting for 35.9 per cent there were 160 people claiming unemployment benefit in Leagrave at the start if 2018; a rate of two per cent (xvi) Crime (xvii) during 2016 and 2017, Leagrave had the fourth highest number of burglaries in the town there were 19 incidents hate crime and 446 ASB reports fly tipping was average in comparison to the rest of the town with 328 incidents Perceptions of Luton (xviii) From wave 2 of the perceptions survey, it was identified that: 52 per cent of Leagrave’s population were satisfied with Luton as a place to live only 43 per cent felt Luton’s image had improved in the past 12 months 84 per cent of the residents agreed that their local area was a place where different backgrounds got on well together 45 per cent of respondents