Autumn 2016

This is one of a series of profiles which cover all of the 22 wards in the district. It is designed to assist in identifying the key challenges in the ward and to help ensure a better understanding of the community.

PopulationPopulation Population 2011 3507 Households 1649 1750 1757 1750 1757 Life expectancy: Male 77.4 MaleMale FemaleFemale 24.2%24.2% ofof peoplepeople areare 65+65+ Life expectancy: Female 81.6 23.5% of people are 65+ 23.5% of people are 65+ Average household size 2.4 14th14th highesthighest ofof thethe 2222 wardswards Area (sq. miles) 18.2 17.6%17.6% areare underunder 1818 17th17th highesthighestofof thethe 2222 wardswards Population density (persons per sq. mile) 193

Education Health Crime (April 2015 -March 2016) 39% 19% of people have 82.4% good or very good 30 Crimes per 1000 people people qualified without the 10th lowest of the 22 wards to level 4 any vs 80.7% ASB incidents or above qualifications in Malvern Hills 19 per 1000 34% Malvern Hills 20% & 81.4% the 9th lowest of in the 22 wards 27% 23%

Car ownership Housing Deprivation of households Properties that are detached 5% have no car or

the 3rd lowest of the 22 wards of households in & Leigh are deprived in 2 or more dimensions Malvern Alfrick England 14% 17% 44% & Leigh 22% 7th lowest of the 22 wards Worcestershire Malvern Hills 60%

 There are high levels of oil central heating and houses that fail to meet the decent homes standard

 An increase in the percentage of people aged 60+ and increasing levels of unpaid carers

 Large distances to community amenities for many of the population and a reliance on the 3rd highest levels of car ownership of the wards in Malvern Hills.

 High level of people working mainly at or from home. Alfrick & Leigh ward profile

Autumn 2016

The ward is located in the western central area of the district and contains the parishes of & , Alfrick & , and Leigh & .

The ward contains a conservation area and two areas of special scientific interest.

Doddenham

Alfrick

Knightwick

Lulsley Leigh

Suckley Bransford

Site of Special Scientific Interest Conservation area

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Parish boundary

Further information about these parishes can be found below along with a link to details of the local councillors in the area.

Knightwick & Alfrick & Leigh & Suckley Doddenham Lulsley Bransford Parish council Parish council Parish council Parish council Find your Parish profile Parish profile Parish profile Parish profile councillor Additional sheet Additional sheet Additional sheet Additional sheet

Data in this profile is drawn from Census 2011 unless otherwise stated.

Alfrick & Leigh ward profile For further information about this profile please contact Paul Curry on 01386 565333 or [email protected].

Population

In 2011 the total population of Alfrick & Leigh was 3507. The profile of the ward is broadly similar to that of Malvern Hills as a whole but Age profile with a greater proportion of 45 to 74 year olds. Age 0 to 4 Age 5 to 7 Age 8 to 9 Age 10 to 14 The total population has increased by 218 Age 15 Age 16 to 17 Alfrick & Leigh people (6.6%) since the 2001 census with a Age 18 to 19 Malvern Hills % Age 20 to 24 notable increase in residents aged 60 or over. Age 25 to 29 Age 30 to 44 Age 45 to 59 Male life expectancy of 77.4 years is the lowest Age 60 to 64 Age 65 to 74 of all the wards with available data and females Age 75 to 84 Age 85 to 89 of 81.6 is the 4th lowest (local health profile Age 90 and… tool). 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%

Age profile change 2001 - 2011 Age categories 2001 - 2011 Age 0 to 4 Age 5 to 7 Age 8 to 9 Age 0 to 15 -62 Age 10 to 14 Age 15 Age 16 - 24 25 Age 16 to 17 2011 Age 18 to 19 2001 Age 25 - 44 -102 Age 20 to 24 Age 25 to 29 Age 45 - 64 123 Age 30 to 44 Age 45 to 59 Age 65+ 234 Age 60 to 64 Age 65 to 74 Overall 218 Age 75 to 84 Age 85 to 89 -200 -100 0 100 200 300 Age 90 and… 0 200 400 600 800 1,000

Since the 2001 census there has been an increase in lone parent households in Alfrick & Leigh from 262 to 325 (a 24% rise) and an increase of one family pensioner only households (also 24%). Both of these are considerably higher than the increases seen in the district as a whole.

The composition of households across the ward differs from the district as a whole in that it has significantly more married couple households and significantly less one person households.

Change in household composition since 2001 (%) Household composition

24.0 One person household 14.4 Alfrick & 23.8 22.1% 14.1% 41.9% 9.6% One family and no others - All pensioners Leigh 6.8 Alfrick & Leigh -4.2 One family - married -4.2 Malvern 38.2 One family - co-habiting couple Malvern 29.7% 12.9% 36.0% 8.7% 23.4 20.3 One family - lone parent households 27.1 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 42.2 Other households 7.1 One person household One family: Pensioners only 11.9 All households 7.1 One family - married couple One family: Co-habiting couple -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 One family: Lone parent households Other households

Alfrick & Leigh ward profile

Housing

There are 1471 households in Alfrick & Leigh, an increase from 1314 in the 2001 census.

Alfrick & Leigh has a greater proportion of households that are owner occupied than in the district as a whole.

There has been an increase in the number of properties that are owned outright in the ward but there has also been a shift from properties owned with a mortgage or loan to those which are rented. Change in tenure 2001 - 2011 Property tenure

Owned outright 59 Alfrick & 45% 32% 9% Owned with a mortgage or loan -69 Leigh

Shared ownership 0

Social rented 8 Malvern 42% 29% 14% Private rented 41

Other -5 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Owned outright Owned with a mortgage or loan All categories: Tenure 34 Shared ownership Social rented -80 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 Private rented Other

The majority of properties (60%) in Alfrick & Leigh are detached and just 10% of properties are not either detached or semi-detached. This compares with 26% across the whole of the district. There were an additional 166 household spaces since the last census with the majority being either semi-detached or detached.

Property profile Change in profile 2001 - 2011

House or bungalow: Detached 61 Alfrick & 60% 30% 6% Leigh House or bungalow: Semi-detached 80

Malvern 44% 31% 11% 13% House or bungalow: Terraced 8

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Flat, Maisonette or apartment 8

House or bungalow: Detached Caravan or other mobile or temporary 9 House or bungalow: Semi-detached structure House or bungalow: Terraced Total 166 Flat, Maisonette or apartment Caravan or other mobile or temporary structure 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180

There were 41 house sales during 2014/15 in Alfrick & Leigh1 and the average price for a detached property was £366,945 which compares to £339,514 in Malvern Hills and £320,501 in Worcestershire.

For a semi-detached property the average price was £288,300 compared with £207,532 in Malvern Hills and £187,909 in Worcestershire. There were too few sales in Alfrick & Leigh to compare other property types. 1 Land registry house price index

Alfrick & Leigh ward profile

Housing

Overcrowding 10.0% 9.0% There are 1.4% of properties in Alfrick & England 8.0% Leigh which are considered overcrowded 7.0% 6.0% (have at least one room less than is required 5.0% Worcs 4.0% by the occupants). 3.0% Malvern Hills 2.0% 1.0%

This is the 2nd lowest figure of the 22 wards 0.0%

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Powick

Martley

Baldwin

Tenbury

Longdon

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for Malvern Hills (3.4%), Worcestershire Woodbury

Broadheath

Pickersleigh TemeValley

(4.8%) and England (8.7%). Perrins Dyson

Alfrick and Leigh and Alfrick Upton and Hanley and Upton

Central heating

Oil, 18% Electric, 4.7% Oil, 42.7% Electric, 7.9% Solid fuel, 3.1%

Solid fuel, 2% Other, 21.8% Two or more Other, 20.6% types, 9.0% Gas, 61.4% Two or more types, 6.5%

Other, 2.2% Other, 1.5% None, 2.7% Gas, 35.6% None, 2.7%

Alfrick & Leigh Malvern Hills In Alfrick & Leigh oil central heating accounts for almost 43% of the heating systems in domestic properties whilst gas systems accounts for just 36% This is significantly different to the district.

Fuel poverty Fuel poverty in England is monitored using 30% the Low Income High Cost Indicator 25% (LIHC). Under the LIHC definition, a 20% 15% Malvern Hills household is considered to be fuel poor if: Worcs 10% England  They have required fuel costs that are 5%

above the national average Link

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Morton

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Tenbury

Longdon

Lindridge Kempsey

 Were they to spend that amount, they Woodbury

Broadheath

Pickersleigh

Teme Valley Teme Dyson Perrins would be left with a residual income Leigh & Alfrick

below the official poverty line. Hanley and Upton

In Alfrick & Leigh 17% of households are considered to be fuel poor2 and this is above the district, county and national averages.

Broadband provision To check provision of superfast broadband for a particular postcode in Alfrick & Leigh visit the Superfast Worcestershire website. 2 Fuel poverty sub-regional statistics

Alfrick & Leigh ward profile

Economy

There are 2636 residents aged 16 – 74 in Alfrick & Leigh and of these, 69% are Economic activity 100% economically active, slightly more than the 7.8% 8.2% Other 90% district as a whole. There is a greater 80% 20.3% 19.2% Retired proportion of self employed and retired 70% people in Alfrick & Leigh. Full time student - 60% economically inactive 18.6% 14.2% 50% Full time student - In June 2016 there were 10 people aged 40% economically active Unemployed 16-64 who claimed Job Seekers Allow- 30% 45.8% 48.1% ance which is 0.6% of people. In Malvern 20% Self employed Hills 0.9% of people claimed. 10% 0% Employed full or part time Alfrick & Leigh Malvern Hills

Distance travelled to work There are 462 people who work mainly at or from home in Alfrick & Leigh which is 25.3%

Less than 10km of the population that are aged 16 and over 9.9% 4.5% 4.8% and in employment (1736 people). This is 10km to less than 20km 17.2% the 5th highest of the 22 wards. 20km to less than 40km The average distance that residents of 25.3% 40km to less than 60km Alfrick & Leigh commuted the week before 60km and over the census was 23.9km compared to

28.8% Work mainly at or from home 18.1km in Malvern Hills. So although there 9.4% is a large proportion of people that work Other from home those that do travel to work, commute larger than average distances.

In Alfrick & Leigh there are just 5% of households who do not have a car or van. This compares with 13.5% in Malvern Hills and 16.6% in Worcestershire.

Cars or vans in household Household income

Alfrick & £45,000 28.8% 43.0% 15.8% Leigh £40,000 Malvern Hills Malvern £35,000 13.5% 39.1% 33.8% 9.5% Hills £30,000

£25,000 Worcs 16.6% 40.3% 32.1% 7.9%

£20,000

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Morton

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Martley

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No cars or vans in household 1 car or van in household Broadheath

Pickersleigh TemeValley

2 cars or vans in household 3 cars or vans in household Dyson Perrins Alfrickand Leigh 4 or more cars or vans in household

The mean household income in 2013 was £42,5883 which is the 4th highest figure of the 22 wards and higher than the figure for Malvern Hills of £36,694.

3 Worcestershire County Council instant Atlas (Advanced Data Views)

Alfrick & Leigh ward profile

Education

There are two primary schools located in the ward. They are listed below along with their latest Ofsted ratings, absence levels and achievements at key stage 2. Both of the schools in Alfrick & Leigh have been rated as outstanding and compare favourably with the county and national averages.

Pupils achieving level 4 Pupil School or above in reading, absence Latest Ofsted rating writing and maths (2015) (2014/15) Outstanding Leigh & Bransford Primary School 100% 3.0% (28/02/2008)

Outstanding Suckley School 85% 4.0% (30/01/2014)

Worcestershire 76% 4.0% England 80% 4.0%

Compared with the district and county there are a greater percentage of people with level 4 qualifications in Alfrick & Leigh from the total population and a smaller percentage of people with no qualifications at all.

Alfrick & Qualifications Malvern Hills Worcestershire Leigh No qualifications 18.9 20.3 23.0 Highest level of qualification: Level 1 qualifications 10.0 11.2 13.3 Highest level of qualification: Level 2 qualifications 14.6 15.5 15.8 Highest level of qualification: Apprenticeship 3.7 3.8 3.9 Highest level of qualification: Level 3 qualifications 11.1 11.4 12.1 Highest level of qualification: Level 4 qualifications and above 38.6 33.9 27.2 Highest level of qualification: Other qualifications 3.0 3.9 4.6

Qualification levels

45%

40%

35% Alfrick & Leigh 30% Malvern Hills Worcestershire 25% 20%

15%

10%

5%

0% No qualifications Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Apprenticeship Other qualifications qualifications qualifications qualifications qualifications and above

An explanation of each of the qualification levels can be found on the education and learning pages of the government website.

Alfrick & Leigh ward profile

Health and Care

The percentage of people who said their health was good or very good in the 2011 census was higher than the average for Malvern Hills and those who declared their health to be bad or very bad is lower than the Malvern Hills average. Health is good or very good Health is bad or very bad

82.4 4.8

80.7 5.3

87 7.2

77 2.6

70.0 75.0 80.0 85.0 90.0 0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0

Alfrick & Leigh Malvern Hills Alfrick & Leigh Malvern Hills

Ward with highest Ward with lowest Ward with highest Ward with lowest There were 16.7% of people that said their day to day activities were limited which is the 5th lowest of the 22 wards and less than the average for Malvern Hills. Of the population who were aged 16-64, 6.3% had limited day to day activities. Day to day activities limited Aged 16 to 64 and activities limited

16.7 6.3

19.0 7.2

24 11.1

12.7 4.4

0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0 0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0

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Ward with highest Ward with lowest Ward with highest Ward with lowest

There were 478 residents in Alfrick & Leigh who provided unpaid care at the time of the 2011 census which is 13.6% of the population. This has increased Provision of unpaid care form 10.9% since the 2001 census.

Alfrick & Leigh 9.8 1.5 2.3 There are greater levels of carers than the district as whole which in turn has more than Worcestershire and Malvern Hills 8.8 1.3 2.5 England. Worcestershire 7.5 1.3 2.4

Public Health England provides a local health profiles England 6.5 1.4 2.4 tool which gives detailed information about individual 0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 wards and comparisons with larger areas. Provides 1 to 19 hours unpaid care a week Provides 20 to 49 hours unpaid care a week

Provides 50 or more hours unpaid care a week Please see the Alfrick & Leigh detailed ward report for selectable subject areas and graphs.

Alfrick & Leigh ward profile

Crime and Community Safety

There were 104 crimes reported in Alfrick & Leigh between April 2015 and March 2016.4 The average number of crimes across all the wards in Malvern Hills is 151 during the same period. These 104 crimes equate to 30 crimes per 1000 residents which is the tenth lowest level across the 22 wards. Crime rate per 1000 residents ASB rate per 1000 residents

Alfrick and Leigh 30 Alfrick and Leigh 19

Malvern Hills 44.3 Malvern Hills 25.3

Highest ward 92.7 Highest ward 67.2

Lowest ward 19.2 Lowest ward 5.7

0 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80

During the same period there were 66 Anti-social behaviour (ASB) incidents in Alfrick & Leigh. The average number of ASB incidents across all the wards in Malvern Hills is 86. This figure of 66 in Alfrick & Leigh equates to 19 incidents per 1000 residents and is the ninth highest of the 22 wards. Key crime types 2015/2016 Number of crimes per 1000 residents 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Burglary Criminal Vehicle Violent damage crime crime Alfrick and Leigh Average of the 22 wards

The four main crime categories are burglary, criminal damage, violent crime and vehicle crime. Between April 2015 and March 2016 the number of crimes per 1000 residents for three of these categories were below the ward average with only burglary being slightly above the ward average.

For detailed information on the types of crimes committed, how Alfrick & Leigh compares with other wards and more detail on the district as a whole please see the Monthly Crime Report on the Worcestershire County Council website.

West Mercia Police provides crime mapping information where details can be found on the nature and location of individual crimes reported in any police neighbourhood.

Alfrick & Leigh is found in the Kempsey and Alfrick policing neighbourhood. 4

Alfrick & Leigh ward profile

Deprivation

The 2015 Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 5 calculates local measures of deprivation and indicates where each small area ranks across the country. Each small area, on average contains around 1500 properties and the lower the rank, the more deprived an area is.

Seven domains of deprivation are combined to produce the overall IMD. The Alfrick & Leigh ward contains two small areas and overall, the IMD puts these areas in the 6th and 7th decile nationally (where the 1st decile contains the 10% most deprived areas).

Only the Barriers to Housing and Services and Living Environment domains fall within the most deprived 40% of areas nationally.

Ward Alfrick & Leigh Small area code E01032179 E01032180 Small area name 003A 003B

Index of Multiple Deprivation 6 7 (IMD) decile

Income decile 7 7

Employment decile 7 7

Education, Skills and Training 9 9 decile Health Deprivation and Disability 9 8 decile

Crime decile 10 10

Barriers to Housing and Services 1 2 decile

Living Environment decile 1 3

Each of the seven domains have several indicators that are combined to establish the score that places them in the deciles above.

For the small areas in Alfrick & Leigh that scored poorly on the Barriers to Housing Services domain, the areas that contributed to this poor score were the road 003A distances to a primary school, post office, general 003B store or GP surgery.

For the Living Environment domain the primary reasons were the number of houses in that fail to meet the decent homes standard and the number without © OpenStreetMap contributors CC BY-SA central heating. 5 English indices of deprivation 2015 Alfrick & Leigh ward profile

Deprivation

The dimensions of deprivation are calculated from census data and are used to classify households based on the following four household characteristics:

Employment - any member of a household not a full time student is either unemployed or long-term sick Education - no person in the household has at least level 2 education and no person aged 16-18 is a full-time student) Health & disability - any person in the household has general health ‘bad or very bad’ or has a long term health problem) Housing - Household accommodation is either overcrowded, with an occupancy rating of - 1 or less or is in a shared dwelling or has no central heating.

A household is classified as being deprived in none, or one to four dimensions in any combination.

Not deprived in Deprived in 1 Deprived in 2 Deprived in 3 Deprived in 4

any dimension dimension dimensions dimensions dimensions Alfrick & Leigh 51.9% 31.6% 14.2% 2.1% 0.1% Malvern Hills 47.5% 32.9% 16.2% 3.2% 0.2%

There are just over 16% of households in Alfrick & Leigh that are considered deprived in 2 or more dimensions which is the 7th lowest of the 22 wards and lower than the Malvern Hills, Worcestershire and England averages.

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Pickersleigh

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Dyson Perrins Dyson

Alfrickand Leigh Upton and Hanley and Upton

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