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Rural deprivation in Cornwall and the Isles of ScillyScilly:Scilly ::: Profile report for Truro Final report October 2009 created by Oxford Consultants for Social Inclusion (OCSI) Rural deprivation in the South West. Profile report for Truro BackgrounBackgroundddd Acknowledgements Acknowledgements For their valuable help with the project, we would like to thank Stephen Wright at the South West ACRE Network, Paul Dunn and Brenda Weston at Equality South West, and Sue Rees and Rose Bird at Government Office South-West. SWAN – the South West ACRE Network – wishes to acknowledge the financial support of DEFRA, The Big Lottery and the South West Community Foundations in making this report a possibility, and the South West Region Rural Affairs Forum and Government Office for their support. Oxford Consultants forforfor Social Inclusion (OCSI) 15-17 Middle St, Brighton, BN1 1AL Tel: +44 1273 201 345 Email: [email protected] Web: www.ocsi.co.uk Rural deprivation in the South West. Profile report for Truro Background Introduction • Why have we produced this settlement profile for Truro? Health in Truro • Access to services in Truro Increasingly, we need good data to target programmes to the right areas, • Housing in Truro support funding applications, and help local communities with the evidence- • Indicator definitions (Appendix A) base to support the development of community and parish plans. • Settlements in the South West region (Appendix B) However, although there is a great deal of data available for the smaller The South West Rural Deprivation study settlements (villages, hamlets, smaller towns and so on) across the South These profiles have been developed under the South West Rural Deprivation West, this information is rarely brought together in a single document for each study, which has strengthened the evidence-base to support rural work across of the settlements. Profiles of areas tend to be produced for Local Authorities the region. Outputs from the full study include: or larger urban areas. • Where are the most deprived rural areas? • The South West ACRE Network (SWAN) of rural community councils What is the rural share of deprivation? • commissioned Oxford Consultants for Social Inclusion (OCSI) to develop a set Profiles of the smaller settlements across the South West • of profile reports for each of the smaller rural settlements across the South Access to services in the South West West. • Who’s there? Daytime populations in rural areas What does this report contain? What indicators have we used? This profile report provides detailed datasets developed and collected by OCSI See Appendix A for definitions of the indicators used in this report. for Truro, which lies in Carrick district, and has a population of 22785. What is a “settlement”? Alongside data on Truro, we also provide data for the County and Region. The We have used the Office for National Statistics Output Area definitions of sections in this report cover: settlements to develop these profiles. Our data for Truro is based on these • Key indicators in Truro Output Area level definitions, so may include very small areas that lie outside • Population Who lives in Truro? the ‘real’ settlement boundary. • Economy and employment Who is working in Truro? What are skill levels like? See Appendix B for more detail, including the list of settlements for which we have developed profiles. • Economy and employment What jobs are people doing? • Deprivation and low income Social exclusion in Truro 3 Rural deprivation in the South West. Profile report for Truro Key indicators in Truro Population • Children and older people are typically more vulnerable to low income. Across Truro, 17.4% of all children live in income deprived households • Truro lies in Carrick district (Cornwall and Isles of Scilly), and has a (679 children). 16.4% of older people in rural areas receive the Pension population of 22,785 Credit Guarantee Element (corresponding to 899 older people) • Of the total population, 3,968 (17.4%) are children, making up a larger proportion of the population than across Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Health (17.3%). 5,342 (23.4%) are people of pensionable age, making up a • 2,003 people in Truro report themselves as having a limiting long-term smaller proportion of the population than across Cornwall and Isles of illness, 12.2% of the population (compared with 13.5% of people across Scilly (24.3%) Cornwall and Isles of Scilly) • Groups particularly vulnerable to exclusion include the 645 lone parent • DWP health benefit data shows that 939 older people in Truro receive households, and 1,754 pensioners living alone. Attendance Allowance (17.6% of all older people) Economy and employment • Across Truro, 1,117 people receive Disability Living Allowance (4.9% of all people) • Of those people of working-age in Truro, 9,639 are economically active • The number of people receiving 'out-of-work' benefits (JSA and IB) in Access to services Truro is 1,165 (8.7% of all working-age people) • 2,482 households have no car or van, 26.7% of all households in Truro • In addition, 717 children are living in households where no members of • Access to education, training and employment: No households are more the household are in work (16.6% of all children in Truro) than 8km from job centres, no households are more than 8km from Deprivation and low income secondary schools. • Access to healthcare: No households are more than 8km from a • 1,726 people in Truro are receiving some form of DWP benefit, 12.8% of principal GP site the working age population • Based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation, 2,937 people across Truro are income deprived (13.3% of all people) 4 Rural deprivation in the South West. Profile report for Truro Population WWWhoWhohoho lives ininin TruroTruro???? The tables below show the total population with numbers of men and women and key age groups, the ethnic profile of the area, and household type: Ethnic profile of Truro • Truro lies in Carrick district (Cornwall and Isles of Scilly), and has a Truro Cornwall and South West population of 22,785 Isles of Scilly • Of the total population, 3,968 (17.4%) are children, making up a larger N % N % N % proportion of the population than across Cornwall and Isles of Scilly All people 20,944 - 501,187 - 4,928,294 - (17.3%). 5,342 (23.4%) are people of pensionable age, making up a White British 19,968 95.3 486,635 97.1 4,701,602 95.4 smaller proportion of the population than across Cornwall and Isles of Other white 474 2.3 9,706 1.9 113,619 2.3 Scilly (24.3%) Non-white 502 2.4 4,846 1.0 113,073 2.3 • The ethnic profile shows that, in Truro, the large majority is White British Source: OCSI (2009), from Census 2001, ONS Settlement Definitions (2005) (95.3%) • Groups particularly vulnerable to exclusion include the 645 lone parent Households in Truro households, and 1,754 pensioners living alone. Truro Cornwall and South West Who lives in Truro? Isles of Scilly Truro Cornwall and South West N % N % N % Isles of Scilly All households 9,270 - 215,695 - 2,085,984 - N % N % N % Lone parent 645 26.9 11,726 20.2 113,037 19.9 All People 22,785 - 531,650 - 5,177,957 - households with Males 10,739 47.1 258,587 48.6 2,536,152 49.0 dependent children Females 12,041 52.8 273,063 51.4 2,641,805 51.0 Pensioner households 2,784 30.0 61,402 28.5 564,461 27.1 Aged 0-15 3,968 17.4 91,791 17.3 921,446 17.8 Lone pensioner 1,754 63.0 35,345 57.6 322,418 57.1 Working age 13,469 59.1 310,725 58.4 3,111,578 60.1 households Pensionable age 5,342 23.4 129,134 24.3 1,144,933 22.1 Student households 12 0.1 290 0.1 8,112 0.4 Source: OCSI (2009), from ONS 2007, Census 2001, ONS Settlement Definitions One person 1,414 15.3 29,424 13.6 295,392 14.2 (2005) households Married households 3,024 32.6 79,388 36.8 775,454 37.2 Cohabiting households 727 7.8 17,085 7.9 171,262 8.2 Other households 658 7.1 16,500 7.7 158,204 7.6 Source: OCSI (2009), from Census 2001, ONS Settlement Definitions (2005) 5 Rural deprivation in the South West. Profile report for Truro Economy and employment Who isisis working ininin TruroTruro???? What areareare skill levels like? Truro Cornwall and South West Economic Status Isles of Scilly • Of those people of working-age in Truro, 9,639 are economically active N % N % N % • There are 5,068 economically inactive people in Truro ID 2007 Employment 1,244 10.0 30,410 10.4 246,156 8.4 Truro Cornwall and South West domain score Isles of Scilly Jobseekers Allowance 221 1.6 4,595 1.5 46,395 1.5 N % N % N % (JSA) claimants All People aged 16-74 14,708 - 359,707 - 3,534,458 - Incapacity Benefit/Severe 944 7.0 23,760 7.7 194,950 6.3 Economically Active 9,639 65.5 226,949 63.1 2,386,140 67.5 Disablement Allowance Economically Inactive 5,068 34.5 132,704 36.9 1,148,278 32.5 (IBSDA) claimants Working more than 49 1,309 14.4 37,749 17.6 378,910 16.6 Receiving workless benefits 1,165 8.7 28,355 9.1 241,345 7.8 hours per week Children in 'out of work' 717 16.6 17,125 16.6 159,715 15.3 Source: OCSI (2009), from Census 2001, ONS Settlement Definitions (2005) households Source: OCSI (2009), from DWP 2008, CLG 2007, HMRC 2005, ONS Settlement Worklessness Definitions (2005) Being out of work can have a severe impact on an individual’s quality of life – both in terms of the economic implications and in terms of the wider social exclusion implications.