M-72511 Milton Keynes Social Atlas 2007 Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust Social Atlas for Milton Keynes 2006/2007 Contents Foreword 3 Hardmead 80 Executive Summary 5 Haversham/Little Linford 81 How estates have changed 6 Heelands 82 Introduction 7 Hodge Lea 83 Floor Targets 8 Kents Hill 84 Milton Keynes summary of trends 9 Kingsmead 85 Ward level indicators 10-21 Lathbury 86 Health Deprivation and Disability 22 Lavendon 87 Estates & Settlements 23 Leadenhall 88 Estate smoking prevalence maps 24-25 Little Brickhill 89 Data definitions and methods 26-28 Loughton 90 Estate level indicators 29 Loughton Lodge 91 Summary of indicators for estates 30-31 Medbourne 92 Estate summary of trends 32-33 Middleton/Milton Keynes Village 93 Astwood 34 Monkston 94 Bancroft 35 Monkston Parl 95 Bancroft Park 36 Moulsoe 96 Beanhill 37 Neath Hill 97 Blakelands 38 Netherfield 98 Blue Bridge 39 New Bradwell 99 Bolbeck Park 40 Newport Pagnell 100 Bow Brickhill 41 Newton Blossomville 101 Bradville 42 North Crawley 102 Bradwell 43 Oakhill 103 Bradwell Common 44 Old Farm Park 104 Brickfields 45 Old Wolverton 105 Broughton & Atterbury 46 Oldbrook 106 Browns Wood 47 Olney 107 Caldecotte 48 Peartree Bridge 108 Calverton 49 Pennyland 109 Campbell Park 50 Ravenstone 110 Castlethorpe 51 Shenley Brook End 111 Central Bletchley 52 Shenley Church End 112 Central Milton Keynes 53 Shenley Lodge 113 Chicheley 54 Sherington 114 Clifton Reynes 55 Simpson 115 Coffee Hall 56 Springfield 116 Cold Brayfield 57 Stacey Bushes 117 Conniburrow 58 Stantonbury 118 Crownhill 59 Stoke Goldington 119 Denbigh East 60 Stony Stratford 120 Downhead Park 61 Tattenhoe 121 Downs Barn 62 Tinkers Bridge 122 Eaglestone 63 Two Mile Ash 123 Emberton 64 Tyringham & Filgrave 124 Emerson Valley 65 Walnut Tree 125 Far Bletchley 66 Walton Park 126 Fenny Stratford 67 Warrington 127 Fishermead 68 Water Eaton 128 Fullers Slade 69 Wavendon 129 Furzton 70 Wavendon Gate 130 Galley Hill 71 West Bletchley 131 Gayhurst 72 Westcroft 132 Giffard Park 73 Weston Underwood 133 Granby 74 Willen 134 Grange Farm 75 Willen Park 135 Great Holm 76 Woburn Sands 136 Great Linford 77 Wolverton 137 Greenleys 78 Woolstone 138 Hanslope 79 Woughton Park 139 Hardmead 80 Woughton-on-the-Green 140 1 Social Atlas for Milton Keynes 2006/2007 2 Social Atlas for Milton Keynes 2006/2007 Foreword from Dr N. Hicks, Director of Public Health Neighbourhoods matter. They form the backdrop against which people live their lives and have a profound impact on their quality of life. The Social Atlas brings together a wide range of social and economic indicators that provides a quantitative description of estates across Milton Keynes. Although not the whole picture, this is an up-to-date snap shot of how things are now in relation to education, income, community safety and health and disability. It helps everyone begin to understand the fabric of Milton Keynes and the issues faced by its varied communities. I hope agencies such as the Council, NHS and Police, whose decisions make such a big difference to neighbourhoods, will use the Social Atlas to understand neighbourhoods and to help them involve residents as they plan services. As well as being practical tool to help service planning, the Social Atlas is also an important document of record, which chronicles the social and economic changes of this exciting dynamic city. In summary, the Social Atlas is an important publication that needs to be widely read and used by all those with an interest in understanding the circumstances of the communities in Milton Keynes. I commend it to you. Dr Nicholas Hicks Director of Public Health Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust/Milton Keynes Council In case of queries about the data, contact either: Lesley Potter Paul Edwards Milton Keynes Intelligence Milton Keynes Intelligence Spatial Planning Division Spatial Planning Division Milton Keynes Council Milton Keynes Council PO Box 112, Civic Offices PO Box 112, Civic Offices 1 Saxon Gate East 1 Saxon Gate East Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3HQ Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3HQ 01908 252269 01908 254257 [email protected] [email protected] 3 Social Atlas for Milton Keynes 2006/2007 4 Social Atlas for Milton Keynes 2006/2007 Executive Summary Milton Keynes as a whole is relatively affluent and most people enjoy a good quality of life but significant numbers of residents experience disadvantage in one or more categories. In the Social Atlas these are divided into indicators around income; children & education; older people; community factors and health & disability. x Income On average 186 out of 1,000 population in Milton Keynes get housing or council tax benefit, a means tested benefit. The highest rate is 552 out of 1,000 in Beanhill. x Children & Education There are seven indicators in this category covering a diverse range of topics affecting children. They include family referrals to Children’s Social Care where the average across Milton Keynes is 18 per 1,000 population but the maximum is 133 out of 1,000 population in Oakhill. Numbers of children getting free school meals is a traditional indicator of disadvantage that shows a large variation across estates. The average is 11% of pupils with the highest, 50%, in Granby. Other indicators of disadvantage include 3 and 4 year olds who are not in funded nursery places, and children with statements of special educational needs. As educational attainment has a strong association with future disadvantage, the remaining 3 indicators focus on this. To try to estimate the proportion of young people not going into higher education we look at the proportion of 18-24 year olds not getting student awards. The average across Milton Keynes is 86% but the highest, 100% can be found in Chicheley followed by 98% in Netherfield. The remaining indicators look at educational attainment in schools. Firstly, the proportion attaining below level 4 in Key Stage 2 English. Milton Keynes average is 244 per 1,000 pupils, with great variation across estates. The English average is 210 per 1,000 (test only). Secondly, the proportion gaining less than 5 GCSEs at grade A*-C. The Milton Keynes average is 499 per 1,000 pupils, the highest is 1,000 in 6 estates. The English average is 415 per 1,000 pupils. x Older People On average 82 out of 1,000 pensioners are clients of Older People’s Services. x Community Factors Community factors include those affecting how people feel about their home environment. There are several different factors in this category including domestic fires; categories of recorded crime; tenure; neighbour complaints and a measure of community involvement. Domestic fires have been found to correlate strongly with disadvantage. Looking over a rolling 5-year period, on average there were 10 fires per 1,000 dwellings in Milton Keynes from 2001 to 2006. The highest was 118 per 1,000 dwellings in Granby. Crime data has been included for violent crime, burglaries and criminal damage. The highest rates of both violent crime and criminal damage occur in Central Milton Keynes because of the high visitor population. Considering neighbour complaints to Environmental Health: on average there were 16 complaints per 1,000 dwellings, the highest rate was in Central Milton Keynes with 50 complaints per 1,000. x Health & Disability There are 5 health and disability indicators listed in the grid profiles, although only 4 of these are used in the calculation of the overall rankings. Teenage conceptions: on average there were 55 conceptions per 1,000 girls aged 15 to 19. The numbers are small so the data is averaged over a 2-year time period. Disabled concessionary fares and clients of disabled services are included as pointers towards areas where the population has a greater need for support. Some of the variations in these factors are explained by the dominant style of dwelling in the estate, for example more bungalows. The final 2 indicators focus on the crude rate of hospital admissions. The emergency admission rate was 105 per 1,000 population per year. Granby has the highest rate of 305 per 1,000. Non-emergency hospital admissions were included for information; this indicator was not included in the overall rankings. 5 Social Atlas for Milton Keynes 2006/2007 How Estates Have Changed The table below shows the 20 estates with the most difficulties (from a range of indicators) in Milton Keynes. It is possible to make comparisons with some indicators in the previous document. These are: x Housing/Council Tax Benefits x Family Referrals x Children with Special Educational Needs x Teenage Conceptions x No Student Awards x Clients of Older People Services x Domestic Fires x Violent Crime, Burglary Dwelling, Criminal Damage x Neighbour Complaints x Adult Continuing Education x Educational attainment indicators x Disabled Clients of Neighbour Services Table 1: 20 Estates with the Lowest Overall Ranks from Social Atlas 2007 data Overall Rank 2006/7 Estates with Difficulties Change from (top 20 of (Consistently ranked with previous 107) more difficulties) position Comment 1 Beanhill 1 Moved up 1 place 2 Netherfield -1 Moved down 1 place 3 Granby 9 Moved up 9 places 4 Fishermead 4 Moved up 4 places 5 New Bradwell 5 Moved up 5 places 6 Fullers Slade -2 Moved down 2 places 7 Coffee Hall -2 Moved down 2 places 8 Conniburrow 3 Moved up 3 places 9 Water Eaton -3 Moved down 3 places 10 Central Milton Keynes -1 Moved down 1 places 11 Stacey Bushes -8 Moved down 8 places 12 Hodge Lea 1 Moved up 1 place 13 Fenny Stratford 1 Moved up 1 place 14 Tinkers Bridge -7 Moved down 7 places 15 Stantonbury 7 Moved up 7 places 16 Eaglestone 7 Moved up 7 places 16 Peartree Bridge 4 Moved up 4 places 18 Greenleys -2 Moved down 2 places 19 Heelands -2 Moved down 2 places 20 Springfield -2 Moved down 2 places There have been a number of changes compared with the ranking in the previous year.