Fochabers, Moray
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Fochabers, Moray Area profile Fochabers is located on the east bank of the River Spey, 10 miles East of Moray’s largest town Elgin. The villages name comes from the Gaelic words ‘feith’ meaning bog and ‘aber’ meaning ‘river-mouth’. The village was founded in 1776 by Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, on grounds close to Gordon Castle. Fochabers is regarded as one of the best examples of a planned village that were built during the Scottish Enlightenment period in the late 18th century. The village is home to the world renowned family-run food manufacturers Baxters. The village lay on the main A96 route between Aberdeen and Inverness until a bypass was constructed and opened in January 2012 at a total cost of £31.5 million. © Crown Copyright 2016 Corporate Policy Unit The Moray Council October 2016 1 /33 Table of Contents 1 Population Structure ..................................................................................... 4 1.1 Age profile ............................................................................................................. 4 1.2 Marital Status ........................................................................................................ 6 2 Identity ............................................................................................................ 7 2.1 Ethnicity ................................................................................................................ 7 2.2 Country of Birth ..................................................................................................... 8 2.3 Length of residency for residents born overseas ................................................... 9 2.4 Language .............................................................................................................. 9 3 Housing ........................................................................................................ 10 3.1 Tenure and House Type ..................................................................................... 11 3.2 Transport ............................................................................................................ 12 4 Economy and Labour .................................................................................. 13 4.1 Industry ............................................................................................................... 14 4.2 Occupation .......................................................................................................... 15 4.3 Unemployment .................................................................................................... 16 4.4 Transport ............................................................................................................ 17 5 Education ..................................................................................................... 18 5.1 Attainment ........................................................................................................... 19 5.1.1 S4 Attainment ..................................................................................................... 19 5.1.2 S5 Attainment ..................................................................................................... 20 5.2 Leaver Destination .............................................................................................. 21 6 Health and Social care ................................................................................ 22 6.1 Health ................................................................................................................. 22 6.1.1 Maternity ............................................................................................................. 25 6.2 Social Care ......................................................................................................... 26 6.3 Hospital Emergency Admissions ......................................................................... 27 7 Antisocial Behaviour ................................................................................... 28 8 Access to Service ........................................................................................ 29 8.1 Drive time to (2012 data) ..................................................................................... 29 8.2 Public transport to (2012 data) ............................................................................ 29 9 Summary ...................................................................................................... 30 2 /33 Table 1 Age structure of Fochabers ..................................................................................... 4 Table 2 60 and over in 2001 and 2011 .................................................................................. 5 Table 3 Marital Status .......................................................................................................... 6 Table 4 Ethnicity .................................................................................................................. 7 Table 5 Country of birth ........................................................................................................ 8 Table 6 Religion ................................................................................................................... 8 Table 7 Length of residence in the UK ................................................................................. 9 Table 8 Household Composition ........................................................................................ 10 Table 9 Tenure and House Type ........................................................................................ 11 Table 11 Cars per household .............................................................................................. 12 Table 12 Economic Activity ................................................................................................ 13 Table 13 Employment by Industry ...................................................................................... 14 Table 14 Occupation .......................................................................................................... 15 Table 15 Travel to Work ..................................................................................................... 17 Table 16 Education Facts .................................................................................................. 18 Table 17 Travel to study ..................................................................................................... 18 Table 18 Highest qualification ............................................................................................ 19 Table 18 S4 Attainment ...................................................................................................... 19 Table 19 S5 Education Attainment ...................................................................................... 20 Table 20 Leaver Destination .............................................................................................. 21 Table 22 Self-assessed Health .......................................................................................... 22 Table 23 Disability .............................................................................................................. 22 Table 24 Long Term health Conditions .............................................................................. 23 Table 25 Health Condition Prevalence rates by GP Practice .............................................. 24 Table 26 Teenage Pregnancies ......................................................................................... 25 Table 27 Provision of Unpaid Care ..................................................................................... 26 Table 28 Emergency Admissions ....................................................................................... 27 Table 29 Number of Antisocial Behaviour Complaints per 1,000 population (2012-14) ..... 28 Table 30 Crime Rates ....................................................................................................... 28 Table 31 Drive Time .......................................................................................................... 29 Table 32 Public Transport time to ...................................................................................... 29 Table 33 SIMD 2012 quintile ranking for the data zones which cover the Fochabers area. 30 Figure 1: Population profile of Fochabers and Moray at the 2001 and 2011 censuses .......... 5 Figure 2: % of people employed in each of the groupings at the 2001 and 2011 censuses. 16 3 /33 1 Population Structure 1.1 Age profile Fochabers had a population of 1,728 in 20111 which is an increase of over 15% from 1,499 residents in 2001. Over the same period, in comparison to Moray, Fochabers population grew at over twice the rate. The age profile of Fochabers shows that the median age, in 2011, for females was 48 and 43 for males, respectively five and two years higher than the Moray average. Table 1 Age structure of Fochabers 2 Age Fochabers Moray Scotland % 0 to 4 years old 4.9 5.6 5.5 % 5 to 15 years old 13.2 12.6 11.8 % 16 to 29 years old 13.6 16.1 18.5 % 30 to 44 years old 17.1 19.1 20.0 % 45 to 59 years old 21.0 21.3 21.1 % 60 to 74 years old 19.0 16.9 15.5 % 75 years old and over 11.1 8.4 7.7 From table 1 above it can be seen that just over 50% of the Fochabers population were aged 45 years and over, almost 5% higher than the Moray average. However, when