Norwood Ward Profile 2012
Sefton Business Intelligence & Performance Team
Norwood Ward Profile
Contents
1. Overview
2. Summary Chart
3. Population
4. Housing
5. Deprivation
6. Deprivation Affecting Older People
7. Child Poverty
8. Worklessness & Benefits
9. Employment & Income
10. Crime & Disorder
11. Environmental Issues
12. Education
13. Healthy Behaviours
14. Health
15. Alcohol Misuse
16. Community Segmentation
17. Constituency Assets
Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE
Overview
Population & In 2010, Norwood’s estimated population was 14,951 this has increased since 2001, at a greater rate than the borough as a whole (which Housing has reduced). There are slightly more females than males. There is a lower proportion of older people here than across the borough, with higher numbers of young and working age people. Norwood has a low proportion of Registered Social Landlord (RSL) housing (7%) along with a lower percentage of vacant properties compared to the borough percentage.
Deprivation & Norwood levels of deprivation are relatively low, and have shown an overall reduction when compared to 2004. Only one Lower Super Child Poverty Output Area (LSOA) is within the top 20% affected areas nationally and borough wide. Within Norwood there is two LSOA’s in the worst 20% in the country for deprivation affecting older people with the remaining areas being low. Almost 19% of children in Norwood are living child poverty.
Worklessness The levels of benefits dependency in the ward is lower than across the borough, with one in seven working age residents claiming benefits, & Benefits with a minimal year on year rise (0.5%). Latest available figures show a year on year rise of 2.9% for JSA claimants; the number of 18-24 year old claimants rose by 5%. Young people now make nearly a third of all JSA claimants in Norwood. There are 6 JSA claimants in the ward for every Job Centre Plus vacancy, three times the borough rate.
Employment & In 2001, 76.6% of residents within the Norwood ward were employed, this is significantly lower that the borough rate. Elementary and Income Associate professional & technical roles are the most common employment types in Norwood, both making up 13.2% of all the occupations. The average weekly wage in the Southport Constituency is the lowest of the three constituencies that make up Sefton. On average males in the Southport Constituency earn 16.9% more than females. (There is no data available by ward for average weekly wage)
Crime / Overall British Crime Survey (BCS) crimes and Anti Social Behaviour (ASB) incidents reduced in Norwood, BSC accounts for 4.4% of Disorder & Sefton’s crimes with the ASB incidents making 3.3%. Domestic burglary along with four other crime categories increased, while criminal Environmental damage showed the biggest reduction. All the ASB categories reduced. The rate of both BCS and ASB in Norwood is considerably lower Issues than that of the borough. As with BCS & ASB, the rate per head of population for environmental incidents is much lower in Norwood than Sefton. Fly tipping and stray / aggressive dogs are the biggest issues in the area both accounting for nearly a quarter of all calls.
Education Norwood’s average educational attainment has shown overall reductions in the percentage of pupils achieving Level 4 or above in KS2 both English and maths. However, the attainment rates for the Norwood primary schools are higher than the national average, yet lower than the Sefton rates. Average absence rates along with average persistent absence rates in Norwood are slightly higher than the national and Sefton levels. Norwood has a higher average percent of pupils eligible for free school meals compared to the borough and national.
Health & One in five Norwood residents are smokers and nearly two thirds are overweight or obese. However, a far greater proportion of Norwood Alcohol residents achieve both the weekly recommended amount of exercise and daily intake of fruit and vegetables than the national averages. By Misuse year 6 (ages 10 – 11) over a fifth of Norwood children are obese; this is higher than both the borough and nationally. Although Norwood residents assess themselves as being in good or fairly good health, life expectancy for people living in the area is lower than the borough and national averages. In addition to this Norwood has a lower proportion of residents stating they are suffering from long term conditions, yet a higher rate of child emergency hospital admissions than Sefton as a whole. Nearly a third of Norwood residents also suffer from below average mental wellbeing. The proportion of Norwood residents that state they - consume above the recommended weekly allowance of alcohol and binge drink along with the levels of alcohol related hospital admissions are all lower than the borough rates.
Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Summary Chart
Better Than Category Indicator Norwood Sefton Average Sefton Average
Population Change in Population 2001-2010 2.61% -3.60% Average House price (Southport figure) £173,919 £128,567 Housing % of Vacant Properties 2.50% 2.80%
IMD 2010 - % of LSOA area in Most Deprived 10% Nationally 0.00% 18.00% Deprivation % of LSOA's in most deprived 10% nationally affecting older people 10.00% 20.00%
Child Poverty % of Children Living in Poverty 18.70% 20.17%
% of Job Seekers Allowance Claimants 3.90% 5.00% Worklessness & Benefits % of Job Seekers Allowance Claimants aged 18-24 30.50% 33.30%
% of Incapacity Benefits Claimants November 2011 7.60% 8.90% Income Average Weekly Wage (Southport Constituency figure) £409.90 £470.00
BCS Crime per 100 population 2011/12 2.45 3.07 Crime & Disorder Anti Social Behaviour Incidents per 100 population 2011/12 2.19 3.69
Environmental Incidents per 100 population 2011/12 1.44 3.61 Environmental Issues Fly Tipping Calls per 100 population 2011/12 0.27 1.05 % achieving Level 4 or above in KS2 both English and maths 78.0% 80.0% Education Overall Absence rates 2011 (Primary Schools) 5.46% 5.10% % of Smokers 20.50% 14.80% Healthy Lifestyles % of Residents Overweight or Obese 61.50% 55.20% % of Residents achieving recommended weekly exercise 65.60% 65.90% Male Life Expectancy 75.9 76.6 Health Female Life Expectancy 80.9 81.4
% of Residents with Below Average Mental Wellbeing 32.60% 29% % Of Residents With Above Recommended Alcohol Consumption 13.10% 19.90% Alcohol Misuse % of Residents Who Binge Drink 26.50% 33.80%
Alcohol Related Hospital Admissions per 100,000 2143.2 2279.6
Better Than Sefton Average Worse than Sefton Average Same as the Sefton Average Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Population
• Norwood’s 2010 population is estimated to be 14,951 and makes up 5.5% of the overall borough population.
• Norwood has bucked the trend by showing a 380 or 2.6% increase in population since the 2001 census, compared to borough wide reductions of 3.6%.
• The gender breakdown in the ward is slightly lower than the borough wide breakdown, with females making up 50.9% of residents.
• Norwood has higher proportions of both working age residents and children compared to the borough. Almost two-thirds of Norwood’s population are of working age, while approximately one in five residents are children.
• The proportion of older people (65+) that reside in this ward is just 13.3%, over 7% fewer than the Sefton figure of 20% plus.
• There are few residents from other backgrounds than ‘white persons’, making up just 2.5%; however this is higher than Sefton as a whole. Category Norwood % Sefton % Total Population 14,951 272,876 Males 7,344 49.1 130,229 47.7 Females 7,607 50.9 142,647 52.3 Children (0 - 15) 3,110 20.8 47,340 17.3 Working Age (16 - 64) 9,856 65.9 169,184 62.0 Older People (65+) 1,985 13.3 56,352 20.7 Source: All population data sourced from ONS Other Backgrounds (Census 2001) 372 2.5 4,418 1.6 Census 2001 and 2002 - 2010 Mid Year White Persons (Census 2001) 14,601 97.5 278,540 98.4 Population Estimates
Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Housing
Housing Tenure
Tenure Norwood % Sefton % • There are a total of 7,367 residential properties in Norwood, which represents Private 5,718 90.5 111,113 82.0 5.4% of the borough housing stock. RSL 442 7.0 17,488 12.9 HMR 0 0.0 448 0.3 Unknown 155 2.5 6,489 4.8 • The proportion of Registered Social Landlord (RSL) properties in Norwood is 7% compared to 12.9% for Sefton as a whole. However, it is not known what Total Properties Total 6,315 135,538 proportions of privately owned properties are rented out to a third party. NB: There are properties of unknown tenure caused by a 1 year difference between the last HMR data return and most recent LLPG Gazetteer
• Riverside Housing is the largest provider of RSL housing within Norwood, providing 39.4% (174) of all RSL housing in the area, followed by One Vision Housing with 32.6% (144) of all RSL housing
• At present there is no property price data available for Norwood. Norwood falls within the Southport catchment area. Overall the average property price in Southport is £173,919, 35.3% higher than the average Sefton house price, 56.3% higher than the average North West house price and 8.45% higher than the average England and Wales house price.
• In addition, house prices for the quarter (Jan-Mar 12) across the borough are slight ly higher than 12 months ago, (up 0.2%), nationally they have fallen by 3.2%, and average house prices within Southport have increased by 0.96%.
NB: At present there is no average house price data available by ward so the
• As of May 2012 there are 158 empty properties in Norwood, this relates to information for Southport (which Norwood ward fall into) has been provided 2.5% of the overall housing stock in the ward, a slightly lower proportion of Vacant & Long Term Void Properties
properties than across the whole borough (2.8%) Duration Norwood %* Sefton %* Less than 6 Months 83 1.3 1,570 1.2
6 - 24 Months 55 0.9 1,116 0.9 More than 24 Months 20 0.3 896 0.7 Total Empty Properties 158 2.5 3,582 2.8 Sources: Land Registry House Price Index, Sefton Revenue & Benefits Council Tax Data, * % Of total properties within the ward / borough LLPG Gazetteer, HMR RSL Data capture 2011 Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Deprivation
• The Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) measures levels of deprivation, across seven domains, nationally at Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) level. This provides a mean score and ranking allowing areas to be compared relatively to other areas
• The map shows the overall IMD scores LSOA’s within Sefton.
• Norwood is made up of 10 LSOA’s, one of which is within the top 20% of deprived areas within Sefton.
• There are 47 LSOA’s across Sefton that fall into the most deprived 20% of areas nationally, one of which falls within Norwood.
• The remaining LSOA’s are within the 50% least deprived areas within the borough.
• This means that approximately 9.5% (1,417) of all Norwood’s residents live in areas in the most deprived 20% nationally.
• However, the 2010 results show that seven of the ten LSOA’s that make up Norwood ward have a lower deprivation than they did in 2004, indicating that the relative levels of deprivation in the area has reduced.
Source: Department of Communities & Local Government, Indices of Multiple Deprivation 2010
Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Income Deprivation Affecting Older People
• As with the overall IMD, Norwood ward and surrounding areas contain some of the least affected areas for Deprivation Affecting Older People
• The map shows the income deprivation affecting older people scores LSOA’s within Sefton.
• Only one of the worst affected 38 LSOA (top 20% in borough) areas across the borough is within Norwood ward.
• However, 19.5% (37) of Sefton's LSOA’s fall within the worst affected 10% of areas nationally, one of which falls within the Norwood ward. A further 18 of Sefton's LSOA’s (55 in total – 29%) fall within the worst affected 20% of areas nationally, with two of these being within the Norwood ward.
• This means that approximately 19.8% (392) of Norwood’s residents aged 65 and over live in areas in the most deprived 20% nationally.
• The 2010 results show that nine of the ten LSOA’s that make up Norwood ward have slightly higher levels of deprivation than they did in 2004, indicating that the relative levels of deprivation affecting older people in the area has increased.
Source: Department of Communities & Local Government, Indices of Multiple Deprivation 2010
Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Child Poverty
• Child Poverty is defined as: Children living in families in receipt of either out of work or tax credits, whose reported income is less than 60 per cent of the median income or in receipt of Income Support or (Income-Based) Job Seekers Allowance, divided by the total number of children in the area (determined by Child Benefit data)
• As with other forms of deprivation, some of the least affected areas for child poverty is concentrated around Norwood ward and surrounding areas.
• Only one of the worst affected 20% (39) LSOA areas across the borough, is within Norwood ward
• There is one LSOA’s in Norwood where 41.5% of children are living in poverty.
• It is estimated that 582 (18.7%) of children aged between 0 – 15 live in child poverty within the ward, 149 (25.6%) of these live in the LSOA’s with more than 40% of children living in poverty.
Source: Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Worklessness & Benefits Claimants
• The number of working age people in Norwood ward claiming benefits is 1,595, which equates to approximately one in seven Norwood residents, this is lower than Sefton rate one in five. At 16.2% the number of Norwood claimants is lower than the Sefton and regional rates (19.1% and 17.9% respectively), but slightly higher than the national rate of 14.7%.
• Figures for November 2011 show the total rates of claimants in Norwood has risen by 0.5% since November 2010, an increase that is slightly higher than that of the borough as a whole (0.3%).
• One of the highest claiming 36 LSOAs (top 20%) across the borough, is within the Norwood ward
• Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and Incapacity Benefit, make up 46.7% of all working age claimants, however the latest available figures (November 2011) show the rate of claimants of these benefits has reduced slightly by 0.1% since the same period in the previous year. This is higher than the reduction seen across the borough.
• Figures released for July 2012 show there are currently 360 Job Seekers Allowance claimants
(aged 18 to 64) in Norwood, a rise of just 2.9% (10) on July 2011. The number of 18-24 year old claimants has risen by 5% from 100 to 105 during the same period and now makes nearly a third
of all JSA claimants in the ward.
• Within Norwood there are currently six JSA claimants for every Job centre Plus vacancy, this is less that of Sefton (8 per vacancy) and but over the national rate (5 per vacancy)
Change in claimant rates from November 10 to November 11 November 2011 Norwood Norwood % Sefton % North West % GB % Total Claimants 1,595 16.2 19.1 17.9 14.7 By statistical group Job Seekers Allowance 380 3.9 5 4.3 3.8 ESA & incapacity benefits 745 7.6 8.9 8.6 6.5 Lone Parents 140 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.5 Carers 135 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.2 Other income related benefits 55 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 Disabled 115 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.1 Bereaved 25 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 Key out-of-work benefits* 1,320 13.4 15.9 15 12.2 Source: DWP benefit claimats - working age client group * Key out-of-work benefits includes the groups: job seekers, EAS and incapacity benefits, lone parents and others on income related benefits Note: % is proportin of resident population of are aged 16 - 64
Source: NOMIS Official Labour Market Statistics Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Employment Income
Southport • The most recent ward data available for employment is from Constituency Sefton North West Census 2001. Male full-time workers £ 451.50 £ 525.20 £ 498.40
• 72% (6,681) Norwood residents of working age people (16 to 64) Female full-time workers £ 375.30 £ 409.40 £ 415.60 were employed this is higher than the borough with 66.4% residents NB: At present there is no average weekly earnings data available by ward so the being employed. information for Southport Constituency (which Norwood ward falls into) has been
• Elementary occupation roles are jointly most common with • The average weekly wage in the Southport Constituency is £409.90 per week, this is lower when compared to the other Associate professional & technical roles in Norwood, accounting for 13.2% of all occupations. constituencies that make up Sefton – 11.8% lower than the Bootle Constituency and 22.5% lower than Sefton Central.
• Southport Constituency average weekly wage is significantly
lower than the national (18.1%), regional (10.9%) and borough (12.8%) averages.
• On average males working full time in the Southport Constituency
earn 16.9% more than females.
Source: NOMIS Official Labour Market Statistics / ONS
Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Crime and Disorder
• In 11/12 there were less than five crime and disorder incidents per 100 Norwood ward residents compared to fewer than 7 per 100 population across Sefton.
• Norwood accounted for 4.4% (366 of 8,372) of Sefton’s British Crime Survey (BCS) crimes, equalling 2.45 crimes per 100 ward residents. During the same period Norwood made up 3.3% (328 of 10,068) of the borough’s Anti Social Behaviour (ASB) incidents, 2.19 incidents per 100 ward residents. Both rates are lower than those of the overall borough 3.07 (BCS) and 3.69 (ASB) per 100 population.
• In Norwood five of the BCS categories have increased when comparing 2011/12 with the same period last year. Theft of a pedal cycle showed the biggest increase (45.8%), however, the increase in domestic burglary – 32.3% (21 crimes) is of greater concern due to the actual figures and the increase being significantly higher than the borough increase of 9.4%. The overall • Only three BCS crime categories counts per 100 count and remaining categories all reduced, with criminal damage showing the population are higher than those across Sefton - most improvement a reduction of 32 crimes (20.4%) nearly double the domestic burglary (0.05 higher), theft of a pedal cycle reduction across Sefton (10.3%). Overall ASB incidents reduced by 26.3% in (0.04) and vehicle interference (0.02). Norwood compared to only 14.7% across Sefton, with all the ASB categories
showing a reduction. Rowdy inconsiderate behaviour made up 53.7% of all Norwood Crime & Disorder Norwood’s ASB. Hotspot Maps 2011/12
Change in BCS Crime Norwood Ward Sefton Crimes per 100 Crimes per 100 Crimes per 100 Crimes per 100 & ASB 2010/11 and Direction of Direction of Population Population Population Population Travel Travel 2011/12 2010/11 2011/12 2010/11 2011/12 All BCS 2.64 2.45 3.11 3.07 Common Assault 0.11 0.13 0.19 0.19 Criminal Damage 1.05 0.84 1.27 1.14 Domestic Burglary 0.43 0.58 0.48 0.53 Personal Robbery 0.00 0.01 0.04 0.04 Theft from Vehicle 0.42 0.29 0.36 0.39 Theft from Person 0.03 0.02 0.07 0.07 Theft of Vehicle 0.07 0.10 0.13 0.13 Theft of Pedal Cycle 0.16 0.23 0.16 0.19 Vehicle Interference 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.03 Wounding 0.31 0.21 0.37 0.35 All ASB 2.98 2.19 4.33 3.69 Rowdy Inconsiderate Behaviour 1.58 1.18 2.28 2.14 Nuisance Neighbours 0.54 0.45 0.63 0.60 Vehicle Nuisance 0.17 0.12 0.43 0.36 Other ASB 0.69 0.44 0.98 0.59 All Crime and Disorder 5.61 4.64 7.44 6.76 Source: Merseyside Police Data Warehouse Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Environmental Issues
• In 2011/12 Norwood accounted for 2.2% (216 of 9,847) of Sefton’s reported environmental incidents, equating to 1.44 incidents per 100 residents in the ward, less than half the rate for environmental incidents per 100 residents across the borough (3.61)
• Norwood showed a reduction in incidents of 19.1%, which is significantly higher than the overall reduction for the borough of 7.9%.
• Two of the categories have shown increase in Norwood when compared to
the previous year (accumulation of rubbish – 28.6% and graffiti – 25%). Street sweeping / cleansing has shown the greatest improvement (a
reduction of 0.19 incidents per 100 residents). This reduction is higher than that of the Sefton count per 100 population of 0.08.
• Fly tipping and stray / aggressive dogs are the biggest environmental issue within the ward, each accounting for 18.5% (40) of reported Norwood Environmental Hotspots 2011/12 environmental incidents in 2011/12 occurring within Norwood, however both have seen reductions of 16.7%, both reductions are better than the borough rates which have seen fly tipping increase by 1.9% and stray / aggressive dogs reducing by 16.1%
Change in Incidents per Incidents per Incidents per Incidents per Direction of Direction of 100 Population 100 Population 100 Population 100 Population Environmental Incidents Travel Travel 2010/11 2011/12 2010/11 2011/12 2010/11 2011/12 All Environmental Incidents 1.79 1.44 3.92 3.61 Fly Tipping 0.32 0.27 1.03 1.05 Dog Fouling 0.16 0.13 0.19 0.15 Stray / Aggressive Dogs 0.32 0.27 0.37 0.31 Rats 0.14 0.11 0.85 0.76 Street Sweeping / Cleansing 0.41 0.22 0.55 0.47 Accumulation of refuse 0.14 0.18 0.21 0.21 Graffiti 0.05 0.07 0.06 0.05 Other Environmental Incidents 0.23 0.21 0.67 0.61
Source: Sefton Councils Environmental Protection
Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Education
• The average educational attainment in the three primary schools within Norwood has shown fluctuate across the years with an overall reduction in the percentage of pupils achieving Level 4 or above in KS2 both English and maths, moving from 79% in 2008 to 78% in 2011. (It should be noted that the schools within Norwood did not partake in the exams in 2010).
• However, the average attainment rates for the three Norwood primary schools are higher than the national average, yet lower than the Sefton rates, (where comparison figures are available).
• Overall average absence rates along with the average persistent absence rates in Norwood are slightly higher than the national and Sefton levels.
• The average percentage of students in the Norwood primary schools that do not have English as their first language is over four times higher than the borough rate, yet lower than the national
rates.
• Within Norwood, an average of 25.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, higher than the both borough and national rates.
Pupils with Pupils eligible Unauthorised Persistent Persistent Overall absence English not as a for free school absence absence: 15% + absence: 20% + first language meals Bishop David Sheppard CE Primary 5.98% 0.30% 10.80% 6.30% 15.90% 48.10% Norwood Primary 4.63% 0.08% 4.20% 1.10% 2.60% 16.40% Holy Family Catholic Primary 5.78% 0.51% 7.70% 4.10% 8.90% 10.90% Norwood Average 5.46% 0.30% 7.57% 3.83% 9.13% 25.13%
Sefton Average 5.06% 0.41% 5.30% 1.80% 2.50% 18.30% England (state funded schools only) 5.14% 0.69% 5.20% 1.90% 16.80% 19.20%
Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Source: Department of Education Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Healthy Behaviours
• The percentage of Norwood ward residents who state they are smokers is 20.5%; this is slightly lower than the English average, and significantly higher than the Sefton average of 14.8%.
• However, the smoking mortality rate of 220.7 per 100,000 resident in Norwood is far lower than the Sefton rate of 227.2 (per 100,000), yet higher than the English rate of 216 (per 100,000).
• Healthy weight data shows that the percentage of resident in Norwood that are overweight or obese is 61.5%, higher than both the borough and national averages of 55.2% and 61% respectively.
• In addition, obesity rate amongst children in reception year (age 4-5) in Norwood is lower at 8.9% when compared to 10.5% across the borough and 9.4% nationally. However, this increases to 21.4% of children by year 6 (age 10-11), so becoming higher than the both borough and national trends.
• However just under two-thirds of residents in Norwood state they are achieving the recommended amount of 30 minute exercise five times a week. This is nearly double the national average and is on par with Sefton as a whole. In addition to this over half of Norwood residents state they consume the recommended five portions of fruit or vegetables a day this considerably higher than the national rate (50.7% compared to 29.2%); however it is lower than the Sefton rate.
• The percentage of Norwood residents that admit to regularly indulging in multiple unhealthy behaviours (smoking, drinking, being overweight) is 76% higher than both the national and borough rates (71.0% and 67.3% respectively).
Source: Sefton NHS - Public Health Intelligence - Ward Profiles 2012 Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Health
• According to the Census 2001 general health within Norwood is fairly General Health consistent with the rest of the borough with 90% of residents describing their general health as either good or fairly good, with a slightly lower percentage of residents describing their health as not good, 10% in Norwood compared to 11% for the borough as a whole.
• According to the Sefton Lifestyle Survey 2010 the percentage of people residing within Norwood ward who ‘Self-Declared Health – Good or very good ’ was 61%, this is lower than the Sefton percentage of 64.4%.
• Life Expectancy in Norwood for both males and females is below both the borough and national averages, with male life expectancy for Norwood just less than two years lower than life expectancy nationally and for females just under one year.
• However, the percentage of Norwood residents that state they suffer from long term illnesses is 28.5% compared to an average of 33% across Sefton.
• Similarly the rate of child emergency hospital admission in Norwood is above the borough average at 115 per 100,000 residents, compared to 112.8 for Sefton.
• Levels of below average mental wellbeing are also higher in the Norwood ward than in Sefton overall with just under a third (32.6%) of residents affected compared to 29% across the Borough. Also 45.6% of all incapacity claimants within the ward are due to mental health issues, this is much higher than the borough and national rate (44.7% and 43.8% respectively).
• Rates of teenage conceptions within the Norwood ward (40.6 conceptions per 1,000 girls aged 15 - 17) are slightly higher than those of nationally (40.3); and significantly higher when comparing them to the borough rates (32.8).
Source: Sefton NHS - Public Health Intelligence - Ward Profiles 2012 / ONS
Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE
Alcohol Misuse
Percentage Resident Population Standardised Hospital Rates Binge Drinking (consumption of at Higher consumption of alcohol then least twice the daily recomended Alcohol related hospital admissions the weekly allowance amount of alcohol in a single drinking session) Norwood 13.1 26.5 2143.2 Sefton 19.9 33.8 2279.6 England 23.1 N/A 1898.4
• The Norwood proportion of residents that consume above the recommended weekly allowance is lower than both the borough and national rates. With the percentage of residents who state they binge drink also being lower in Norwood compared to the borough counts.
• Norwood’s levels of alcohol related hospital admission are significantly higher than the national rates, yet lower than those of Sefton.
Source: Sefton NHS - Public Health Intelligence - Ward Profiles 2012 Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Community Segmentation
• The community segmentation classifications have been
developed by Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service and are broken down to Output Area (OA) level, within Norwood there are 46 OA’s
• The most prominent classification in Norwood is “Young Families” this category accounts for 69.6% (32 of 46) OA’s. Residents living in these areas are described as: large 0 - 15 and 25-49 population. Of the over 65 population, the most significant group is 65-70. Properties tend to be semi- detached or terraces. There is a low level of fuel poverty and typically good quality homes and living environment. There are high birth rates, with general health being fair with low rates of emergency hospital admissions and health inequalities. Rates of obesity in children are high. The area has a need for child related benefits, yet there are low levels of child poverty, along with low levels of income related benefits. Accidental dwelling fires are low with low fatality rates. There is also a low crime rate in the area, with ASB and Burglary being the most prevalent crimes. Residents are very likely to participate in sport three times a week; this could be increased by improved childcare and less busy facilities. Activities such as basketball and netball appeal. (Note the characteristics are general and not all of them will be found in the area).
• A further 21.8% (10) OA’s fall into the classification “Middle Income Residents Living in Privately Owned Properties”. This category shares some of the traits of the above classification, but includes higher levels of 25 to 64 year olds, along with good levels of health.
Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Ward Assets
Health Assets Community Assets for Young People
Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Ward Assets
Other Community Assets
Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE