Norwood Ward Profile 2012
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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 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 Population & 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.