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Wakefield Rural Statistics, Charts and Maps Describing Wakefield's Area Working Areas InstantAtlas™ Server 6 Wakefield Seven Area Profile Selection: Wakefield Rural Statistics, charts and maps describing Wakefield's Area Working areas. Introduction A wide variety of social, economic and cultural conditions exist across the Wakefield district, and these combine to create a patchwork of distinctive communities and neighbourhoods. These differences may prompt agencies to deliver services in particular ways and the priorities for local people in one area may be different to those of people living in another area. The Wakefield Together area working model has been developed to reflect and address the differences that exist across the district. For the purposes of area working, the district is divided into seven areas: Castleford; Normanton and Featherstone; Pontefract and Knottingley; South East; Wakefield Central; Wakefield North West; and Wakefield Rural. Some of the seven areas also include ‘priority neighbourhoods’ where intelligence suggests that specific targeted support is required. There are 12 priority neighbourhoods in the district overall. The Council’s Performance and Intelligence Team, collaborating with partners, has developed a set of more detailed reports to focus on each of the seven areas in turn. This report focuses on the Wakefield Rural area. The aim of the report is to help people understand local conditions and the changes that occur over time. The report draws on both quantitative and qualitative information from a wide range of sources – both national and local. Profile created: 9/1/2017 Key Points Population Profile The proportion of people satisfied with their local area as a place to live is higher that the district average. The age profile of the population is older than the district average and has aged over the past 10 years - older people now make up a higher proportion of the population. At the time of the 2011 Census, 6.4% of the population were from an ethnic minority compared to 7.2% across the district as a whole. The proportion of people saying that people from different backgrounds get along together is higher than the district average. Although there are some localised areas with higher levels of deprivation, across the area as a whole 3.6% of people are living in neighbourhoods amongst the top-10% most deprived in England (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2015). The most deprived parts of Wakefield Rural are Belle Vue; parts of Ryhill and Havercroft; and parts of Kettlethorpe and Crigglestone. Employment and Skills The amount of employment based in Wakefield Rural had increased in 2013 and 2014, but remained the same in 2015. There is no one employment sector that dominates but there are higher than typical numbers of jobs in the professional, scientific and technical sector (13% of jobs), education (13%), accommodation and food (10% of jobs) and manufacturing (10% of jobs). The proportion of people who are long-term sick or disabled is low compared to the district rate. The occupation profile of local people is biased towards professional and managerial occupations. The proportion of people claiming unemployment benefits has fallen over the past year - as it has elsewhere - and the claiming rate is lower than the district average. The proportion of people with Level 4 qualifications (e.g. degrees) is close to the England average and the highest of all the seven areas. Housing and Infrastructure The tenure profile for households in Wakefield Rural is different from the district average. There are higher levels of home ownership (73% of households) and lower levels of social renting (16% of households). Around 1,600 households are affected by fuel poverty - the proportion of all households is slightly lower than the district average. Sales of homes fell quite sharply at the start of the economic downturn. Sales volumes stayed fairly static between 2008 and 2012, but increased significantly in 2014. there were 106 new homes sold in 2015. At the time of the 2011 Census the proportion of households with no car or van (19.0%) was lower than the district average (26.9%). Over the last few years there has been a downward trend in number road traffic accidents and casualties. Health For the area as a whole the 2011 Census showed that the general health profile was better than the district average, although some measures of health were worse than the England average. Around 55% of adults are overweight or obese and 25% of adults smoke. Life expectancy is higher than the district average. the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) also points to a broad range of poor health issues in Ryhill, Havercroft and Kettlethorpe Community Safety Perceptions of anti-social behaviour (ASB) generally show amongst the lowest levels of ASB problems of all the seven areas, and there were no significant changes over the 12 months to March 2016. The burglary rate is usually well below the district average, but there was an increase in offences in 2015. Since then, burglary has fallen back down to typical levels. Environment and Climate Change Domestic gas consumption is the highest of all the seven areas. Perceptions of rubbish and litter problems are lower than the district average. Wakefield Rural contains a high proportion of the district's biologically rich sites and the largest number of local nature reserves. This summary was written in Oct 2016 using the latest data available at that time. Some of the data in this profile may have changed since then. The summaries are revised every six months. Area Satisfaction In the 12 months to Mar-2016 satisfaction with Wakefield Rural as a place to live (84.5%) was higher than the district average (79.1%). The trend over time is shown in the chart below. Q1 Overall, how satisfied are you with your local area as a place to live? Population Profile Population Size The most accurate population estimates are produced every ten years from the Census. These are updated annually using administrative data to produce mid- year population estimates. The mid-2014 estimates show that the size of the resident population in Wakefield Rural is 45,745 people. The tables below shows the percentage breakdown by age groups and gender. The actual number of people in each age group is shown in brackets. Population Size Wakefield Rural Total population (2014) 45,745 people Total male population (2014) 22,270 people Total female population (2014) 23,475 people Source: Office for National Statistics Population Groups (% of total population) Wakefield Rural Wakefield England People aged 0-15 (2014) 17.1% (7827 people) 18.5% 19.0% People aged 16-29 (2014) 15.2% (7090 people) 16.9% 18.3% People aged 30-44 (2014) 18.3% (8522 people) 18.9% 19.9% People aged 45-64 (2014) 28.8% (13422 people) 27.3% 25.3% People aged 65 and over (2014) 21.1% (9647 people) 18.4% 17.6% Source: Office for National Statistics Population Change The table below shows how the age profile of Wakefield Rural has changed between 2004 and 2014. (Percentages may not sum to exactly 100% due to rounding.) % of population Age group 2004 2014 Aged 0-15 18.5 17.1 Aged 16-29 15.5 15.2 Aged 30-44 21.9 18.3 Aged 45-64 28.2 28.8 Aged 65+ 16.0 21.1 Ethnicity and Language Wakefield district has become more ethnically diverse over the past 10 years. In 2001, the district's ethnic population represented just 3.3% of the total population, but the 2011 Census shows this has risen to 7.2%. This proportion, though, is much lower than the England average of 20.2%. A large part of the district increase in the ethnic minority population has been due to immigration from Eastern Europe, particularly from Poland. There has also been continued immigration from South Asia, and a small but growing number of people immigrating from Africa. The ethnic mix for this area is shown in the table below. Population by Ethnicity (% of total population) Wakefield Rural Wakefield England White: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 93.6% (42541 people) 92.8% 79.8% White: Irish 0.3% (142 people) 0.3% 1.0% White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 0.1% (36 people) 0.1% 0.1% White: Other White 1.8% (815 people) 2.3% 4.6% Mixed/multiple ethnic group: White and Black Caribbean 0.3% (137 people) 0.3% 0.8% Mixed/multiple ethnic group: White and Black African 0.1% (39 people) 0.1% 0.3% Mixed/multiple ethnic group: White and Asian 0.3% (133 people) 0.3% 0.6% Mixed/multiple ethnic group: Other Mixed 0.2% (81 people) 0.2% 0.5% Asian/Asian British: Indian 0.6% (286 people) 0.5% 2.6% Asian/Asian British: Pakistani 1.4% (622 people) 1.5% 2.1% Asian/Asian British: Bangladeshi 0.0% (1 people) 0.0% 0.8% Asian/Asian British: Chinese 0.2% (95 people) 0.3% 0.7% Asian/Asian British: Other Asian 0.3% (132 people) 0.4% 1.6% Black/African/Caribbean/Black British: African 0.4% (189 people) 0.6% 1.8% Black/African/Caribbean/Black British: Caribbean (% of total population) 0.1% (41 people) 0.1% 1.1% Black/African/Caribbean/Black British: Other Black (% of total population) 0.1% (36 people) 0.1% 0.5% Other ethnic group: Arab (% of total population) 0.1% (59 people) 0.1% 0.4% Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 0.2% (79 people) 0.2% 0.6% Source: 2011 Census, Office for National Statistics The 2011 Census also provides information about people's country of birth. This presents us with a better understanding of the size of newly arrived immigrant communities within the district.
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