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Contents

Residents Households Health P1 Age Structure of Population P4 Household Size P6 Limiting Long Term Illness Pensioner Households General Health P2 Ethnic Profile of Population Households with Children Carers Country of Birth Lone Parent Households P3 Religion Children in Households Work and Skills Marital Status with no Adult in Living Arrangements Employment P7 Economic Activity Unemployment P5 Tenure Vacant / Second Homes P8 Qualifications Students Property Size & Type Amenities Occupational Group Car Ownership

NB: Newton Flowery Field was originally combined with Yew Tree (q.v.) for SRB5 purposes.

SRB5: Newton Flowery Field is one of the 'SRB5' neighbourhoods, which receive funding from the Single Regeneration Budget Round 5, administer ed by the Tame Valley Partnership. A Census Snapshot of the whole SRB5 area is also available.

Interpreting Census Statistics Please note that small figures in Census tables are liable to be amended by the ONS to preserve confidentiality. This means that totals and percentages which logically ought to be the same may in fact be different, depending what table they come from.

Useful Websites Basic Census results can be found at www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk for pre-June 2004 wards. See also www.statistics.gov.uk and www.tameside.gov.uk For further information please contact Anne Cunningham in the Policy Unit on 0161 342 2170, or email anne.cunningham@.gov.uk All data taken from 2001 Census. Comparison with 1991 is difficult due to technical changes in the way the Census is carried out.

Profiles of Regeneration Areas 1 Newton Flowery Field

Age Structure of Population The population of Newton Flowery Field in 2001 was 4919. Its age structure is shown below:-

600 Men 400

200

0 0-4 10-14 20-24 30-34 40-44 50-54 60-64 70-74 80-84 90+ 200

Wome compar Tameside Profile

(for 400 ison)

600

Age Male Female Total 0-4 187 170 357 5-9 206 190 396 Key Age Groups 10-14 228 196 424 15-19 184 163 347 Pre-school Children (0-3) : 289 20-24 124 150 274 25-29 124 185 309 Primary School Children (4-10) : 548 30-34 191 182 373 35-39 188 183 371 Secondary School Children (11-15) : 405 40-44 152 158 310 45-49 135 135 270 Young Adults (16-19) : 283 50-54 150 163 313 55-59 131 108 239 People of Working Age (16-59 [F]/64[M]) : 2851 60-64 108 104 212 65-69 92 101 193 Older People (60+[F]/65+[M]) : 827 70-74 77 102 179 75-79 59 114 173 80-84 39 57 96 85-89 19 46 65 90+ 6 15 21 Total 2400 2522 4922 Source : Table CS001

Profiles of Regeneration Areas 2 Newton Flowery Field

Ethnic Profile of Population Population in ethnic groups: Newton Flowery Field Tameside Total 4924 100.0% 100% White 4735 96.2% 94.6% White British 4657 94.6% 92.7% White Irish 44 0.9% 0.9% White Other 34 0.7% 1.0% Mixed 51 1.0% 0.8% Asian or Asian British 122 2.5% 4.0% Indian 10 0.2% 1.4% Pakistani 8 0.2% 1.2% Bangladeshi 99 2.0% 1.2% Other Asian 5 0.1% 0.1% Black or Black British 11 0.2% 0.3% Caribbean 7 0.1% 0.2% African 1 0.0% 0.1% Other Black 3 0.1% 0.0% Chinese or Other Ethnic Group 6 0.1% 0.4% Chinese 6 0.1% 0.3% Other 0 0.0% 0.1% N.B. – the breakdown of ‘White’ into ‘White British’, ‘White Irish’ and ‘White Other’, and the introduction of a ‘Mixed’ category, are new in 2001. Source : Table KS06

Country of Birth

% Born in UK - Newton Flowery Field Residents by Ethnic Group

White 98.0%

ALL PEOPLE 96.2%

Black 63.6% Pakistani 62.5%

Mixed 60.8% Indian 60.0% Bangladeshi 47.5%

Chinese Other Asian

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

% Born in UK % Born elsewhere

Source:Table CT003

Profiles of Regeneration Areas 3 Newton Flowery Field

100%

Religion 90% In Tameside as a whole, three-quarters of the 80% population describe themselves as Christian, and only 5% specify another religion. The chart on the 70% right compares this with the results for Newton 60% Flowery Field. 50%

40% 30%

20% 10% 0% Newton Flowery Tameside Field

Not Stated 8.1% 11.4% None 12.1% 15.4% Sikh 0.0% 0.0% Jewish 0.0% 0.0% Buddhist 0.1% 0.0% Other 0.2% 0.2% Hindu 1.4% 0.2% Muslim 2.5% 2.2% Christian 75.5% 70.4%

Source : Table KS07

Marital Status and Living Arrangements

Marital Status Living Arrangements Of Newton Flowery Field residents Marital Status (People aged 16+) aged 16+ in households :-

Widowed 10.1% • 40.3% live as part of a married

Divorced Single couple (Tameside average 48.7%) 12.1% 32.9% • 12.6% live as part of a cohabiting couple (Tameside average 11.0%) 9%

Separated 9% 30% • 47.0% do not live in a couple

3.3% 3% Inner Ring - (Tameside average 40.3%)

7% Tameside Source : Table KS03

Remarried 42% 9.5% Married Outer Ring - 32.1% Newton Flowery Source : Table KS04 Field

Profiles of Regeneration Areas 4 Newton Flowery Field

Household Composition Household Size

5+ Household Size people 8.7% There were 2056 households in Newton Flowery Field in 2001, of % 6.4% 1 Person 5 average size 2.4 (Tameside average . 9 33.8% 2 2.35). e 31.0% l p Source : Table KS19 o e 30.6% Inner Ring p

4 Tameside 699 of these households were single- - 3 person households. The chart on the right shows how this compares with the Tameside average of 31% single- 32.1% person households. Outer Ring Newton Pensioner Households 2 people Flowery Field 28.0% There are 466 households in Newton

Flowery Field where the occupants are Source : Table all of pensionable age. This amounts CS051 to 22.7% of households in the ward (Tameside average 22.9%). Pensioners living alone account for 332 of these households. Source : Table KS020 Families with Dependent Children, Households with Children Newton Flowery Field 1 child,

A ‘dependent child’ is defined as a person in age 0-4 2+ 14.9% a household aged 0-15, or a full-time student children, aged 16-18 in a family with parent(s). all older 29.9% There are 701 households with dependent children in Newton Flowery Field, i.e. 34.1% of households in the ward (Tameside average

31.7%). Each such household has an average 2+ 1 child, of 1.9 dependent children (Tameside 1.8). children, older youngest 30.1% Source : Tables KS020 & UV006 0-4 25.1% Source : Table CS007 Lone Parent Households There are 235 lone parent households with dependent children in Newton Flowery Field. This constitutes 33.5% of all households with dependent children (Tameside average 26.4%), and accounts for 34.7% of dependent children in the ward (Tameside 27.6%). 89.4% of these households are headed by a female lone parent. Source : Tables KS022 & CT001.

Children in Households with No Adult in Employment 423 dependent children in Newton Flowery Field live in households with no adult in employment. This equates to 31.6% of dependent children (Tameside average 19.5%). Source : Table CT001.

Profiles of Regeneration Areas 5 Newton Flowery Field

Housing Newton Flowery Tameside Tenure Tenure Comments Field No. % % Owner 1050 51.3% 68.7% Includes shared ownership occupied

Social Split into ‘Council’ and ‘Registered Social 817 39.9% 21.6% Landlord’, but some former Tameside rented tenants may have ticked ‘Council’ box. Private Rented from private landlord or letting 80 3.9% 6.4% rented agency. No furnished/unfurnished split. Other 99 4.8% 3.3% Rented from employer, relative or friend, rented or ‘living rent free’ (though there is some concern that this may have been ticked by tenants receiving Housing Benefit) Source : Table KS18 Vacant Property and Second Homes Newton Flowery Field has 159 vacant household spaces, or 7.2% of its stock (compared to a Tameside average of 4.4 %). It has no second homes. Source : Table KS16 Property Type Property Size & Type (% of all Household Spaces) 45% Each household in Newton Flowery 40% Field has an average of 4.8 rooms 35% 30% (Tameside 5.0). Source: Table KS19. The 25% distribution of different types of 20% 15% housing can be seen below and on 10% the right. 5% 0%

Household d Detached Semi Terraced Flat* Shared Spaces, Tameside Unoccupied or Newton Mobile** Flowery Un- Tameside Occupied Total % Total No. occupied Field Occupie Newton Flowery Field Unoccupied Detached 74 7 81 3.7% Newton Flowery Field Occupied Semi 808 31 839 37.9% Terraced 830 59 889 40.1% * Bed-sits indistinguishable from other flats in non-purpose-built blocks Flat* 334 66 400 18.1% **Caravans, other mobile/temporary structures, & household spaces in Shared or shared dwelling 6 0 6 0.3% Source : Table CS048 Mobile** Total 2052 163 2215 100.0% Car Ownership (Households)

Two cars Amenities & Car Ownership One car 12.1% 41.9% Newton Tame- Househ olds – There are a Flowery Field side Amenities (lack of) total of 1512 19% Three + No. % % cars in Newton 44% cars 4% Overcrowded 145 7.1% 5.8% Flowery Field, 2.4% (occupancy ratin g <= -1) i.e. 0.7 per No central heating 276 13.4% 10.2% household 33% Lacking sole use of 3 0.1% 0.3% (Tameside Outer Ring – bath/shower & toilet average 0.95) Newton Not ground level* 218 10.6% 10.2% Flowery Field None *New question re lowest level of accommodation Source : Table KS19 Inner Ring – 43.7% Tameside Source : Table KS17 Profiles of Regeneration Areas 6 Newton Flowery Field

Health

Limiting Long-Term Illness (LLTI) As in 1991, the Census asked :- Do you have any long-term illness, health problem or disability which limits your daily activities or the work you can do ? In Newton Flowery Field, 1185 persons reported an LLTI, which is 24.1% of the total population (Tameside average 20.9%). Age Group Residents with LLTI % of Age Group The table on the right shows the age 0-15 52 4.2% breakdown of residents in 16-34 132 10.5% households with LLTI. A 35-49 220 22.8% further 23 people in 50-59 218 39.2% Newton Flowery Field 60-64 126 61.2% with LLTI live in 65-84 373 60.7% communal 85+ 41 80.4% establishments. ALL AGES 1162 23.8% Source : Table CS016 General Health The 2001 Census also contained a new question about General Health:- Over the last twelve months, would you say your health has on the whole been : Good ? / Fairly Good ? / Not Good ? In Newton Flowery Field the split was 2967 / 1277 / 674, or 60.3% / 26.0% / 13.7% (Tameside split 65.2% / 23.2% / 11.6%). Source : Table KS008

Limiting Long-Term Illness and General Health Combined The LLTI and ‘Not Good’ General Health figures cannot simply be added together, as the same people may have been suffering from both. The total number of people in Newton Flowery Field with LLTI and/or ‘Not Good’ General Health is 1275, or 25.9% of the population (Tameside average 22.5%).

Limiting Long-Term Illness and/or General Health 'not good'

Tameside 10.9% 10.0% 1.6%

Newton Flowery Field 12.3% 11.9% 1.8%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% Limiting Long-Term Illness Only General Health 'not good' and LLTI General Health 'not good' but no LLTI Source : Tables CS016 & CS065 Carers 474 people in Newton Flowery Field provide unpaid care to another person because of long-term physical or mental health or disability, or problems related to old age (Tameside total 22240). Source : Table KS008

Profiles of Regeneration Areas 7 Newton Flowery Field

Economic Activity The 2001 Census presents figures on Economic Activity for all ages from 16-74, but still lets us examine the traditional ‘working age’ group of 16-59(F)/64(M):- Source: Table CS028 Newton Flowery Field Tameside Economically Active Residents Male Female Overall Overall No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate Rate Age 16-74 1145 70.5% 925 53.7% 2070 61.9% 66.8% Age 16-59(F)/64(M) 1133 77.0% 886 62.8% 2019 70.1% 76.4%

Newton Flowery Field– Economically Newton Flowery Field – Economically Inactive Residents aged 16-74 Active Residents aged 16-74

Permanently 187 16 885+ 3 Employed Sick/Disabled 157 8 744 + 39

27 137 Retired 108 +9 239 Self-Employed 11 40 + 0

Looking after 22 Home/Family 252 101 + 0 Unemployed Economically 66 + 0 52 Male 16-64 e.g. '958 + 18' = 958 of Inactive traditional working age, plus Student 45 Male 65-74 18 above that age but under Female 16-59 38 0 seventy-five Economically + 47 6 Female 60-74 Other Active Student 36+ 0 66 8

0 100 200 300 0 500 1000 Source : Tables KS009 & CT002 Source : Table CS028 Unemployment The ‘unemployed’ category in the 2001 Census is designed to be consistent with the ILO (International Labour Organisation) definition, i.e. A person is defined as unemployed if he or she is not in employment, is available to start work in the next 2 weeks and has either looked for work in the last 4 weeks or is waiting to start a new job. Overall Rate As a percentage of all economically Age-Specific Unemployment Rates active 16-59/64 year olds, the 20% (as % of Economically Active in Age-Group) Newton Flowery Field rate from the 2001 Census is 8.3% (Tameside Newton Flowery Field 15% average 4.9%). Source : Table CS028 Tameside By Gender : On the same basis, the 10% male rate is 8.9% and the female rate is 7.4% (Tameside average 5% 15.8% 10.3%

5.7% and 4.0%). Source : Table CS028 8.0% 5.9% 4.9% 3.5% 3.0% 4.3% By Age : see graph on right. 0% 16-24 25-34 35-54 55-59/64 Long-Term : Out of all unemployed people Source : Table CS028 aged 16-74 in Newton Flowery Field in April 2001, 9.3% had never worked and 32.0% had not worked since 1999 (Tameside average 8.0% and 28.5%). Source : Table KS09

Profiles of Regeneration Areas 8 Newton Flowery Field

Education Qualifications held (16-74 year olds) ? Tameside Newton Flowery Field Qualifications 7.8% ?

6.8% L 4 In Tameside as a whole, only /5 L4/5 L 6 3 . 11.4% of 16-74 year olds have None 5 0 11.4% .4% % a degree (or NVQ Level 4/5), 35.2% None which puts the borough in 350th L3 6.2% L2 43.6% place out of 376 authorities 18.1% L2 L1 nationwide. The percentage of 20.2% L1 20.1% graduates in Newton Flowery 19.3% Field is 6.0% (see pie charts on right):- ‘L1’ = NVQ Level 1, etc, etc Source : Table KS13 ‘?’ = other / level unknown Occupational Group (Persons in employment aged 16-74) 100% Students 8.9% 11.9% 15.1% Newton Flowery Field had 79 90% 3.3% full-time students or 8.0% 6.9% schoolchildren aged 16-17 and 80% 11.2% 67 aged 18-74 living there in 10.6% 11.6% term-time. Another 7 pupils or 70% students from Newton Flowery 13.8% 14.1% 14.6% Field were counted at their term- 60% time address elsewhere. Source : Tables KS13 & KS01 13.3% 50% 8.9% 13.6%

40% 9.1% 11.6% Occupational Group 7.6% The top three categories of the 6.9% new occupational classification 30% 8.5% 20.0% are ‘Managers & Senior 7.7% Officials’,‘Professionals’ and 20% 13.0% 8.5% ‘Associate Professional & Technical’ (hatched at top of 10% 17.0% graph on right). Tameside as 12.3% 11.9% th a whole comes 350 out of 0% Newton Flowery Tameside & Wales 376 in the country for Field ‘Professionals’, and bottom in Managers & Senior 8.9% 11.9% 15.1% for all Officials Professional Occupations 3.3% 6.9% 11.2% three categories combined. The graph shows how Newton Associate Professional & 8.0% 11.6% 13.8% Technical Occupations Flowery Field compares. Administrative & 10.6% 14.6% 13.3% Secretarial Occupations Skilled Trades 14.1% 13.6% 11.6% Occupations Personal Service 8.9% 7.6% 6.9% Occupations Sales & Customer Service 9.1% 8.5% 7.7% Occupations Process,Plant & Machine 20.0% 13.0% 8.5% Operatives 17.0% 12.3% 11.9% Source : Table KS12 Elementary Occupations