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Harington Ward Profile 2012 Sefton Business Intelligence & Performance Team Harington 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. Ward Assets Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Overview Population & In 2010, Harington’s estimated population was 12,324 a slight reduction in resident population since 2001. As with most other areas in the Housing borough there are slightly more females than males. Harington has a higher proportion of older people than the borough average and consequently a lower proportions of residents of working age (16-64), and 0-15 year olds. Harington has a much lower proportion of Registered Social Landlord (RSL) housing (1.4%) along with lower percentages of vacant properties compared to the borough rate. Deprivation & Harington is the least deprived ward in the borough, with four Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in the least deprived 10% nationally, Child Poverty however levels of deprivation in 4 LSOA’s has increased. Similarly levels of Income Deprivation Affecting Older People are the lowest in the borough with six LSOA’s in the least deprived 10% nationally, however, since 2004 the relative deprivation for older people has increased in six of the LSOA’s. Child Poverty is also the lowest of the Sefton wards with 5.5% of children estimated to be living in poverty. Worklessness The levels of benefits dependency in the ward is less than half the rate of the borough as a whole, with less than one in ten working age & Benefits residents claiming benefits, however, there has been a small year on year increase in the proportion of claimants of 0.1%. Latest available figures for JSA claimants show a year on year reduction of 26%. Despite a reduction in 18-24 year old claimants during the same period the proportion of claimants they represent is high at more than 40%. Employment In 2001, almost three quarters of residents within the Harington ward were employed; compared to around two thirds across the borough. & Income The ward has a higher than average proportion of senior officials and professional living in it. This is reflected in the average weekly wage, which, in the Sefton Central Constituency is more than 12% above the Sefton average. On average males in the Constituency earn 31% more than females. (There is no data available by ward for average weekly wage) Crime / There is a low crime and disorder count per 100 pop in Harington ward, less than half the Sefton rate (3.12 compared to 6.76). Both overall Disorder & British Crime Survey (BCS) Crimes and overall Anti Social Behaviour (ASB) incidents have reduced in Harington. Only domestic burglary Environmental and theft from a vehicle offences rose slightly. All four ASB categories have had year on year reductions. Reported environmental incidents Issues across the ward are also less than half the rate they are across the borough however there have been increases in dog fouling, fly tipping and rat related incidents. Despite having a 13% reduction in calls, the biggest environmental issue in the ward remains street sweeping / cleansing. Education Educational attainment in Harington’s high schools has improved over the last five years, with more than three quarters of pupils attaining 5 A* -C GCSE’s (or equivalent) including English and Mathematics. Formby High has the highest levels of attainment across the borough. However, while Range High School the second highest attainment of these qualifications across the borough levels have dropped slightly from 74% in 2007 to 72% in 2011 Overall, unauthorised and persistent absence, at both schools, are lower rates than the borough and national rates. The proportion of secondary school children eligible for free school meals is far lower than that of the borough and national rates. Health & Just 5.4% of ward residents are smokers, the lowest across the borough. More than half of the population are overweight or obese, which, Alcohol is below the borough and national obesity rates. The proportion of residents that achieve their recommended daily intake of fruit and Misuse vegetables a day, and recommended amount of exercise are above the borough averages and far higher than the national percentage. Childhood obesity in reception (age 4-5 years) is less than half of both the borough and national rates at just 4%. While it more than trebles by year 6 (ages 10-11) to 13% it remains below both the borough and national rates of childhood obesity. Life expectancy for people living in the area for both males and females is several years higher than the borough and national averages; child emergency hospital admissions are lower than they are for Sefton as a whole. Around one in five (21.7%) residents suffer from below average mental wellbeing. While excessive drinking is more or less in line with the borough rate, the proportion of residents that binge drink is higher. However, alcohol related hospital admissions are 34% lower than the borough rate and 215 lower than the national rate. Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Summary Chart Better Than Category Indicator Harington Sefton Average Sefton Average Population Change in Population 2001-2010 -0.72% -3.60% n Average House price (Sefton Central Constituency figure) £251,727 £128,567 n Housing % of Vacant Properties 1.70% 2.80% n IMD 2010 - % of LSOA area in Most Deprived 10% Nationally 0.00% 18.00% n Deprivation % of LSOA's in most deprived 10% nationally affecting older people 0.00% 20.00% n Child Poverty % of Children Living Poverty 5.50% 20.17% n % of Job Seekers Allowance Claimants (July 2012) 1.60% 5.30% n Worklessness & Benefits n % of Job Seekers Allowance Claimants aged 18-24 (July 2012) 41.00% 30.30% % of Incapacity Benefits Claimants February 2012 3.90% 8.80% n Income Average Weekly Wage (Sefton Central figure) £529.10 £470.00 n BCS Crime per 100 population 2011/12 1.66 3.07 n Crime & Disorder Anti Social Behaviour Incidents per 100 population 2011/12 1.45 3.69 n Environmental Incidents per 100 population 2011/12 1.16 3.61 n Environmental Issues Fly Tipping Calls per 100 population 2011/12 0.23 1.05 n % of students achieving A*-C (or equivalent) inc. English & Maths 2011 77.50% 60% n Education Overall Absence rates 2011 5.39% 6.75% n n % of Smokers 5.40% 14.80% Healthy Lifestyles % of Residents Overweight or Obese 53.10% 55.20% n % of Residents achieving recommended weekly exercise 66.90% 65.90% n n Male Life Expectancy 80.7 76.6 Health Female Life Expectancy 84.4 81.4 n % of Residents with Below Average Mental Wellbeing 21.70% 29% n n % of Residents With Above Recommended Alcohol Consumption 20.10% 19.90% Alcohol Misuse % of Residents Who Binge Drink 35.80% 33.80% n Alcohol Related Hospital Admissions per 100,000 1486.8 2279.6 n n Better Than Sefton Average n Worse than Sefton Average n Same as the Sefton Average Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Population Harington’s 2010 population is estimated to be 12,324 and makes up 4.5% Population by Gender / Age (2010) of the overall borough population. 2,500 2,000 1,094 963 921 The population of the ward is estimated to have remained fairly constant 1,500 778 868 since 2001, with just 89 less residents estimated to live in the ward in 2010 1,000 470 922 840 401 457 874 796 745 455 500 522 493 397 328 The gender breakdown in the ward is similar to the borough wide 0 breakdown, with slightly more females (52%) than males. 0 - 9 10 - 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60 - 69 70 - 79 80+ Male Female The proportion of working age residents in the ward is almost 6% lower than Population Change across the borough as a whole. In addition to a lower proportion of working 15,000 age residents in the area the proportion of children (0-15 years) resident in 12,500 the ward is also below the borough rate. 10,000 7,500 5,000 With more than a quarter of residents aged 65 and over, Harington has one of the highest proportions of over 65’s across the borough, which, at 27.5% 2,500 is almost 7% above the borough average . 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Male Female Total The proportion of non-white residents in the ward is extremely low at just 1.3%, however, this is largely in line with the proportion of residents across Category Harington % Sefton % the borough that are non-white (1.6%). Total Population 12,324 272,876 Males 5,917 48.0 130,229 47.7 Females 6,407 52.0 142,647 52.3 Children (0 - 15) 1,935 15.7 47,340 17.3 Working Age (16 - 64) 6,995 56.8 169,184 62.0 Source: All population data sourced from ONS Older People (65+) 3,394 27.5 56,352 20.7 Census 2001 and 2002 - 2010 Mid Year Other Backgrounds (Census 2001) 27 1.3 4,418 1.6 Population Estimates White Persons (Census 2001) 12,297 98.7 278,540 98.4 Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Housing Housing Tenure There are a total of 5,285 residential properties in Harington, which Tenure Harington % Sefton % represents 3.9% of the borough housing stock.

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