WARD PROFILE: ENFIELD HIGHWAY 2021 Enfield Highway Ward is situated in the north east of the Borough, bordered by the River Lee to the east, and surrounded by the wards of Enfield Lock, Turkey Street, Southbury and Ponders End. It is covered by postal district EN3. Ward Profile This Profile is intended to provide a guide to the demography, social and economic data and Council facilities in the ward. It has been collated using the most up to date local-level data relating to 2020/21 as far as possible. A variety of statistical sources, both national and local, have been used in its compilation. Appendix A has a table of key statistics for at a glance comparison with Borough averages. Political Makeup The ward is represented by the following Councillors: Name Party Contact Votes received in 2018 election Ergun Eren Labour 020 8379 5312 2148 Christine Hamilton Labour 020 8379 2473 2003 Ahmet Hasan Labour 020 8379 2474 1889 At the 2018 council elections, voter turnout in Enfield Highway was 31.1%. Enfield Highway ward falls in the parliamentary seat of Enfield North. Demography Summary Statistics Enfield Measure Enfield Source Highway Population Estimate (2019) 17,161 333,794 ONS mid-year estimates 2019 Children aged 0-15 4,468 76,137 ONS mid-year estimates 2019 Working-age people (16-64) 10,888 213,093 ONS mid-year estimates 2019 Older people aged 65+ 1,805 44,564 ONS mid-year estimates 2019 % All Children aged 0-15 26.0 22.8 ONS mid-year estimates 2019 % All Working-age (16-64) 63.4 63.8 ONS mid-year estimates 2019 % All Older people aged 65+ 10.5 13.4 ONS mid-year estimates 2019 % BAME - 2019 38.6 36.6 Enfield Council Estimates 2019 % BAME - 2011 42.2 39.0 Census 2011 % Not Born in UK - 2011 34.3 35.1 Census 2011 % English is First Language of no one in 14.5 14.1 Census 2011 household - 2011 Ministry for Housing, Communities Area - Square Kilometres 4.6 82.2 and Local Government ONS mid-year estimates 2019 / Population density (people per sq km) 3,731 4,061 MHCLG Produced by the Knowledge and Insight Hub 2 If you have any queries relating to this document please email [email protected] Population Based on the ONS mid-year estimates 2019, the total population for the ward is estimated to be 17,161. This is the 6th largest population of the 21 wards in Enfield. According to the ONS estimate, the population of Enfield Highway Ward has increased by 7.1% since the 2011 Census, which is higher than the average population increase in Enfield wards. The percentages of male and female residents in Enfield Highway Ward are 48.8% and 51.2% respectively. Women outnumber men in most age bands over the age of 25 years. See chart above right. Age Profile The age profile of the ward is broadly similar to that of the borough in general, although with higher proportions of children and young adults. For more detail, see the appendix. Produced by the Knowledge and Insight Hub 3 If you have any queries relating to this document please email [email protected] Ethnicity The ward contains relatively large numbers in the Other Black African and Turkish ethnic groups. As at the 2011 Census, the percentages of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Group (BAME) was 42.2% and Non-UK Born residents was 34.3%. The percentage of households without English as a first language was 14.5% Enfield Council’s own 2019 estimates give the ward’s BAME Group to be 38.6% of the total population. Ethnicity estimates are produced in-house, using data from the 2001 and 2011 Censuses and the School Census conducted by the local education authority (LEA). The School Census results indicate the changing nature of the population and Enfield pupils recorded themselves under 95 different ethnic codes. Ward ethnicity populations have been consolidated and estimated for the 22 groups that make up the Council’s standard ethnic group classification (see table below)1. Enfield Highway Borough Ethnicity (2019) Estimated Estimated % % No. No. White British 5,825 34.3 128463 38.3 White Irish 242 1.4 6427 1.9 Greek 184 1.1 3862 1.2 Greek Cypriot 604 3.6 15612 4.7 Turkish 1,982 11.7 25413 7.6 Turkish Cypriot 364 2.1 6079 1.8 Kurdish 303 1.8 4152 1.2 White Other 918 5.4 22501 6.7 White & Black Caribbean 283 1.7 4248 1.3 White and Asian 155 0.9 3627 1.1 White and Black African 141 0.8 2303 0.7 Other mixed 395 2.3 6562 2.0 Indian 283 1.7 11066 3.3 Pakistani 76 0.4 2407 0.7 Bangladeshi 319 1.9 5971 1.8 Chinese 77 0.5 2441 0.7 Other Asian 479 2.8 11954 3.6 Somali 337 2.0 9160 2.7 Other Black African 1,810 10.7 25032 7.5 Black Caribbean 1,141 6.7 17561 5.2 Other Black 515 3.0 8285 2.5 Other Ethnic Group 537 3.2 12300 3.7 1Please note totals will not sum with ONS population estimates. Produced by the Knowledge and Insight Hub 4 If you have any queries relating to this document please email [email protected] Language The main languages of residents* given by 2011 Census estimates are: English 11,476 76% The ward had the 2nd highest Turkish 1,404 9% number of Italian speakers in Polish 245 2% Enfield. Greek 170 1% Italian 152 1% * aged 3 and over Religion Regarding religion, the best guide is the 2011 Census. This showed the religious makeup of the ward as: Borough Religion No. % share average % Christian 8665 54.1 53.6 Buddhist 64 0.4 0.6 Hindu 339 2.1 3.5 Jewish 29 0.2 1.4 Muslim 3283 20.5 16.7 Sikh 36 0.2 0.3 Other/none/not stated 3611 22.5 23.8 Produced by the Knowledge and Insight Hub 5 If you have any queries relating to this document please email [email protected] Socio-economic factors Socio-economic classification The 2011 Census results showed that Enfield Highway had an above average proportion of people in routine occupations, with about 33% more people than would be expected from the Borough average. Low income households Enfield Highway had the 6th lowest median household income of the 21 wards in Enfield, as estimated by CACI in 2021. Average household income in the ward is below the median level for the borough as a whole, and lower than the London-wide median. The proportion of households with an annual income of less than £15,000 was put at 18.9% compared to a Borough average of 15.4%. This was the 6th highest proportion of the 21 wards and was higher than the average for London. Provisional statistics from the Department for Work and Pensions indicate that, at 2020, 902 children in the ward (20.2% of the total) were living in families with relative low income, and 712 (15.9%) were in families of Absolute low income2. The proportions of children in poverty compared with local, regional and national averages are shown in the chart below. 2 Relative low income: equivalised household income is less than 60% of the UK median for that year. Absolute low income: equivalised household income is less than 60% of the UK median for the period 2010-2011. Produced by the Knowledge and Insight Hub 6 If you have any queries relating to this document please email [email protected] Benefit Claims • As at June 2021, the claimant count3 in Enfield Highway was 1,095, representing 10% of the local working-age population. • At February 2021, 38% of households in the ward (2,405) were claiming Universal Credit – this includes working households. Economically active people The estimated proportion of people in work or looking for work (the economically active) was below the borough average in 2011. For number and rates see the appendix. Deprivation score The Indices of Deprivation 2019 – produced for the Department of Communities and Local Government– can be used to calculate the likely relative deprivation ranking of the ward. Analysis carried out by the Local Government Association indicates that, within Enfield, Enfield Highway is the 6th most deprived of the 21 wards in the Borough. The same analysis estimates that it is within the 20% most deprived wards in England. The map illustrates deprivation levels for wards in Enfield, when compared with the rest of the 7,180 wards in England for which data were available. Fuel Poverty Ward-level analysis of government statistics4 reveal that, as at 2019, 19.6% of households in the ward were in fuel poverty. This proportion was higher than both the borough and England averages. 3 The ‘narrow’ measure of unemployment: the number of people receiving either Job Seekers’ Allowance, or unemployed claimants of Universal Credit who are required to seek work. 4 Published by Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Produced by the Knowledge and Insight Hub 7 If you have any queries relating to this document please email [email protected] Crime Appendix A has two crime related indicators by which the ward is compared to the Borough average:- • Crime rate • Anti-social behaviour rate The latest crime rates and trends can be obtained from the Metropolitan Police crime mapping website. Health The most recent estimates of the life expectancies5 show that male life expectancy is lower than the borough average, while the female equivalent is higher than average.