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Charnwood Community Profile 2005

August 2005

Produced by the Research and Information Team, Chief Executive’s Department, County Hall, Leicestershire County Council

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CONTENTS

Page 4 Executive summary 5 Purpose of report 6 Demographic profile 11 Ethnicity / religion 16 Healthier Communities 28 Deprivation 39 Education, skills and training 47 Economy 59 Crime 66 Travel to work 68 Summary / gaps 70 Glossary

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

♦ The population of Charnwood is 155,400

♦ 18.5% of the population are aged under 16 years, and 17.4% are of pension age ♦ There are 60,472 households in the Borough, with an average household size of 2.42 persons

♦ 10.8% of the population (16,573 people) are of Black and Minority Ethnic origin. The largest BME groups are Indian, Other White and Bangladeshi

♦ In Charnwood, 15% of the population have a Limiting Long Term Illness ♦ 9.9% of the population provide unpaid care to a relative or neighbour ♦ Overall levels of deprivation are relatively low, but there are small pockets of more severe deprivation in parts of Loughborough Hastings, Loughborough Storer and Loughborough Shelthorpe wards ♦ There are 3,525 children aged under 16 years and 3,673 people aged over 60 years living in income deprived households

♦ 24,261 pupils attend an LEA school in Charnwood ♦ 82.8% of the working age population in Charnwood are economically active

♦ There are 1,378 people claiming Job Seekers Allowance in the Borough ♦ 83.9% of businesses in Charnwood employ less than 10 people

♦ Average household income in the Borough is £31,234 ♦ Offences recorded by the police in 2004/05 shows falling Vehicle crime and Burglary but Criminal damage remains high, and Assault offences continue to increase

♦ There are 60,472 cars and vans in Charnwood, and this is the most common method of travel to work (67.6%). 7.4% of the population travel to work by bus

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PURPOSE OF REPORT Charnwood Borough Council is in the process of reviewing the Charnwood Community Plan and the Charnwood Local Plan, the latter eventually being replaced by a Local Development Framework (LDF). It is therefore important that the Borough Council and the Local Strategic Partnership review the information available about the Borough to inform this process. This profile has been prepared to ensure the preparation of, and consultation on the Community Plan, Core Strategy and Statement of Community Involvement are well informed and based upon existing knowledge about the Borough. It will also support the development of an evidence base for the Leicestershire Local Area Agreement and future regional and sub-regional planning. Data A range of data from a variety of sources has been used in compiling this report. In all cases, the most up-to-date information has been included. Where relevant, historic data or projected information has also been included. Geography

This report will include data at different geographical levels:

• Borough • Ward – There are 28 wards in the Borough. Ward boundaries were changed in the Borough in 2001. Wherever possible, the new ward boundaries have been used in this report. • Super Output Areas - lower level (SOA) – There are 100 lower level SOAs in the Borough, shown in appendix 1. This is a relatively new geography created by the Office for National Statistics. They are created by combining a number of Output Areas which were created for the 2001 Census. They are small areas of broadly consistent population size across the country, each containing approximately 1,500 people. • Output Areas – There are 487 Output Areas in the Borough. These are small areas created for the 2001 Census each containing approximately 120 households. Where possible, the data will be compared with the borough (and the group of ‘most similar’ local authorities*), the county, the region and the country.

* The Office for National Statistics has produced an Area Classification which groups most similar local authorities together using demographic, household composition, socio-economic, employment and industry sector indicators from the 2001 census - more information on the classification is available from www.statistics.gov.uk/about/methodology_by_theme/area_classification.

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DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF CHARNWOOD

Summary • The population of Charnwood is 155,400 (mid-2003) • 18.5% of the population are under 16 years • 17.4% of the population are of pension age

The Borough More detailed maps of the Borough showing the various The Borough covers an area of 27,906 hectares. It shares boundaries used in this report are located in the borders with North West Leicestershire, Rushcliffe appendices to this report. (Nottinghamshire), Melton, Harborough, Leicester City and Map 1: Charnwood Borough Hinckley and Bosworth Districts. In 2003, the population of the Borough was estimated to be 155,400 (Source: ONS mid year estimate). The largest proportion of the population live in the larger settlements of Loughborough (55,492 people), Shepshed (13,330 people), Syston (11,544 people), Birstall (11,368 people) and Thurmaston (8,979 people). (Source: 2001 Mid Year Population Estimates, Leicestershire County Council). The population is predicted to grow to 158,100 in 2011. Table 1: Population projection

2001 2006 2011 Charnwood 153,600 156,100 158,100

Source: Leicestershire County Council 2002-based projections

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Ward level change 1991-2001 To enable a comparison of the location of population change, old wards have been used. Graph 1 shows absolute change in numbers, Graph 2 shows the percentage change within each ward (old wards have been used). The wards of Storer and Outwoods have seen the largest rise in their populations (26.5% and 25.3% respectively). A number of wards saw their population fall between 1991 and 2001.

GraphAshby 1: Ward level population change 1991/2001 GraphAshby 2: % change 1991/2001

Barrow Upon Soar Barrow Upon Soar

Birstall Goscote Birstall Goscote Birstall Greengat e Birstall Greengate Birstall Net herhall Birstall Netherhall Birstall Riverside Birstall Riverside Birstall St onehill Birstall Stonehill Bradgat e Bradgate East Goscot e East Goscote Garendon Garendon Hastings Hastings Hat hern Hathern Lemyngt on Lemyngton Mount sorrel & Rot hley Mountsorrel & Rothley Nanpant an Nanpantan Out woods Outwoods Queniborough Queniborough Shepshed East 1991 Shepshed East Shepshed West 2001 Shepshed West Sileby Sileby Six Hills Six Hills Sout hf ields Southfields St orer Storer Syston Syston The Wolds The Wolds Thurcaston Thurcaston Thurmaston Thurmaston Woodhouse & Swit hland Woodhouse & Swithland Woodthorpe Woodthorpe 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 -15% -10% -5% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%

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Graph 3: Age Structure, 2003 90+ 85 to 89 Male FemaleFemale 80 to 84 75 to 79 70 to 74 65 to 69 60 to 64 55 to 59 50 to 54 45 to 49 40 to 44 35 to 39 30 to 34 25 to 29 20 to 24 15 t o 19 10 t o 14 5 to 9 0 to 4

-12-10-8-6-4-20246810 percentage Source: ONS

The population pyramid above shows the age profile of the Borough population. It clearly shows that the Borough contains a large proportion of 20 to 24 year olds (especially males) due to the large number of students in Loughborough. The 25 to 29 years age group contains the lowest proportions.

18.5% of the population are aged under 16 years, and 17.4% are of pension age (male over 65 or female over 60).

The decreasing number of children in younger age groups will be compounded by lower numbers in the main child-bearing age groups (25 to 34 years).

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Births by ward Birth rate Table 2 shows the number of births in each ward between 1997 and Graph 4 shows the birth rate measured as a proportion of women of 2002 - data is available for ‘old wards’ only. The Borough as a whole reproductive age in each ward in the Borough. Loughborough saw a fall in number of births from 1,651 to 1,571, a decline of 5%. Hastings ward has the highest birth rate: 75.2 births, against a low of Table 2: Number of births per year (ONS) 20.6 births in Loughborough Ashby ward. Graph 4: Births per 1,000 women of reproductive age (2001/04 % change Loughborough Hast ings 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 97-02 average) Wreake Villages East Goscote 24 32 26 22 28 32 33% The Wolds Shepshed West 58 71 61 61 71 75 29% Loughborough Lemyngt on Mountsorrel and Rothley 135 154 141 158 142 162 20% Loughborough Shelt horpe Woodthorpe 80 90 63 64 74 96 20% M ount sorrel Outwoods 33 25 39 37 42 39 18% Forest Bradgate Lemyngton 79 77 95 65 71 93 18% Barrow and Sileby West Hastings 86 105 110 113 96 99 15% Shepshed West Birstall Stonehill 36 38 44 32 33 41 14% Sileby The Wolds 30 38 40 27 32 33 10% Shepshed East Nanpantan 27 35 53 35 38 29 7% Anstey Birstall Riverside 16 12 13 16 11 16 0% Birstall Watermead Garendon 66 59 45 67 55 66 0% Loughborough Dishley and Hat hern Sileby 86 87 79 70 82 86 0% Syston West Six Hills 23 34 22 25 33 23 0% Birstall Wanlip Ashby 39 36 27 35 37 38 -3% Woodhouse and Swithland 26 19 31 21 18 24 -8% Quorn and M ount sorrel Cast le Thurcaston 12 11 14 24 14 11 -8% Rot hley and Thurcast on Birstall Greengate 21 18 26 29 27 19 -10% East Goscote Barrow Upon Soar and Quorndon 105 100 123 82 98 94 -10% Syston East Shepshed East 80 93 93 70 80 69 -14% Thurmast on Thurmaston 99 99 100 82 79 80 -19% Loughborough Garendon Birstall Goscote 30 30 24 25 23 24 -20% Loughborough Out woods Storer 38 28 29 27 26 30 -21% Queniborough Bradgate 68 81 76 71 83 53 -22% Loughborough Sout hf ields Hathern 107 90 99 105 88 79 -26% Loughborough Nanpant an Queniborough 22 22 21 16 11 16 -27% Loughborough St orer Birstall Netherhall 18 21 21 17 14 13 -28% Loughborough Ashby Southfields 53 43 43 42 34 34 -36% 0 1020304050607080 Syston 154 147 144 118 118 97 -37% Births per 1,000 women of reproductive age Charnwood 1,651 1,695 1,702 1,556 1,558 1,571 -5% Source: Health Informatics data supplied to Leicester Shire Online Research Atlas Source: ONS 9 Charnwood Community Profile 2005 Produced by Research & Information Team Leicestershire County Council

Housing

The 2001 census counted 60,472 households in Charnwood. The New dwellings average household size in the borough was 2.42 persons per Graph 5 shows the number of new dwellings built each household, slightly below the county average of 2.43. year between 1996 and 2004 in the Borough. 4,209 Charnwood has a higher proportion of dwellings rented from a new dwellings have been built in Charnwood Borough private landlord / letting agency (12.05%) than the county average since 1996, built at an average rate of 526 dwellings per (5.49%), and a lower proportion of owner occupied (Charnwood = year. During this period, 65% of dwellings completed 77.78%, Leicestershire = 81.15%). were built on land which had previously been Table 3: Household type, tenure and composition developed. Charnwood Leicestershire Accommodation type Number Percentage Number Percentage At 31 March 2004, there were a further 1,416 dwellings Total household spaces 60,472 252,661 Detached 19,217 30.88% 94,129 37.26% with planning permission, but yet to be built. Semi-detached 25,028 40.22% 100,478 39.77% Graph 5: New dwellings built 1996 - 2004 Terraced 11,726 18.84% 39,586 15.67% Flat or apartment 5,946 9.56% 17,462 6.91% 1000 Other 310 0.50% 1,006 0.40% 900 Tenure Number Percentage Number Percentage 800 Owner occupied 47,040 77.78% 199,020 81.15% 700 Rented from council / housing 7,282 11.00% 26,982 11.00% association 600 Private landlord / letting 4,548 12.05% 13,463 5.49% 500 agency 400 Other 1,602 2.65% 5,780 2.36% Household composition Number Percentage Number Percentage 300 200 Households with dependent 18,222 30.14% 74,236 30.27% Number ofcompletions children 100 Lone parent households with 2,931 5.38% 11,375 4.64% 0 dependent children 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 All pensioner households 13,689 22.64% 56,978 23.23% Source: Leicestershire County Council Source: 2001 Census Land Monitoring Report, 2004

10 Charnwood Community Profile 2005 Produced by Research & Information Team Leicestershire County Council ETHNICITY AND RELIGION Summary • The BME population of Charnwood is 16,573 or 10.8% of the population • The largest ethnic groups are Indian (7,203 people), Other White (2,639 people) and Bangladeshi (1,249 people) • 69.55% of the population are Christian. The largest non-Christian religious group is Hindu (3.98% of the population) The 2001 Census provides the most comprehensive information on ethnic groups in Leicestershire. The table below outlines the results using the full 16-group classification. It shows that Indian and Other White are the largest Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities in Charnwood. The overall BME population (all people other than White British) is 16,573 or 10.8%. This compares to the Leicestershire County proportion of 7.3% and the East Midlands of 8.7%. Table 4: Ethnic groups in Charnwood

White Mixed Asian or Asian British Black or Black British Chinese or other ethnic group White and White and Black Black White and Black Black Other Ethnic All people British Irish Other White Caribbean African Asian Other Mixed Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Other Asian Caribbean African Other Black Chinese Group 153,462 136,883 1,152 2,639 409 96 561 308 7,209 172 1,249 577 232 341 42 1,071 521

89.20% 0.75% 1.72% 0.27% 0.06% 0.37% 0.20% 4.70% 0.11% 0.81% 0.38% 0.15% 0.22% 0.03% 0.70% 0.34%

Graph 6: BME population Asian-55% The chart to the left illustrates each BME group in proportion 10,000 BME population—16,579 to the overall BME population. The largest group is Asian: 8,000 55% of the BME population. Irish & White 6,000 Other-23% Mixed 4,000 Chinese & Other-10% Religion 2,000 Black-4% For the first time in 150 years, a (voluntary) question was 0 asked in the 2001 census about religion. In Charnwood, 59,700 people identified themselves as Christian. The largest Table 5: Religion in Charnwood No religion or non-Christian group is Hindu (3.98%) although a large All people Christian Buddhist Hindu Jewish Muslim Sikh Other religion not stated 153,462 106,732 350 6,105 152 2,410 805 422 36,486 minority (over 23.78%) stated that they had no religion, or did 69.55% 0.23% 3.98% 0.10% 1.57% 0.52% 0.27% 23.78% not state their religion.

Charnwood Community Profile 2005 Number 16 Number Produced by Research & Information Team Leicestershire County Council Table 7: Ethnicity and the to 74 % of 16 to 74 16 to 74 % of 16 to 74 labour market employed employed unemployed unemployed Other Black 16 64% 0 0% Labour Market British 63,021 62% 2,515 2% All people 69,451 61% 2,957 3% Indian 3,252 61% 195 4% • Table 7 shows there are large differences in Black Caribbean 123 59% 5 2% the percentage of people working by ethnic Other White 1,153 54% 54 3% Irish 514 54% 22 2% group. This ranges from a high of 64% in the White and Black Caribbean 85 49% 9 5% Other Mixed 84 49% 6 3% Other Black population to a low of 29% in the Other Asian 193 44% 16 4% Black African population - a 35% range Pakistani 57 44% 9 7% White and Black African 19 41% 3 7% between the top and bottom figures. To some White and Asian 103 41% 8 3% Chinese 335 40% 31 4% extent this may be explained by the fact that Bangladeshi 289 37% 54 7% Other Ethnic Group 128 34% 21 6% certain groups have younger age structures

Source: Standard Table 108 Black African 79 29% 9 3% and some groups will contain a large

Number of % of people Number of proportion of students. Table 8: Ethnicity and people aged 16 aged 16 to 74 people with a Percentage of people • Unemployment figures are low, with low qualifications to 74 with no with no degree or with a degree or qualifications qualifications equivalent equivalent numbers of people unemployed in each ethnic Bangladeshi 349 45% 111 14% Irish 337 35% 244 25% group. However, the proportion of Indian 1618 30% 1282 24% unemployed is significant for some ethnic British 27313 27% 18388 18% groups (Bangladeshi 7% and Other 6%). Black Caribbean 43 21% 48 24% Other Asian 91 21% 162 37% Qualifications Other White 432 20% 842 39% White and Black Caribbean 35 20% 28 16% • The proportion of the working age population White and Asian 40 16% 59 24% with no qualifications is highest amongst the Chinese 127 15% 435 52% Other Mixed 25 15% 58 34% Bangladeshi community (45%). Pakistani 18 14% 66 50% • The percentage of people with a degree or Other Ethnic Group 51 13% 226 60% Black African 21 7% 118 42% equivalent is lowest amongst the Bangladeshi White and Black African 3 7% 13 32% Other Black 0 0% 18 56% community (14%) and highest amongst the

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Ethnicity and Health

Table 9: Ethnicity and health Health

People with Percentage People with a Percentage with • There has been a general increase in the reporting a LLTI¹ with a LLTI ‘Not good’ Health ‘Not good’ health Irish 241 21% 101 9% of illness since the 1991 Census. Similar to figures Pakistani 29 16% 9 5% for the rest of the County, the Irish community have British 21,019 15% 8,262 6% Other Asian 77 13% 27 5% significantly worse health and limiting long term Indian 961 13% 447 6% Other White 345 13% 157 6% illness than other ethnic groups. This to some Black Caribbean 30 13% 10 4% extent could remain hidden as the Irish community, Bangladeshi 137 11% 65 5% Black African 34 10% 13 4% although a sizeable BME group, are spread more Other Mixed 28 9% 9 3% evenly than other groups across the Borough White and Asian 49 9% 14 2% Other Black 3 7% 0 0% wards. White and Black Caribbean 25 6% 6 1% Other Ethnic Group 21 4% 11 2% Chinese 35 3% 3 0% White and Black African 3 3% 3 3%

Source: Standard Table 107

Note: LLTI - Limiting Long Term Illness

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HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES

Summary • 15% of the population in Charnwood have a limiting long term illness • 15,230 people provide unpaid care to a relative or neighbour • 7% of the population state that their health is ’Not Good’

One of the key aims of the current Charnwood Community Strategy* is to ‘improve health and encourage healthy living’ by tackling the causes of health inequalities between communities. By first identifying areas of high limiting long-term illness (LLTI) and ‘not good’ health from the 2001 Census, and then providing some simple measurements of health inequality across local populations, this chapter hopefully helps prioritise local action to tackle health inequalities.

Borough Limiting long-term illness

Table 10 shows some small variations in the self-reported LLTI in Table 10: Most similar authorities 2001 in comparison between Charnwood, it’s similar district areas, % of people the County area and England. It shows that Charnwood has similar % of people with 'Not Good' with LLTI health levels of ‘not good’ health and slightly lower levels of limiting long Broxtowe 18% 9% term illness when compared with it’s most similar authorities. Rugby 16% 8% Oadby and Wigston 16% 7% Charnwood 15% 7% Warwick 15% 7% In the wider context of districts in England, Buckinghamshire has the Leicestershire 15% 7% lowest LLTI rate of 13%, and Easington in County Durham has the England 18% 9% highest proportion of its population reporting a LLTI - 31%

* Charnwood Community Strategy, produced by Charnwood Strategic Partnership

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Borough General Health For 2001 a new question was asked on general health offering a different perspective on illness (respondents were asked to classify their health as either ‘good’, ‘fairly good’ or ‘not good’). Table 10 shows that people who reported ‘not good’ health in Charnwood is half that of LLTI. There was a small variation between the comparison districts, and in a wider context Buckingham again had the lowest proportion of unhealthy people with 6%, and Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales the highest at 18%.

Change in Limiting Long Term Illness Table 11: LLTI 1991 & 2001 A question on Limiting Long Term Illness was asked in the 1991 Census and

Table 11 shows that there was a 60% increase between Censuses. However, LLTI All people Percentage this increase is in line with a general increase in the reporting of illness across not 2001 23,019 15% only the County area but England. With the addition of the general health 1991 14,525 10% question in 2001, we now know that 17% of people reporting a LLTI have in fact (17% of people with a LLTI in 2001 reported having good health) good health.

Provision of unpaid care This new question in the 2001 Census shows for the first time how many people are caring for relatives and neighbours in Charnwood and raises issues regarding the amount of support at home and in the workplace that is needed. Some of the key facts are. • 15,230 people or 10% of the population are unpaid providing care. (11% in Leicestershire and 10% in England) • 76% of carers do so between 1 to 19 hours a week, 9% are providing care between 20 to 49 hours a week, 16% are providing care over 50 hours a week. • 58% of carers work full-time.

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General health by ward and output area

Percentage Table 13 Not Good Fairly Good Good 0 102030405060708090 All People Health Health Health Loughborough Hastings 5,472 10.3% 26.3% Loughborough 63.4% Loughborough Storer 5,572 9.9% 20.8% 69.3% Thurmaston 8,945 9.2% 25.3% Thurmaston 65.6% Loughborough Lemyngton 5,332 9.1% 24.6% 66.3% Loughborough Garendon 6,071 8.4% 21.5% Loughborough 70.1% Shepshed West 6,466 8.3% 24.1% 67.6% Forest Bradgate 3,046 7.8% 21.6% 70.6%Forest Loughborough Southfields 5,277 7.6% 21.5% 70.9% Syston East 5,814 7.6% 22.9% Syston 69.4% East Anstey 5,821 7.6% 23.0% 69.5% Loughborough Shelthorpe 6,320 7.5% 21.5% Loughborough 71.0% Sileby 6,331 7.4% 24.2% 68.4% Shepshed Shepshed East 6,416 7.3% 23.2% 69.5% Barrow and Sileby West 5,627 7.1% 22.3% Syston 70.6% West Syston West 5,794 7.0% 22.0% 71.0% Loughborough Outwoods 5,556 7.0% 21.4% Queniborough 71.7% Queniborough 2,927 7.0% 21.8% 71.3% Birstall Watermead 6,513 6.9% 23.5% Loughborough 69.6% Loughborough Dishley and Hathern 5,720 6.8% 22.4% 70.8% Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle 5,993 6.5% 21.8% Mountsorrel 71.7% Mountsorrel 6,662 6.3% 21.2% 72.5% Birstall Wanlip 5,125 6.2% 20.5% The 73.3% Wolds The Wolds 2,801 6.2% 18.6% 75.2% Rothley and Thurcaston 5,911 6.1% 20.5% 73.4%Wreake Wreake Villages 2,835 5.4% 21.0% 73.7% Loughborough Ashby 6,904 5.2% 18.9% East 75.9% Goscote East Goscote 2,809 4.8% 20.5% 74.7% Source: 2001 Census Loughborough Nanpantan 5,402 4.4% 19.2% 76.4% Fairly good Not good health Good health health

The table and graph above show that Loughborough Hastings ward has the highest rates of people reporting ‘not good’ health - 10.3%, more than double the rate of the lowest ward: Loughborough Nanpantan where only 4.4% of its population reported ‘not good’ health.

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Life Expectancy

Life expectancy is one of the key measures of the health status of a population and can be defined as: ‘The average number of years a baby born in a particular area or population can be expected to live if it experiences the current age-specific mortality rates of that particular area or population throughout its life’. Within Charnwood, there are notable differences between life expectancy, not only between males and females in wards, but also for individual genders across the Borough. Table 14: Life expectancy by gender Female / Male Female Male difference Table 14 shows that female life expectancy is highest in Loughborough Ashby 85.3 74.0 11.3 Anstey 84.7 75.3 9.4 Birstall Wanlip ward (85.9 years) and lowest in Syston Sileby 84.2 75.1 9.1 Loughborough Hastings 81.0 72.5 8.5 West (77.2 years) ward; and that male life expectancy is Shepshed West 82.2 74.2 8.0 highest in Loughborough Nanpantan (80.9 years) and Loughborough Southfields 81.9 74.8 7.1 Thurmaston 82.3 75.3 7.0 lowest in Loughborough Lemyngton ward (71.6 years). Birstall Wanlip 85.9 79.5 6.4 East Goscote 78.5 72.3 6.1 Forest Bradgate 78.2 72.5 5.6 Loughborough Dishley and Hathern 83.2 77.6 5.6 The greatest difference between the genders is in Syston East 80.7 75.3 5.4 Loughborough Ashby ward, where the female life Loughborough Lemyngton 76.6 71.6 5.1 Loughborough Shelthorpe 79.7 74.7 5.0 expectancy is 11.3 years greater than the male life Birstall Watermead 83.0 78.2 4.8 The Wolds 79.4 74.7 4.7 expectancy. Syston West is the only ward where male Rothley and Thurcaston 84.6 80.3 4.4 life expectancy is actually higher than female life Loughborough Storer 79.5 75.3 4.3 Wreake Villages 83.8 79.9 3.9 expectancy. Barrow and Sileby West 81.9 78.0 3.9 Loughborough Garendon 79.3 76.4 3.0 Mountsorrel 82.8 80.2 2.5 Queniborough 84.7 82.2 2.5 Loughborough Nanpantan 83.1 80.9 2.2 Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle 81.3 79.5 1.9 Loughborough Outwoods 82.0 80.3 1.7 Shepshed East 77.5 76.2 1.3 Source: East Midlands Public Health Observatory Syston West 77.2 77.7 -0.4 21 Charnwood Community Profile 2005 Produced by Research & Information Team Leicestershire County Council

Health Poverty Index The NHS Plan (2000) states that "no injustice is greater than the inequalities in health which scar our nation" and proposes a number of developments to combat this situation. One of these is the production of a Health Poverty Index (HPI). A simple graphical representation of the framework lying behind the design of the HPI is given below. It illustrates that the situation of health for people emerges from a history of intervening factors that are themselves based in a set of root causes. Each of these stages is influenced by the different situations in which they take place and provides a useful starting place for understanding inequalities.

For each indicator, a score of zero indicates the best situation in terms of health poverty and a score of 1 the worst situation. In other words, an area with a score near zero for a particular indicator has lower levels of health poverty in that domain than an area with a score near one. Graph 8: Health Poverty Index for 2002

Summary of graph For Charnwood the index scores the Borough as having poor levels of GDP, change in job supply, educational resourcing, wealth, local government resourcing, quality of preventative healthcare and social care resourcing. In contrast the index has better scores for income, recreation facilities, home environment, work & local environment , psychological morbidity, physical morbidity and premature mortality.

Work on the HPI development is being funded by the DoH and is now being carried out by the School of Geography and Geosciences, University of St Andrews, the Social Disadvantage Research Centre (SDRC) of the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the University of Oxford and the South East Public Health Observatory (SEPHO). See www.hpi.org.uk

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Borough Limiting Long Term Illness & Not Good Table 15: Health by tenure Health % of people % Not Good

The following few pages present Census data that with LLTI Health highlight how health can depend on where you live, All People 15% 7% what you do and who you are. These distinguishing Owner/occupier 14% 6% Rented from council 27% 15% characteristics of tenure, economic activity and Other social rented 22% 13% ethnicity can set areas apart and are usually focussed Private rented 12% 6% on when looking at health inequalities. Table 16: Health by economic activity However, this approach can overlook an important % of people % Not Good factor about place and health: the importance of how with LLTI Health all places are connected to each other by geography, Employed 7% 3% people and history. In fact places exist only in relation Unemployed 16% 7% to one another, and not just as a convenient container for showing data in reports. How places can influence Table 17: Health by ethnicity health (e.g. the lack of facilities) and how places are % of people Number with % with Not Good Number with Not then in turn influenced by specific health issues (e.g. with LLTI LLTI Health Good Health obesity) depends on these mostly unseen links. These White 15% 21,605 6% 8,520 issues are not covered in this report and would need to Mixed 8% 105 2% 32 Asian 13% 1,204 6% 548 be addressed by further research. Black 11% 67 4% 23 Chinese 4% 56 1% 14

Source: 2001 Census

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Limiting Long term illness by age Graph 9: LLTI by age • The main variation in the limiting long term illness 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 55% 60% by ward in Graph 9 occurs at pensionable age. Anstey • However, Table 18 takes the differing age Barrow and Sileby West structures in each ward into account. It shows that Birstall Wanlip Loughborough Hastings has above average levels Birstall Watermead of limiting long term illness in the Borough. East Goscote Forest Bradgate Table 18: LLTI by standardising age Loughborough Ashby

Anstey 95 Loughborough Dishley and Hathern Barrow and Sileby West 96 Loughborough Garendon Birstall Wanlip 87 Loughborough Hastings Birstall Watermead 99 East Goscote 87 Loughborough Lemyngton Forest Bradgate 81 Loughborough Nanpantan Loughborough Ashby 124 Loughborough Outwoods Loughborough Dishley and Hathern 101 Loughborough Shelthorpe Loughborough Garendon 101 Loughborough Hastings 140 Loughborough Southfields Loughborough Lemyngton 120 Loughborough Storer Loughborough Nanpantan 87 Mountsorrel Loughborough Outwoods 87 Loughborough Shelthorpe 109 Queniborough Loughborough Southfields 104 Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle Loughborough Storer 121 Rothley and Thurcaston Mountsorrel 99 Shepshed East Queniborough 79 Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle 85 Shepshed West Rothley and Thurcaston 85 Sileby Shepshed East 103 Syston East Shepshed West 106 Sileby 101 Syston West Syston East 103 The Wolds Syston West 104 Thurmaston The Wolds 78 Thurmaston 114 Wreake Villages Wreake Villages 83 Under 16 16 to 44 45 to 65 65 plus 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 55% 60% District average = 100

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Table 19: Limiting Long Term Illness by gender

Difference in Male Female % of Standardised Standardised • Females have the highest rates of Ward male female LLTI LLTI Females in Male age Female age rates (%) (%) ward LLTI in all of the wards in the Loughborough Lemyngton -0.15 14.90 15.05 51.7 129 113 Borough. The biggest differences Loughborough Dishley and Hathern -0.18 13.19 13.37 50.5 103 100 Loughborough Shelthorpe -0.32 12.74 13.06 51.0 114 106 between the sexes is in Queniborough -0.55 13.86 14.41 50.5 83 76 Loughborough Southfields and Mountsorrel -0.65 12.58 13.23 50.4 98 101 Loughborough Storer wards. Loughborough Hastings -0.76 19.27 20.03 52.2 150 132

Birstall Watermead -1.03 15.48 16.51 49.3 102 96 Birstall Wanlip -1.10 13.97 15.07 50.8 89 87 • The final two columns take into Syston West -1.10 13.49 14.59 50.2 105 103 account the differing age The Wolds -1.49 10.97 12.46 50.4 74 81 structures of each ward, and Loughborough Ashby -1.63 14.19 15.82 49.1 127 121 shows Loughborough Hastings Sileby -1.66 13.25 14.91 49.0 100 101 East Goscote -1.69 9.86 11.55 50.6 84 90 and Loughborough Southfields Wreake Villages -1.72 12.21 13.93 51.2 79 85 have higher than expected rates of Loughborough Nanpantan -1.83 13.32 15.15 50.4 86 88 LLTI. Anstey -1.88 14.33 16.21 48.7 95 95 Shepshed West -1.90 15.21 17.11 50.7 104 107 Loughborough Outwoods -2.00 14.72 16.72 51.1 86 88 Shepshed East -2.03 12.73 14.76 51.0 101 105 Syston East -2.17 14.82 16.99 50.8 102 103 Forest Bradgate -2.21 13.82 16.03 50.1 79 83 Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle -2.28 12.33 14.61 50.4 84 85 Rothley and Thurcaston -2.40 13.30 15.70 50.3 84 86 Barrow and Sileby West -2.56 13.33 15.89 51.9 92 100 Thurmaston -2.80 16.19 18.99 52.2 110 117 Loughborough Garendon -3.18 13.17 16.35 50.4 99 103 Loughborough Storer -3.79 13.53 17.32 50.0 120 121 Loughborough Southfields -4.77 13.53 18.30 49.5 103 104

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DEPRIVATION IN CHARNWOOD

Summary • Whilst overall levels of deprivation are low, the Borough is the second most deprived in Leicestershire, and there are pockets of more extreme deprivation in parts of Loughborough Hastings, Storer and Shelthorpe wards • There are 3,525 children (under 16 years) and 3,673 older people (over 60 years) living in income deprived households

Measuring deprivation There are many ways of measuring the different aspects of District ranking deprivation which affect different areas. The most At Local Authority level, Charnwood experiences the comprehensive, up-to-date and comparable source of data is the second highest level of deprivation of the districts in nd Indices of Deprivation 2004 (ID2004) which are produced by the Leicestershire. However, it is ranked only as the 262 Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM). most deprived district in England (out of 354, where a The Indices of Deprivation are an attempt to measure relative ranking of 1 = most deprived, and a rank of 354 = least deprivation in a consistent way for all small areas in England. deprived). The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines different aspects of Table 22: ID2004 District Ranking deprivation (including income, employment, health and education) Rank of average rank into a single deprivation score which can then be ranked North West Leicestershire 195 Charnwood 262 nationally and locally. Hinckley and Bosworth 275 Melton 293 This section examines multiple deprivation in Charnwood. It also Oadby and Wigston 304 considers deprivation affecting both young people and older Blaby 316 Harborough 336 people in more detail and highlights the areas where these Source: ODPM Indices of Deprivation 2004 groups are located. A Barrier to Housing and Services domain is The districts are ranked 1=most deprived, 354=least deprived also examined in detail as the Borough experiences relatively high levels of deprivation in this domain.

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Comparison with similar Local Authorities It is possible to compare the relative deprivation ranking of each district with other local authority areas which have a similar demographic profile. The table below shows that Charnwood is relatively less deprived than it’s most similar authorities (based on the ONS Area Classification). Table 23: Most similar authorities Charnwood Group

Rank of average rank Broxtowe 194 Rugby 235 Warwick 253 Charnwood 262 Oadby and Wigston 304 The districts are ranked 1=most deprived, 354=least deprived. Small area deprivation The Indices of Deprivation are also produced at Super Output Area (SOA) level – small areas each containing approximately 1,500 people. There are 100 SOAs in Charnwood. The Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004 (IMD2004) combines indicators across seven domains into a single deprivation score and rank for each Super Output Area. The domains are shown below: • Income Deprivation • Employment Deprivation • Health Deprivation and Disability • Education, Skills and Training Deprivation • Barriers to Housing and Services • Living Environment Deprivation • Crime There are also two supplementary domains which measure income deprivation affecting children (IDAC) and income deprivation affecting older people (IDAOP).

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Graph 10: Ranking of SOAs

32,482 Index of Multiple Deprivation The Index of Multiple Deprivation considers all aspects of deprivation which affect the local

29,234 community. The graph to the left shows the distribution of SOAs within the Borough. Overall, the majority of the 100 SOAs in Charnwood are ranked within the 50% least deprived in England (ranked

Least deprived deprived Least 16,241 to 32,482). The median rank is 23,472 (the middle ranking SOA in Charnwood), which is 25,986 within the 70-80% most deprived in England. Most deprived areas in Charnwood 22,737 The 10% most deprived SOAs in Charnwood are listed below, along with the ward in which they are located (for information). 19,489 Table 24: Most deprived SOAs

16,241 SOA Ward County Rank National Rank E01025699 Loughborough Hastings 1 3,344

National Ranking National Ranking E01025725 Loughborough Storer 4 5,056 E01025717 Loughborough Shelthorpe 5 5,232 12,993 E01025700 Loughborough Hastings 6 7,402 E01025718 Loughborough Southfields 9 8,657 E01025706 Loughborough Lemyngton 11 8,941 9,745 E01025701 Loughborough Hastings 12 9,074 E01025705 Loughborough Lemyngton 16 9,946 E01025715 Loughborough Shelthorpe 25 11,441 E01025691 Loughborough Dishley and Hathern 28 11,639 6,496 National Rank: 1=most deprived, 32,482=least deprived The table above shows that the most deprived areas in the Borough are located in Loughborough 3,248

Most deprived deprived Most (parts of Hastings, Storer and Shelthorpe wards). The most deprived areas, SOA5699, SOA5725 and SOA5717 are ranked within the top five most deprived SOAs in Leicestershire and within the 20% most 0 0.99 1 1.01 deprived in England. The maps on the following page show where these SOAs are located.

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Map 10: Index of Multiple Deprivation - most deprived SOAs Index of Multiple Deprivation The map to the left shows where the 10% most deprived SOAs in Charnwood are located. The table below shows how the SOAs are ranked within England, with the majority being within the 50% least deprived.

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18 Number 20 17 of Super 15 12 Output 10 10 Areas 6 5 4 3 5 0 0 0-10% 10-20% 20-30% 30-40% 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% 90-100% Most deprived Least deprived

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Map 11: Income deprivation affecting children - most This domain measures the proportion of children deprived SOAs aged under 16 years who live in income deprived households (living below 60% of median income). In total, 3,525 children in Charnwood live in income deprived households. The most deprived SOA is located in part of Loughborough Shelthorpe ward. It is ranked within the 10% most deprived in England and contains 277 children living in income deprived households: over half of the children living in the SOA (52%).

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Children living in income deprived households The score used to rank each SOA shows the proportion of children in each area who live in income deprived households. Using the 2001 Census population as a denominator, it is therefore possible to calculate how many children in each ward live in income deprived households. The table below shows the number of children living in income deprived households in each ward - Loughborough Shelthorpe has the highest number - 499 children. Table 25: Number of children living in income deprived households Number of children living in The map below, and on the following page highlight the most income deprived households Loughborough Shelthorpe 499 deprived SOAs in Charnwood in this domain. They are all Loughborough Hastings 361 Loughborough Ashby 269 ranked within the 20% most deprived in England. SOA5717 Thurmaston 222 (below) is ranked within the 10% most deprived in England, Loughborough Storer 212 Loughborough Lemyngton 210 and over half the children in this SOA live in income Mountsorrel 201 Sileby 182 deprived households. Shepshed East 148 Map 12: SOA5717 - Syston East 135 Loughborough Shelthorpe Birstall Watermead 129 Loughborough Dishley and Hathern 115 Syston West 110 Anstey 102 Shepshed West 99 Barrow and Sileby West 93 Loughborough Garendon 90 Loughborough Southfields 74 Birstall Wanlip 48 Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle 44 Rothley and Thurcaston 43 Forest Bradgate 35 East Goscote 30 Queniborough 20

Loughborough Outwoods 19 Source: 2001 Census, Output Area Boundaries Crown copyright 2003. Crown copyright material Loughborough Nanpantan 13 Is reproduced with the permission of the Controller The Wolds 11 Of HMSO.

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Map 13: SOA5725 - Loughborough Map 14: SOA5700 - Loughborough Hastings

Map 15: SOA5699 - Map 16: SOA5701 - Loughborough Hastings Loughborough Hastings

Map 17: Income deprivation affecting older people - most This domain measures the proportion of people deprived SOAs aged over 60 years who live in income deprived households (living below 60% of median income). In total, 3,673 people aged over 60 years in Charnwood live in income deprived households. The most deprived SOAs are located in parts of Loughborough Storer and Loughborough Lemyngton wards. There are six SOAs which are ranked within the 10% most deprived in England. In each of these areas, 1 in 3 of the population aged over 60 years live in income deprived households.

35 Charnwood Community Profile 2005 Produced by Research & Information Team Leicestershire County Council Table 26: Number of old people living in income deprived households Older people living in income deprived households Number of older people living in income deprived households The score used to rank each SOA shows the proportion of people aged Loughborough Hastings 278 Thurmaston 254 over 60 years in each area who live in income deprived households. Loughborough Lemyngton 222 Loughborough Garendon 208 Using the 2001 Census population as a denominator, it is therefore Loughborough Storer 207 Loughborough Southfields 180 possible to calculate how many older people in each ward live in income Shepshed West 176 Syston West 172 Syston East 162 deprived households. The table to the right shows the number of older Anstey 152 Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle 152 people living in income deprived households in each ward - Shepshed East 148 Birstall Watermead 137 Loughborough Hastings has the highest number - 278 older people. Loughborough Shelthorpe 135 Mountsorrel 124 The maps below, and on the following page show the SOAs in Barrow and Sileby West 120 Rothley and Thurcaston 102 Charnwood which are ranked as most deprived in this domain. They are Sileby 97 Loughborough Ashby 96 all ranked within the 10% most deprived in England. Queniborough 86 Forest Bradgate 72 Loughborough Outwoods 72 Map 18: SOA5723 - Loughborough Dishley and Hathern 67 Loughborough Storer Birstall Wanlip 61 East Goscote 60 The Wolds 55 Loughborough Nanpantan 41 Wreake Villages 37 TOTAL 3673

Map 19: SOA5706 - Loughboroug h Lemyngton

Map 20: SOA5699 - Map 21: SOA5701 - Loughborough Hastings Loughborough Hastings

Map 22: Map 23: SOA5705 - SOA5700 - Loughborough Loughboroug Lemyngton h Hastings

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Map 24: Barriers to Housing and Services - most deprived SOAs This domain measures the barriers which the local population face to key local services such as a post office, doctors surgery or primary school along with housing issues. The most deprived area is part of The Wolds ward. Map 25: SOA5760

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EDUCATION, SKILLS AND TRAINING

Summary • There are 24,261 pupils on the school roll in LEA schools in Charnwood • 38% of 16-18 year olds and 10% of people aged 19 or over are in further education or work based learning • Of the 251 16 year olds who left school in 2004 and entered employment, 38.2% were working in Craft and related occupations, 25.9% were classified as in an 'Other' occupation group, and 21.5% worked in Personal and protective services.

Education

Education and training are vital to the future well-being of the Charnwood economy particularly for enhancing the competitiveness of its workforce and ensuring that its industries, businesses and services have an ongoing supply of skilled employees in the future. Recent research carried out by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has also shown that success in education and training is an increasingly important route out of poverty for young people, although there is evidence of increasing polarisation between those who stay on and gain qualifications and those who do not.1

Education in Charnwood is covered by Leicestershire Local Education Authority (LEA). There are 49 primary schools, 14 secondary schools and 2 special schools in the Borough (April 2005). Six schools also have a special unit.

The table to the right shows the number of pupils attending an Table 27: Number of pupils on school roll, 2004

LEA school in Charnwood in January 2004 (rather than the Number of Number on number of pupils living in the Borough). schools school roll Primary 49 12,000 Secondary 14 12,071 Special 2 190 1 ‘Routes out of poverty: A research review’ November 2004, Peter Kemp, Jonathan Bradshaw, Paul Dornan, Naomi Finch and Emese Source: Leicestershire LEA Mayhew, Joseph Rowntree Foundation

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Educational Attainment

Pupils at school in England are now tested at various stages Table 28: Key Stage 2 results: % achieving level 4+ % achieving level 4+ in their primary and secondary career. This section English Maths Science examines some of the performance data for state schools in Forest Bradgate 97.0 97.0 97.0 Wreake Villages 90.0 95.0 95.0 Charnwood. The data in this section is based on the ward in Syston East 88.7 71.8 87.3 Rothley and Thurcaston 88.5 84.6 94.2 which the pupil resides. It does not include any children Loughborough Nanpantan 86.8 89.5 89.5 educated in the independent sector or who attend schools Syston West 84.4 78.1 84.4 Thurmaston 83.7 84.6 93.3 outside the County LEA area. Therefore, in Loughborough, East Goscote 83.3 77.8 91.7 Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle 83.1 79.7 89.8 where there are a number of private schools, results Birstall Wanlip 82.1 83.9 96.4 Loughborough Dishley and Hathern 82.0 80.3 57.4 presented here for some wards will not accurately represent Loughborough Garendon 80.9 83.8 70.6 the results of the entire population of children. Loughborough Southfields 80.8 73.1 61.5 Barrow and Sileby West 80.6 67.2 91.0 Birstall Watermead 80.2 71.4 86.8 Shepshed East 75.8 67.7 82.3 Key Stage 2 Loughborough Outwoods 75.4 76.8 78.3 Key Stage 2 is the test taken by pupils in their last year in Anstey 75.3 67.1 80.8 Sileby 75.0 64.6 84.4 primary school (age 11). A typical 11 year old is expected to The Wolds 74.3 80.0 82.9 Loughborough Lemyngton 73.6 66.7 76.4 achieve Level 4 in English, Mathematics and Science. Table Shepshed West 71.6 61.7 77.8 Queniborough 71.1 81.6 92.1 28 shows a variation in the attainment between different Mountsorrel 67.0 75.7 87.4 wards in the Borough. Loughborough Hastings 66.7 60.3 66.7 Loughborough Shelthorpe 61.2 57.1 76.5 The three wards which have the highest attainment across all Loughborough Storer 53.2 53.2 85.1 Loughborough Ashby 50.0 50.0 64.0 three subjects are Forest Bradgate and Wreake Villages wards. The wards with the lowest overall attainment are Source: LEA data supplied to Leicester Shire Online Research Atlas Loughborough Ashby and Loughborough Storer wards.

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GCSE Table 29: % of pupils achieving 5 or more GCSE’s at The headline indicator for secondary schools is the proportion grade A* to C, 2004 of pupils aged sixteen leaving school with five or more GCSE’s % achieving 5+ GCSE's at grade at grade C or higher. Table 29 shows that Loughborough A* to C Loughborough Outwoods 78.3 Outwoods, Rothley and Thurcaston and Loughborough Rothley and Thurcaston 69.4 Loughborough Nanpantan 68.8 Nanpantan wards have the highest percentage of pupils Queniborough 67.7 achieving five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C, compared to Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle 65.1 Birstall Wanlip 64.3 a low in Loughborough Ashby ward where only 15.5% of Loughborough Garendon 62.0 Syston West 62.0 sixteen year olds obtain this level of qualifications. This Shepshed East 61.3 compares to an average in Leicestershire of 54.7% and a Wreake Villages 61.1 Forest Bradgate 58.3 national average of 53.7% The Wolds 58.3 East Goscote 56.8 These figures should again be treated with a note of caution Mountsorrel 52.4 given the relatively large number of pupils who attend private Barrow and Sileby West 52.3 Anstey 51.6 schools in Loughborough - the results of these children are Loughborough Southfields 50.0 Thurmaston 49.5 therefore not included in the table to the right. Birstall Watermead 48.9 Loughborough Dishley and Hathern 47.0 Syston East 41.0 Sileby 40.7 Loughborough Hastings 40.0 Shepshed West 39.7 Loughborough Shelthorpe 38.0 Loughborough Lemyngton 37.7 Loughborough Storer 24.2 Loughborough Ashby 15.5

Source: LEA data supplied to Leicester Shire Online Research Atlas & Department for Education and Skills

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Post-16 Education Graph 11: % of 16 year olds remaining in full time education Post-16 education of a vocational or academic nature is provided (total number of 16 years olds in brackets) through secondary schools and Further Education colleges. In

Charnwood, there are six secondary schools with a sixth form: Mountsorrel (38) Loughborough Dishley and Hathern (66) Burleigh Community College, De Lisle Catholic School, Hind Leys Loughborough Lemyngt on (65) Anstey (75) Full time education Community College and Rawlins Community College in Syston West (79) Loughborough, Longslade Community College and Birstall and Syston East (84) Sileby (78) Work based training Thurmaston (14) (without Wreake Valley Community College, Syston. There are also other employment Loughborough Sout hfields (98) status) local providers of other training courses. Loughborough Ashby (27) Full time employment Queniborough (94)

The graph to the right shows the proportion of 16 year olds in Rothley and Thurcaston (72) Voluntary and part each ward choosing to remain in full-time education. There are East Goscot e (98) time activities Loughborough Nanpant an (66)

Birstall Wanlip (71) quite large geographical differences. For example, 90.8% of 16 NEET Forest Bradgat e (44) year olds in Loughborough Shelthorpe ward remained in full-time Wreake Villages (124) Barrow and Sileby West (72) Other education whilst only 55.3% of 16 year olds in Mountsorrel ward Loughborough Hastings (91) remained in full-time education. An average of 77% of 16 year Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle (35) Loughborough Garendon (71) olds in Charnwood remained in full time education. Loughborough St orer (38) Shepshed West (80)

The graph also shows the destination of those leaving full-time Birstall Watermead (67)

Shepshed East (64) education in each ward in the following categories: work based The Wolds (61) training, full time employment, voluntary and part time activities, Loughborough Outwoods (41) Loughborough Shelthorpe (76) not in employment, education or training (NEET) or other. 23.1% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% of 16 year olds in Loughborough Lemyngton ward are not in employment, education or training. Source: Connexions, 2004 This graph includes those educated in the private sector.

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Post 16 Educational Attainment 16 year olds in employment Data on the average GCE / VCE point score of 16-18 year Of the 251 16 year olds who left school in 2004 and entered old candidates collected by the Department for Education employment, 38.2% were working in Craft and related and Skills in 2003 shows how the further education occupations, 25.9% were working in ’Other’ occupations and providers in Charnwood compare with the average 21.5% in Personal and protective services. performance in the rest of the County and in England. Graph 12: 16 year olds in employment by sector, 2004 Points are awarded as follows: an A-level A grade is worth 120 points, B 100, C 80, D 60, E 50, and an AS level is Other occupations (90-99) worth half an A-level. The table below shows the average Plant and machine op erat ives (80 -8 9) point score per student in each of the LEA schools. Sales occupations (70-79)

Perso nal and p ro t ect ive services o ccupat io n CHARNWOOD Table 30: Average point score per student in Further (60-69) Leicestershire

Education establishments, 2004 Craf t and relat ed occup at io ns (50-59)

Clerical and secret arial occup at io ns (4 0-4 9) Average point

score per student M anag erial and prof essional o ccupat ions (10- Burleigh Community College, Loughborough 260.7 39)

De Lisle Catholic School, Loughborough 317.3 0 1020304050 Hind Leys Community College, Loughborough 271.9 Longslade Community College, Birstall 238.7 Rawlins Community College, Loughborough 301.1 Source: Connexions, 2004 Wreake Valley Community College, Syston 228.0

Leicestershire 261.0 England 269.2

Source: Department for Education and Skills Performance Tables, 2003

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Number of learners aged 16-18 and 19+

Table 31 shows the percentage of learners* in the 16 - 18 Table 31: Percentage of learners by age and 19+ age categories. Age 16-18 Age 19+ It shows that the highest percentages of 16 - 18 year olds in Loughborough Lemyngton 60.0% 12.0% Mountsorrel 57.9% 9.5% work based learning or education are located in Syston West 54.7% 10.5% Loughborough Shelthorpe 51.7% 12.3% Loughborough Lemyngton, Mountsorrel and Syston West Loughborough Hastings 49.1% 13.7% wards. These wards have almost four times the proportion Anstey 48.8% 9.0% Sileby 48.7% 12.2% of 16-18 year olds in learning than the lowest ranked wards - Thurmaston 46.7% 9.6% Syston East 45.9% 8.6% Loughborough Ashby (14.0%) and Loughborough East Goscote 44.5% 10.3% Nanpantan (15.9%). Birstall Wanlip 43.6% 10.0% Shepshed East 43.5% 11.3% The highest percentages of people aged over 19 years in Birstall Watermead 43.0% 9.4% Shepshed West 43.0% 10.3% education or work based learning are located in Loughborough Dishley and Hathern 41.3% 9.8% Barrow and Sileby West 40.1% 10.4% Loughborough Hastings, Loughborough Shelthorpe and Queniborough 37.7% 9.6% Sileby wards. There is a large variation between wards, with Loughborough Storer 33.9% 6.5% Loughborough Garendon 32.1% 10.6% the wards with the highest percentages (Loughborough Loughborough Southfields 31.6% 9.8% Rothley and Thurcaston 30.8% 10.0% Hastings and Loughborough Shelthorpe) having more than The Wolds 30.8% 10.3% twice the rates of adults over 19 years in learning than the Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle 27.1% 10.7% Forest Bradgate 26.8% 8.8% lowest ranked wards of Loughborough Ashby (4.5%) and Wreake Villages 25.7% 11.9% Loughborough Outwoods 24.9% 11.3% Loughborough Storer (6.5%). Loughborough Nanpantan 15.9% 8.7% Loughborough Ashby 14.0% 4.5%

Source: Leicestershire Learning and Skills Council * Does not include those in sixth form colleges

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Map 25: ID2004: Education, Skills and Training deprivation This domain captures the extent of deprivation in education, skills and training of people living in a local area. It considers both the attainment levels of school children, absence rates, the proportion of people not staying on in school or further education beyond 16 years along with the proportion of adults with no or low qualifications. Charnwood experiences relatively extreme levels of deprivation in this domain - the most severe levels of deprivation are in parts of Loughborough Shelthorpe and Loughborough Storer wards.

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Education, skills and training deprivation Map 26: SOA5717 The Borough experiences higher levels of deprivation in this domain than in most of the others. Two SOAs are ranked within the 10% most deprived nationally - part of Loughborough Shelthorpe and Loughborough Storer wards. A further six SOAs are ranked within the 20% most deprived nationally. The spread of rankings is shown in the graph below. Graph 13: % Spread of rankings

25 21 20 Number 16 of Super 14 14 Output 15 Areas 11 9 Map 27: SOA5725 10 8

5 4 2 1 0 0-10% 10-20% 20-30% 30-40% 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% 90-100%

Most deprived Least deprived

SOA5717 (Loughborough Shelthorpe) is ranked as the 803rd most deprived SOA in England (out of 32,482) and is the second most deprived SOA in Leicestershire. SOA5725 (Loughborough Storer) is ranked as the 1,493rd most deprived SOA in England rd and is the 3 most deprived in Leicestershire.

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ECONOMY

Summary • There are 99,500 people of working age living in Charnwood (64% of the population) • 82.8% of the working age population are economically active • 1.4% of the working age population claim Job Seekers Allowance • 83.9% of businesses in Charnwood employ less than 10 people

Key issues for Charnwood Table 32: Working age population • High rates of economic activity Leicester- East Great • High rates of PC use at work Charnwood shire Midlands Britain Number % % % % • High recognition of need for interpersonal skills All people 99,500 64.0 62.2 61.2 61.4 Male 52,300 67.7 65.8 64.3 64.6 • High proportion of qualifications from work Female 47,200 60.4 58.6 58.2 58.3 • High receipt of employer-funding training The table above shows that the proportion of working age • Comparatively high levels of job dissatisfaction population is very similar to the county, the region and the • Need to develop practical skills country. • High level of training for current occupation

• General satisfaction with local training provisions Life & Work Survey, 2003 (LSC) Job Density Job Density is a measure of the ratio of total jobs to the working The table above shows the key issues affecting the economy age population. A job density of 1.0 would mean that there is in Charnwood as identified by the 2003 Life and Work Survey. one job for every resident of working age. In Charnwood, the The following section looks at all aspects of the local job density is 0.7 (less than one job for every resident). This is economy in Charnwood. the same as the county, but lower than the regional and national ratio (0.8 and 0.8 respectively).

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Economic activity Economic inactivity Economic activity measures the number of people aged between 16 Economic inactivity measures the number of people and 74 who are in work or looking for work as a proportion of the neither in employment nor unemployed of working age, working age population (16-74 years). e.g. people who are looking after the home, retired or sick. The table below shows that 82.8% of people of working age in the The Labour Force Survey estimates that there are 17,000 Borough are economically active - a higher proportion than the people in Borough that are economically inactive. This is regional or national figure, but lower than the county figure. a lower proportion than the regional and national Table 33: Economic activity proportion, but higher than the county. Leicester- East Great Table 34: Economic inactivity Charnwood shire Midlands Britain Number % % % % Leicester- East Great All people Charnwood shire Midlands Britain Economically active 81,000 82.8 84.9 79.0 78.2 Number % % % % In employment 78,000 78.7 82.0 75.3 74.3 All people Employees 65,000 66.3 71.1 66.3 64.8 Economically inactive 17,000 17.2 15.1 21.0 21.8 Self employed 12,000 11.7 10.3 8.6 9.0 Wanting a job 5,000 5.0 4.3 5.2 5.7 Unemployed (ILO) 4,000 4.9 3.4 4.7 5.0 Not wanting a job 12,000 12.3 10.9 15.8 16.1 Males Males Economically active 44,000 86.0 89.6 83.9 83.4 Economically inactive 7,000 14 10.4 16.1 16.6 In employment 42,000 80.8 85.9 79.8 78.9 Wanting a job 3,000 5.3 3.0 4.6 4.7 Employees 32,000 62.4 71.2 67.1 65.5 Not wanting a job 4,000 8.7 7.3 11.5 11.9 Self employed 9,000 17.6 13.9 12.2 13.0 Females Unemployed (ILO) 3,000 6.1 4.1 5.0 5.4 Economically inactive 10,000 20.8 20.2 26.3 27.2 Females Wanting a job 2,000 4.6 5.6 6.0 6.7 Economically active 37,000 79.2 79.8 73.7 72.8 Not wanting a job 8,000 16.2 14.6 20.3 20.5 In employment 36,000 76.5 77.9 70.6 69.5 Employees 33,000 70.6 70.9 65.4 64.2 Percentages are based on working age population, except unemployed Self employed 2,000 5.3 6.5 4.8 4.8 which is based on economically active Unemployed (ILO) 1,000 3.3 2.5 4.3 4.5 Totals may not add due to rounding -- Sample size too small for reliable estimate Percentages are based on working age population, except unemployed ‘Wanting a job’ - people not in employment who want a job but are not which is based on economically active classed as unemployed because they have either not sought work in the Totals may not add due to rounding last 4 weeks or are not available to start work -- Sample size too small for reliable estimate ILO - International Labour Organisation definition of unemployment Source: Local Area Labour Force Survey (March 2003 - Feb 2004) 48 Charnwood Community Profile 2005 Produced by Research & Information Team Leicestershire County Council

Employment by occupation Table 35: Employment by occupation The Local Labour Force Survey, conducted annually, collects information on the occupation of people living in Leicester- East Great Charnwood shire Midlands Britain Charnwood. The table to the right shows the proportion Number % % % % of the population employed in each occupation. It shows Soc 2000 major group 1-3 28,000 34.7 39.0 37.0 40.5 1. Managers and senior officials 11,000 13.5 15.5 13.9 14.6 that the largest occupation groups are Administrative and 2. Professional occupations 10,000 12.4 11.4 10.7 12.1 3. Associate professionals & technical 7,000 8.5 12.0 12.3 13.8 secretarial (15.6%), Skilled trades (13.9%) and Managers Soc 2000 major group 4-5 24,000 29.8 26.3 24.6 24.4 and senior officials (13.5%). 4. Administrative & secretarial 13,000 15.6 13.6 12.4 13.0 5. Skilled trades occupations 11,000 13.9 12.7 12.1 11.4 However, Charnwood has a lower proportion of people Soc 2000 major group 6-7 12,000 14.4 15.9 15.7 15.5 6. Personal service occupations 4,000 4.6 6.5 7.4 7.5 employed as Managers and senior officials, Associate 7. Sales and customer services 8,000 9.6 9.3 8.2 8.0 Soc 2000 major group 8-9 17,000 21.2 18.8 22.7 19.6 professionals and Personal service occupations than the 8. Process plant & machine operatives 7,000 8.5 8.4 10.0 7.7 rest of the county, but a higher proportion employed in 9. Elementary occupations 10,000 12.5 10.3 12.6 11.8 Administration and secretarial, Skilled trades and Elementary occupations.

Qualifications Table 36: Qualifications (% of working age population) The table to the right shows the qualifications of the Leicester- East Great working age population in Charnwood and how this Charnwood shire Midlands Britain Number % % % % compares to the rest of the county and the region. It NVQ4 and above 24,000 24.6 23.5 22.2 25.2 NVQ3 and above 46,000 46.4 43.7 41.4 43.1 shows that 46.4% of the working age population in NVQ2 and above 62,000 62.9 63.7 59.7 61.5 Charnwood are educated to at least NVQ level 3*. This is NVQ1 and above 75,000 76.7 78.9 75.7 76.0 Other qualifications 8,000 8.0 8.0 7.6 8.8 higher than the county, regional and national proportion. No qualifications 15,000 15.3 13.1 16.6 15.1 (* NVQ level 3 is equivalent to 2 A-levels, vocational A-level (AVCE), BTEC National or an Advanced GNVQ) Source: Local Area Labour Force Survey (March 2003 - Feb 2004)

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Earnings by residence Earnings by workplace The table below shows the average earnings of people who The table below shows the average earnings of people who live in Charnwood (regardless of where they work). It shows work in Charnwood (regardless of where they live). It shows that gross weekly pay in the Borough is lower than in the rest that gross weekly pay of those working in the Borough is higher of the county. than in the rest of the county. Table 37: Earnings by residence Table 38: Earnings by workplace Leicester- East Great Leicester- East Great Charnwood shire Midlands Britain Charnwood shire Midlands Britain Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Gross weekly pay Gross weekly pay Full-time workers 429.3 456.6 439.4 475.8 Full-time workers 481.6 456.6 439.4 475.8 Male 459.3 501.9 480.5 525.0 Male 518.0 501.9 480.5 525.0 Female 374.7 374.6 363.6 396.0 Female -- 374.6 363.6 396.0 Hourly pay Hourly pay Full-time workers 11.0 11.6 11.0 12.0 Full-time workers 12.2 11.6 11.0 12.0 Male 11.5 12.4 11.6 12.8 Male -- 12.4 11.6 12.8 Female 10.0 10.0 9.6 10.6 Female -- 10.0 9.6 10.6

Employee jobs The table to the right shows the number of people Table 39: Employee jobs Leicester- East Great Charnwood shire Midlands Britain working full and part time, and the sector that they Number % % % % Total employee jobs 56,068 ------are employed in. The percentages are based on Full-time 38,582 68.8 68.0 66.7 68.1 the total employee jobs. Part-time 17,486 31.2 32.0 33.3 31.9 Manufacturing 12,487 22.3 20.4 18.3 12.6 Charnwood has a higher proportion of its Construction 3,262 5.8 4.9 4.7 4.4 Services 39,838 71.1 72.7 75.0 81.4 workforce employed in Manufacturing, Distribution, hotels & restaurants 14,174 25.3 26.9 24.8 24.7 Transport & communications 2,434 4.3 8.5 5.7 6.0 Construction and Public administration sectors Finance, IT, other business activities 6,403 11.4 13.3 14.4 19.8 than the rest of the county, and a lower proportion Public admin, education, health 14,559 26.0 19.7 25.7 25.8 Other services 2,268 4.0 4.3 4.4 5.2 employed in Distribution and Transport sectors. Tourism-related 3,569 6.4 7.3 7.5 8.1

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Table 40: Number of business units* by Broad Industrial Group

East Great Charnwood Leicestershire Midlands Britain Total 5,550 24,250 152,050 2,213,800 1 : Agriculture and fishing (SIC A,B) 0.0% 0.2% 0.4% 0.5% 2 : Energy and water (SIC C,E) 0.0% 0.2% 0.3% 0.2% 3 : Manufacturing (SIC D) 12.6% 11.3% 10.4% 7.8% 4 : Construction (SIC F) 10.8% 10.7% 10.1% 9.0% 5 : Distribution, hotels and restaurants (SIC G,H) 29.7% 28.0% 30.7% 29.5% 6 : Transport and communications (SIC I) 5.4% 6.4% 5.3% 4.7% 7 : Banking, finance and insurance, etc (SIC J,K) 24.3% 26.6% 24.9% 30.5% 8 : Public administration, education & health (SIC L,M,N) 9.0% 8.7% 9.5% 8.7% 9 : Other services (SIC O,P,Q) 8.1% 7.8% 8.5% 9.2%

Source: Annual Business Inquiry, 2003 Increasingly it will be the knowledge-intensive information economy sectors, together with those driven by increasing consumption (e.g. tourism and recreation) that are likely to represent the strongest future growth areas. The table below shows the current proportion of the workforce in Charnwood that are employed in these sectors. Table 41: Knowledge Economy Employment

Leicester- East Great Charnwood shire Midlands Britain Consumer Services - SIC codes 52 (Retail), 55 (Hotels & Consumer Services (%) 18.6 20.3 19.7 21.0 restaurants), 92 (Recreational, cultural & sporting) High Technology Manufacturing (%) 4.7 2.2 1.7 1.9 High Tech Manufacturing - SIC codes 22 (Publishing, printing), Knowledge Based Services (%) 9.8 11.6 12.6 17.7 24.4 (Manufacture of pharmaceuticals), 30 (Manufacture of office machinery, computers), 32 (Manufacture of radio, TV, Source: Annual Business Inquiry, 2003 communications) Knowledge Based Services - SIC codes 65 (Financial), 66 Note: Percentages are of total employment (Insurance, pensions), 67 (Auxiliary financial), 72 (computer- related activities), 73 (Research & development), 74 (Other * Business units are roughly equivalent to workplaces. For example, a bank may business activities) have several branches and offices in a city - each one of these would be counted as a separate data (business) unit.

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Employment land and floorspace in Charnwood Graph 14: Floorspace by age The graph to the right shows the age of employment floorspace by type. It shows that a larger proportion of the office floorspace in the Warehouse

Borough dates back pre 1940, whilst the majority of the warehouses Pre 1940 have been built since 1980. Factory 1940-70 1971-80

Retail 1981-90 1991-2000

Office

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Source: ODPM

Employment land Graph 15: New employment land Since 1996, 40.6 hectares of land have been developed in 9 Charnwood for employment uses (at 31 March 2004), an average 8 7 of 5 hectares each year. The graph to the right shows annual 6 completions. 5

There are currently a number of larger sites with outstanding 4 hectares planning permission for employment uses. These include sites at 3 Rothley Lodge, Rothley, Harrowgate Drive, Wanlip and Ashby 2 1 Road, Loughborough. 0 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04

Source: Leicestershire County Council Land Monitoring Report, 2004

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Job Seekers Allowance Claimants The Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) is payable to people under pensionable age who are available for, and actively seeking, work of at least 40 hours per week. The percentage figures show the number of JSA claimants as a proportion of resident-age working population. The table below shows that the proportion of people claiming JSA in Charnwood is slightly higher than the rest of the county, but lower than the region and Great Britain. Leicester- East Great Table 42: Total JSA Claimants Charnwood shire Midlands Britain Number % % % % All people 1,378 1.4 1.3 2.1 2.4 Male 980 1.9 1.7 3.0 3.4 Female 398 0.8 0.8 1.2 1.3

Source: Claimant Count, June 2005 Age: In Charnwood, 23.7% of JSA claimants are aged 18 - 24 years, 49.5% are aged 25 - 49 years and 23.7% are aged over 50 years. The Borough has a higher proportion of people claiming JSA aged over 50 years that the regional average of 18%. Duration: 68.5% of JSA claimants in Charnwood have been claiming this benefit for less than six months. 12.5% of claimants have been claiming for more than 12 months - this is the same as the regional average.

VAT Registrations / De-registrations Hours worked At the end of 2003, there were 4,465 VAT The table below shows the number of hours worked in Charnwood (as a registered businesses in Charnwood. In 2003, percentage of the working age population). The Borough has a slightly higher there was a net increase in the number of VAT than average proportion of its working age population working part time registered businesses with 435 new businesses (compared with both Leicestershire and the East Midlands). It also has a lower registering and 430 de-registering. The VAT proportion of its working age population working over 48 hours a week (15.6% threshold is an annual turnover of £55,000. Below compared with a county figure of 17.1% and a regional figure of 16.3%). this figure, companies do not need to register for Table 43: Hours worked East VAT. Charnwood Leicestershire Midlands All people 71,421 295,754 1,917,728 % working part time 25.1 24.1 23.6 % working full time 74.9 75.9 73.7 (Source: VAT registrations / de-registrations by industry, % working over 48hrs a week 15.6 17.1 16.3 2003). 53 Charnwood Community Profile 2005 Produced by Research & Information Team Leicestershire County Council

Economic and Labour Market Conditions The Leicester Shire Economic Baseline Study* was Graph 16: Competitiveness Summary Chart completed in 2004 by ECOTEC Consultants on behalf of the Economic scale 12 0

Leicester Shire Economic Partnership. It reviewed the 10 0 current economic and labour market conditions and forecast 80 changes anticipated over the next decade for Leicester and 60 Workforce 40 Dynamism Leicestershire. 20 Charnw ood 0 Leicestershire Charnwood The Study concluded that Charnwood has a stronger sector structure than the county as a whole and has a similar dynamic profile to the county. Enterprise Sector structure The strongest competitiveness factor for the Borough is the labour market (workforce), for which it scores 103.6. This is Competitiveness summary chart, Leicester Shire Economic Baseline Study the only indicator where Charnwood scores above the 2004, produced by ECOTEC Research and Consulting for Leicester Shire Economic Partnership national average. Table 44: Overall economic profile Charnwood has the largest local economy in Leicestershire. Charnwood Leicestershire The table and graph to the right show how the Borough Score Rank Score Rank Economic scale 92.3 149 51.2 -- compares to the county as a whole. Dynamism 95.4 355 97.0 -- Sector structure 80.1 208 61.5 -- Enterprise 90.4 302 101.7 -- * Source: Leicester Shire Economic Baseline Study, 2004 Available to Workforce 103.6 219 111.2 -- download from www.lsint.info

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Business size The table below shows the proportion of people employed in Charnwood by the size of business that they are employed in. It shows that the Borough has a very similar proportion of employees employed in each size band to the rest of the county and the region. Table 45: Business size

East Great Number of employees Charnwood Leicestershire Midlands Britain 1-10 83.9% 84.5% 82.5% 83.3% 11-49 12.5% 12.2% 13.6% 12.9% 50+ 3.6% 3.6% 3.9% 3.8%

Source: Annual Business Inquiry, 2003

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Town Centre uses Map 28: Loughborough The ODPM Town Centres Statistics project aims to produce consistent boundaries for town centres across England and Wales, together with statistics covering employment and floorspace. These statistical boundaries are generated from data on economic activity, in order to take a consistent approach to defining town centres - they do not define town centres for planning policy purposes. The map and tables to the right highlight Loughborough town centre; the only town centre in Charnwood that the project has considered. They are based on 2002 data and show both the number of employees in the town centre and the type of business that they are employed in. The second table lists the floorspace given to each Table 46: Employment (persons) retail type (A1: shops, A2: Professional offices - betting shops, Number of estate agents, travel agents, A3: pubs, cafes, restaurants and employees Convenience Retail 230 takeaways). Comparison Retail 1,260 Service Retail 250 They show that Loughborough has a large amount of A1 and Office Offices 920 Civic and Public Administration 600 floorspace and that almost 3,000 people are employed within these Restaurants & Licensed Premises 430 sectors. A further 600 people are employed in public administration Arts, Culture and Entertainment 270 (mainly by Charnwood Borough Council) and 600 in the Table 47: Floorspace (sqm) & Rateable value (£) entertainment sector: restaurants, pubs, arts and culture. (sq m) (£) A1 56,030 5,942,880 A2 11,130 1,225,130 The map background is based upon the OS map by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) with A3 4,780 492,550 permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office, © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to Offices 35,090 2,135,800 prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100018986.

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Household income Table 48 below shows the average household income in Table 49: Average household income by ward, 2005 Charnwood is £31,234. This is below the county average Mean of £32,760 but above the regional average of £29,259. household Change income (£) 2004/05 (£) The Borough has the second lowest average household Wreake Villages 48,577 7,716 The Wolds 45,836 -673 income of all the districts in the county, with only Oadby Rothley and Thurcaston 41,466 1,483 and Wigston district having a lower average. Forest Bradgate 40,406 -557 Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle 38,511 704 Table 48: Average household income by district, 2005 Loughborough Outwoods 35,431 804 Loughborough Nanpantan 35,213 246 Mean household Mountsorrel 33,717 -334 income (£) Queniborough 33,707 3,713 Harborough 37,460 East Goscote 33,609 4,342 Blaby 34,166 Barrow and Sileby West 33,357 -69 Hinckley & Bosworth 32,391 Birstall Wanlip 32,395 2,275 Melton 32,174 Syston West 31,963 2,359 North West Leicestershire 32,100 Loughborough Garendon 30,531 -88 Charnwood 31,234 Shepshed East 30,222 -64 Oadby & Wigston 30,275 Loughborough Southfields 30,217 502 Leicestershire County 32,760 Birstall Watermead 30,217 2,713 Loughborough Shelthorpe 30,008 1,036 Table 49 to the right shows that there is a very large variation Loughborough Dishley and Hathern 29,802 -714 of the average household income between the wards within Anstey 29,516 2,226 Shepshed West 29,406 -69 Charnwood. The ward with the highest average household Sileby 28,903 1,064 Syston East 28,319 2,295 income is Wreake Villages ward (£48,577). The wards with Thurmaston 26,351 1,711 the lowest average household income are Loughborough Loughborough Lemyngton 24,325 -462 Loughborough Hastings 22,112 -1 Ashby (£21,315) and Loughborough Storer wards (£22,103). Loughborough Storer 22,103 -359 Both these wards have seen their average household income Loughborough Ashby 21,315 -472 decrease in the past year and are the lowest ward averages in Source: CACI, 2005 Leicestershire.

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House Prices The table below shows the average selling price (and the number of sales) for each house type (detached, semi-detached, terrace, flat / maisonette) for the first three months of 2005. In all house types - with the exception of semi-detached - the average selling price of dwellings in Charnwood is higher than the county and regional averages. The average selling price for semi detached properties is lower than the county average, but higher than the regional average. Table 50: House price

Detached Semi-Detached Terraced Flat/Maisonette Overall Average Average Average Average Average price Sales price Sales price Sales price Sales price Sales Charnwood £268,876 115 £141,704 173 £128,805 130 £118,008 31 £168,905 449 Leicestershire £257,403 569 £144,129 657 £119,017 432 £113,252 102 £172,796 1,760 East Midlands £222,576 3,926 £128,974 4,304 £106,700 3,869 £112,808 903 £149,486 13,022 Source: Land Registry, January - March 2005

House affordability ratio The table below shows the house affordability ratio which considers the relationship between average income and average house price in an area. A higher figure implies that housing is less affordable. For all dwelling types in Charnwood, the affordability ratio is higher than the Leicestershire and East Midlands ratio (meaning that they are less affordable). The last column in the table shows the average earnings figure that the affordability ratio is based upon. Table 51: House affordability Average annual Semi Flat / earnings Detached Detached Terraced maisonette Overall (resident based) Charnwood 14.3 7.5 6.8 6.3 9.0 £18,867 Source: Land Registry 2005, Leicestershire 12.9 7.2 6.0 5.7 8.6 £19,991 New Earnings Survey East Midlands 11.7 6.8 5.6 5.9 7.9 £18,975 England and Wales 11.6 6.8 5.7 6.8 7.4 £20,796

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CRIME Summary • Offences recorded by the police in Charnwood Borough in 2004/05, shows falling Vehicle Crime and Burglary but Criminal Damage remains high and Assault offences continue to increase.

1999/00 2001/02 2003/04 In 2004/05 there was a total of 13,629 recorded 1997/98 2002/03 2004/05 offences in Charnwood Borough, up by 5% on the 1998/99 2000/01 Graph 17: Trends in 2874 previous year. crime types 2634 2672 2472 2127 1961 2066 Criminal 1789 The histograms and trend-lines (right) show that the Damage 2863 highest crime types in Charnwood are Criminal 2145 1730 Damage, Assault and All Other Theft. The trend-lines 1411 1425 1259 1333 show the number of recorded offences over the last Assault 806 2268 2374 2323 2319 eight years and the histograms show the proportion of 2161 2257 1833 total crime by crime type. All Other 1701 Theft 3831 3253 3218 The trend-lines are ranked (top to bottom) by the Vehicle Crime 3097 3060 number of crimes recorded in 2004/05, ranging from the 2355 2353 2097 highest to the lowest for the six major crime categories. 1577 1305 The number of Criminal Damage offences is highest in Burglary Other 1217 972 985 999 2004/05 compared to previous years. Criminal Damage 905 841 (which includes and is sometimes referred to as 1374 Burglary 1169 1055 vandalism) is linked with low level anti-social behaviour. Dwelling 971 967 898 924 748 Changes to Home Office Source: Leicestershire Constabulary, CIS counting rules an coverage Implementation of the National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS). 59 Charnwood Community Profile 2005 Produced by Research & Information Team Leicestershire County Council

Assault covers a range of different offences from the The histogram below shows the number of offences recorded in less serious (harassment, verbal abuse) to more Charnwood Borough (2004/05) are dominated by Criminal Damage, serious violent crime (grievous bodily harm-GBH, Assault and All Other Theft. wounding). The number of recorded assault offences Graph 18: Number of recorded offences, 2004/05 has increased dramatically since 2001/02 and makes up 21% of total crime in Charnwood. criminal damage assault (21%) (21%) all other 3,000 The type of offences recorded in the category of All theft other 2,750 (6%) (17%) theft burglary Other Theft is less obvious and offences under this 2,500 from 2,250 other vehicle (6%) burglary category have remained relatively stable since 2,000 (11%) dwelling 1,750 (5%) 1999/00. 1,500 theft of 1,250 vehicle 1,000 (4%) 750 cycle theft, Further research has identified that a large number of 500 drug, sexual and All Other Theft offences were the theft of handbags/ 250 0 robbery all purses, wallets, phones etc, which had been left < 3% each unattended in public places (leisure centres, pubs, Bar width is proportional to the percentage of all crime in Charnwood shops, libraries etc). The use of appropriate Borough for each crime category. Crime categories are displayed in situational crime prevention measures would help to ranked order left to right (highest proportion of all crime to lowest). reduce the opportunity for this type of crime. Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number.

Source: Leicestershire Constabulary, CIS

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What do the charts show? Graph 19: This section shows a summary of five major types of crime, plus Summary of crime - much higher than average (+40% and over) by ward total crime, for each ward in the Charnwood Borough. Each dot - higher than average (+21% to +39%) represents a comparison of the wards crime rate per thousand - average (+/- 20%) - lower than average (-21% to -39%) population to the average for Charnwood. The comparison is - much lower than average (-40% and over) specific to each crime type and each year. The legend to the right Source: Leicestershire Constabulary, CIS shows what each dot represents. Barrow & Sileby West Birstall Wanlip Anstey 02/03 03/04 04/05 02/03 03/04 04/05 02/03 03/04 04/05 The general rule is: more ink on the dot equals a higher crime Assault rate in that ward compared to the average for the Borough. Burglary Dwelling

Burglary Other Viewed horizontally, the dots show the performance of that ward for Criminal Damage a particular crime type over the last three years. Viewed vertically, Vehicle Crime the dots show the performance of that ward for all the major crime Total Crime types for that year. East Goscote Forest Bradgate Birstall Watermead

02/03 03/04 04/05 02/03 03/04 04/05 02/03 03/04 04/05

What the charts don't show? Assault The chart does not give any indication of how crime rates in wards Burglary Dwelling in Charnwood compare to other crime rates in Leicestershire, Burglary Other Criminal Damage regionally or nationally. It does not necessarily show whether the Vehicle Crime number of crimes has gone up or down. It only shows the crime Total Crime rates relative to other wards in Charnwood.

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Loughborough Loughborough Loughborough Loughborough Loughborough Loughborough Loughborough Loughborough Ashby Dishley & Hathern Garendon Hastings Leymyngton Nanpantan Outwoods Shelthorpe

02/03 03/04 04/05 02/03 03/04 04/05 02/03 03/04 04/05 02/03 03/04 04/05 02/03 03/04 04/05 02/03 03/04 04/05 02/03 03/04 04/05 02/03 03/04 04/05

Assault

Burglary Dwelling

Burglary Other

Criminal Damage

Vehicle Crime

Total Crime

Loughborough Loughborough Mountsorrel Queniborough Quorn & Rothley & Thurcaston Shepshed East Shepshed West Southfields Storer Mountsorrel Castle

02/03 03/04 04/05 02/03 03/04 04/05 02/03 03/04 04/05 02/03 03/04 04/05 02/03 03/04 04/05 02/03 03/04 04/05 02/03 03/04 04/05 02/03 03/04 04/05

Assault

Burglary Dwelling

Burglary Other 3 Criminal Damage

Vehicle Crime

Total Crime

Sileby Syston East Syston West The Wolds Thurmaston Wreake Villages

02/03 03/04 04/05 02/03 03/04 04/05 02/03 03/04 04/05 02/03 03/04 04/05 02/03 03/04 04/05 02/03 03/04 04/05 - much higher than average (+40% and over)

Assault - higher than average (+21% to +39%) Burglary Dwelling - average (+/- 20%) Burglary Other - lower than average (-21% to -39%) Criminal Damage - much lower than average (-40% and over) Vehicle Crime Source: Leicestershire Total Crime Constabulary, CIS

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What does this tell us? All crime types appear to have remained much higher than The total crime rate in Queniborough remains consistently average over the three year period in Loughborough much lower than the Borough average. However, the Southfields, Loughborough Hastings and Loughborough Burglary Other rate for this ward is higher than average in Lemyngton wards. These wards are relatively close to one two out of the three years. Also, the Burglary Other rate in another and close to the town centre. This may possibly be an Thurmaston ward has increased from below average to explanation for the relatively higher crime rates in these areas. much higher than the Borough average over the last three years. Loughborough Storer ward has also experienced a relative increase in total crime in the last two years. This increase is Conversely, the Burglary Other rate in Wreake Villages has largely attributable to the change from an average to a higher gone from much higher than average to much lower than than average rate of assault offences in this ward over the the Borough average over the last three years. three years. The total crime rate in Loughborough Ashby ward has decreased from much higher than average in 2001/02 to average in 2004/05, compared to the rest of Charnwood Borough.

In Loughborough Shelthorpe ward the total crime rate has increased from average in the previous two years to higher than average in 2004/05. This relative increase is attributable to the increases in the rates of Criminal Damage, Vehicle Crime and Burglary Other.

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Crime hotspots in Charnwood Borough Map 29: Total recorded offences by census output area 2004/05

Hotspot around Loughborough Town Centre

Total Recorded Offences 2004/05

250 to 786 (4) 100 to 250 (8) 50 to 100 (49) 0 to 50 (426)

The map to the right shows the main crime hot-spot in Charnwood Borough, located around Loughborough town centre. This area covers the Market Place down to Wards End, Carillion Court and The Rushes shopping areas and along Loughborough Road and Southfields. Source: Leicestershire Constabulary, CIS

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Crime hotspots in Charnwood The table below shows the recorded crime for this hot-spot area. This shows that in 2004/05 there has been a 5% increase in total recorded offences in the Borough though there has been a reduction of 3% in the main hot-spot around Loughborough town centre.

Half of the offences (49%) in the town centre hot-spot are recorded as ‘All Other Theft’. This category includes theft from person and theft from shops/stalls. The proportion of other offences in the Loughborough town centre hot-spot is nearly double that of the Borough. Approximately one third of these offences were recorded as Cheque / Credit Card fraud.

The percentage of Burglary offences, Criminal Damage and Theft from Vehicle offences were lower in this hot-spot, compared to the whole of the Borough.

Table 52: Charnwood Borough crime hotspots profile by recorded offence category

Theft Total Crime Criminal All Other from Burglary Burglary Trend Damage Assault Theft Vehicle Other Other Dwelling 03/04 04/05

Charnwood Borough 13,010 13,629 S 5% 21% 21% 17% 11% 6% 6% 5%

Loughborough town centre hot-spot1,990 1,932 T -3% 8% 20% 49% 5% 10% 2% 1%

Source: Leicestershire Constabulary, CIS

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SUMMARY AND GAPS

This report takes a descriptive approach to information on the community in Charnwood Borough using readily available data sets. Where possible, areas of deficiencies or strengths have been identified to assist both the Borough Council and the Local Strategic Partnership to identify the issues which may need to be addressed. Very limited analysis has been undertaken: the report presents only what is happening, it does not explain why it is happening.

However, given the timescale for preparing this report, there are a number of data sets which have not been explored in any great detail. There are also a number of issues which have not been considered in detail due to the lack of available information.

The main gaps in this report are highlighted below. This list may be a starting point for further in depth work, and may yield further issues to be tackled:

• Healthier communities. It has proved difficult in the short timescale to obtain detailed information on the health and lifestyles of people living in the Borough. In many cases it is because the information is hard to obtain or does not exist – for example data on smoking and levels of exercise. In other cases, where such small numbers are involved, authorities are reluctant to release information that could identify individuals or give misleading results when analysed. Any future research in this area should be done in conjunction with health experts who may be able to access new data sets and will have more experience of analysing the results.

• Attitudinal data. There is a wealth of attitudinal data available from sources such as the User Satisfaction Survey 2004 and the Household Survey conducted by the Learning and Skills Council in 2003. There is also a range of more local consultations such as parish plan questionnaires which could be used to identify the issues of concern to local residents. Further research could be undertaken to show if attitudes demonstrated by the local community match the ‘real world’ situation, and whether any interventions could adequately address these concerns.

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• Access to Services. There is a lack of information regarding access to key local services by individuals and communities. To a small extent, one aspect of this is addressed in the Indices of Deprivation Barriers to Services domain. However, further in-depth research is required to identify different issues affecting different parts of the community in different areas, both in terms of the provision of services and access to them.

• Benefits data. The Department for Work and Pensions has recently released more detailed information on different types of benefits claimants at Super Output Area level for the first time. More detailed analysis of this data (at a smaller geography than was previously possible) may identify smaller areas with different problems. Access to other data sets, some held by the Borough council (such as council tax and housing benefits claimants) would compliment this research.

• Environmental data. One area which has not been considered by this report relates to the environment. Environmental data is notoriously difficult to collect and is often only available at a higher level of geography. Further research is required to identify potential sources of data and analyse the impact of various environmental factors on the local community, along with the impact of the local community on the environment.

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GLOSSARY ABI Annual Business Inquiry LSC Learning and Skills Council BME Black & Minority Ethnic LSI Leicester Shire Intelligence HPI Health Poverty Index LSORA Leicester Shire Online Research Atlas ID2004 Indices of Deprivation 2004 NEET Not in Employment, Education or Training IDAC Income Deprivation Affecting Children OA Output Area IDAOP Income Deprivation Affecting Older People ODPM Office of the Deputy Prime Minister IMD Index of Multiple Deprivation ONS Office for National Statistics KS2 Key Stage 2 PCT Primary Care Trust KS4 Key Stage 4 SOA Super Output Area LCC Leicestershire County Council SOC Standard Occupation Classification LDF Local Development Framework SIC Standard Industrial Classification LEA Local Education Authority LLTI Limiting Long Term Illness REFERENCES Office of the Deputy Prime Minister www.odpm.gov.uk Office for National Statistics www.statistics.gov.uk Office for National Statistics: Area Classification www.statistics.gov.uk/about/methodology_by_theme/area_classification

OTHER RELATED / USEFUL INFORMATION Census profiles (ward, parish and district) www.leics.gov.uk/statistics Economic information www.lsint.info Leicester Shire Online Research Atlas www.lsora.org Crime Audits (district level) www.leics.gov.uk/statistics Indices of Deprivation 2004 (district level) www.leics.gov.uk/statistics

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APPENDIX 1: LOCATION OF SUPER OUTPUT AREAS IN CHARNWOOD

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APPENDIX 2: WARDS IN CHARNWOOD

Loughborough Storer Loughborough Lemyngton Loughborough Hastings Loughborough Dishley & Hathern

Loughborough Southfileds

Loughborough Garendon

The Wolds Loughborough Shelthorpe

Shepshed Shep- West shed East Barrow & Sileby Wreake Mountsorrel West Villages Loughborough Ashby

Sileby

East Goscote Loughborough Nanpantan

Rothley & Loughborough Outwoods Thurcaston Syston East Forest Syston Bradgate West

Quorn & Queniborough Mountsorrel Castle Anstey

Thurmaston Birstall Wanlip Birstall Watermead

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