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Rural deprivation in Cornwall and the Isles of ScillyScilly:Scilly ::: Profile report for Roche Final report October 2009 created by Oxford Consultants for Social Inclusion (OCSI) Rural deprivation in the South West. Profile report for Roche BackgrounBackgroundddd Acknowledgements Acknowledgements For their valuable help with the project, we would like to thank Stephen Wright at the South West ACRE Network, Paul Dunn and Brenda Weston at Equality South West, and Sue Rees and Rose Bird at Government Office South-West. SWAN – the South West ACRE Network – wishes to acknowledge the financial support of DEFRA, The Big Lottery and the South West Community Foundations in making this report a possibility, and the South West Region Rural Affairs Forum and Government Office for their support. Oxford Consultants forforfor Social Inclusion (OCSI) 15-17 Middle St, Brighton, BN1 1AL Tel: +44 1273 201 345 Email: [email protected] Web: www.ocsi.co.uk Rural deprivation in the South West. Profile report for Roche Background Introduction • Why have we produced this settlement profile for Roche? Health in Roche • Access to services in Roche Increasingly, we need good data to target programmes to the right areas, • Housing in Roche support funding applications, and help local communities with the evidence- • Indicator definitions (Appendix A) base to support the development of community and parish plans. • Settlements in the South West region (Appendix B) However, although there is a great deal of data available for the smaller The South West Rural Deprivation study settlements (villages, hamlets, smaller towns and so on) across the South These profiles have been developed under the South West Rural Deprivation West, this information is rarely brought together in a single document for each study, which has strengthened the evidence-base to support rural work across of the settlements. Profiles of areas tend to be produced for Local Authorities the region. Outputs from the full study include: or larger urban areas. • Where are the most deprived rural areas? • The South West ACRE Network (SWAN) of rural community councils What is the rural share of deprivation? • commissioned Oxford Consultants for Social Inclusion (OCSI) to develop a set Profiles of the smaller settlements across the South West • of profile reports for each of the smaller rural settlements across the South Access to services in the South West West. • Who’s there? Daytime populations in rural areas What does this report contain? What indicators have we used? This profile report provides detailed datasets developed and collected by OCSI See Appendix A for definitions of the indicators used in this report. for Roche, which lies in Restormel district, and has a population of 1965. What is a “settlement”? Alongside data on Roche, we also provide data for the County and Region. We have used the Office for National Statistics Output Area definitions of The sections in this report cover: settlements to develop these profiles. Our data for Roche is based on these • Key indicators in Roche Output Area level definitions, so may include very small areas that lie outside • Population Who lives in Roche? the ‘real’ settlement boundary. • Economy and employment Who is working in Roche? What are skill levels like? See Appendix B for more detail, including the list of settlements for which we have developed profiles. • Economy and employment What jobs are people doing? • Deprivation and low income Social exclusion in Roche 3 Rural deprivation in the South West. Profile report for Roche Key indicators in Roche Population • Children and older people are typically more vulnerable to low income. Across Roche, 24.1% of all children live in income deprived households • Roche lies in Restormel district (Cornwall and Isles of Scilly), and has a (79 children). 17.7% of older people in rural areas receive the Pension population of 1,965 Credit Guarantee Element (corresponding to 70 older people) • Of the total population, 340 (17.3%) are children, making up a larger proportion of the population than across Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Health (17.3%). 378 (19.2%) are people of pensionable age, making up a • 178 people in Roche report themselves as having a limiting long-term smaller proportion of the population than across Cornwall and Isles of illness, 12.6% of the population (compared with 13.5% of people across Scilly (24.3%) Cornwall and Isles of Scilly) • Groups particularly vulnerable to exclusion include the 44 lone parent • DWP health benefit data shows that 59 older people in Roche receive households, and 109 pensioners living alone. Attendance Allowance (15.6% of all older people) Economy and employment • Across Roche, 111 people receive Disability Living Allowance (5.7% of all people) • Of those people of working-age in Roche, 825 are economically active • The number of people receiving 'out-of-work' benefits (JSA and IB) in Access to services Roche is 114 (9.1% of all working-age people) • 136 households have no car or van, 19.2% of all households in Roche • In addition, 75 children are living in households where no members of • Access to education, training and employment: 465 households are the household are in work (20.4% of all children in Roche) more than 8km from job centres, 243 are more than 8km from Deprivation and low income secondary schools. • Access to healthcare: No households are more than 8km from a • 176 people in Roche are receiving some form of DWP benefit, 14.1% of principal GP site the working age population • Based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation, 301 people across Roche are income deprived (16.0% of all people) 4 Rural deprivation in the South West. Profile report for Roche Population WWWhoWhohoho lives ininin RocheRoche???? The tables below show the total population with numbers of men and women and key age groups, the ethnic profile of the area, and household type: Ethnic profile of Roche • Roche lies in Restormel district (Cornwall and Isles of Scilly), and has a Roche Cornwall and South West population of 1,965 Isles of Scilly • Of the total population, 340 (17.3%) are children, making up a larger N % N % N % proportion of the population than across Cornwall and Isles of Scilly All people 1,691 - 501,187 - 4,928,294 - (17.3%). 378 (19.2%) are people of pensionable age, making up a White British 1,658 98.8 486,635 97.1 4,701,602 95.4 smaller proportion of the population than across Cornwall and Isles of Other white 21 1.3 9,706 1.9 113,619 2.3 Scilly (24.3%) Non-white 12 0.7 4,846 1.0 113,073 2.3 • The ethnic profile shows that, in Roche, the large majority is White Source: OCSI (2009), from Census 2001, ONS Settlement Definitions (2005) British (98.8%) • Groups particularly vulnerable to exclusion include the 44 lone parent Households in Roche households, and 109 pensioners living alone. Roche Cornwall and South West Who lives in Roche? Isles of Scilly Roche Cornwall and South West N % N % N % Isles of Scilly All households 713 - 215,695 - 2,085,984 - N % N % N % Lone parent 44 21.6 11,726 20.2 113,037 19.9 All People 1,965 - 531,650 - 5,177,957 - households with Males 1,000 50.9 258,587 48.6 2,536,152 49.0 dependent children Females 963 49.0 273,063 51.4 2,641,805 51.0 Pensioner households 160 22.4 61,402 28.5 564,461 27.1 Aged 0-15 340 17.3 91,791 17.3 921,446 17.8 Lone pensioner 109 68.1 35,345 57.6 322,418 57.1 Working age 1,247 63.5 310,725 58.4 3,111,578 60.1 households Pensionable age 378 19.2 129,134 24.3 1,144,933 22.1 Student households 0 0.0 290 0.1 8,112 0.4 Source: OCSI (2009), from ONS 2007, Census 2001, ONS Settlement Definitions One person 94 13.2 29,424 13.6 295,392 14.2 (2005) households Married households 279 39.1 79,388 36.8 775,454 37.2 Cohabiting households 57 8.0 17,085 7.9 171,262 8.2 Other households 63 8.8 16,500 7.7 158,204 7.6 Source: OCSI (2009), from Census 2001, ONS Settlement Definitions (2005) 5 Rural deprivation in the South West. Profile report for Roche EconoEconomymymymy and employment Who isisis working ininin RocheRoche???? What areareare skill levels like? Roche Cornwall and South West Economic Status Isles of Scilly • Of those people of working-age in Roche, 825 are economically active N % N % N % • There are 408 economically inactive people in Roche ID 2007 Employment 115 9.9 30,410 10.4 246,156 8.4 Roche Cornwall and South West domain score Isles of Scilly Jobseekers Allowance 16 1.3 4,595 1.5 46,395 1.5 N % N % N % (JSA) claimants All People aged 16-74 1,196 - 359,707 - 3,534,458 - Incapacity Benefit/Severe 98 7.9 23,760 7.7 194,950 6.3 Economically Active 825 69.0 226,949 63.1 2,386,140 67.5 Disablement Allowance Economically Inactive 408 34.1 132,704 36.9 1,148,278 32.5 (IBSDA) claimants Working more than 49 145 18.5 37,749 17.6 378,910 16.6 Receiving workless benefits 114 9.1 28,355 9.1 241,345 7.8 hours per week Children in 'out of work' 75 20.4 17,125 16.6 159,715 15.3 Source: OCSI (2009), from Census 2001, ONS Settlement Definitions (2005) households Source: OCSI (2009), from DWP 2008, CLG 2007, HMRC 2005, ONS Settlement Worklessness Definitions (2005) Being out of work can have a severe impact on an individual’s quality of life – both in terms of the economic implications and in terms of the wider social exclusion implications.