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North Downs East North Downs East Cheriton Shepway Ward Profile May 2015 North Downs East North Downs East -2- North Downs East Brief introduction to area ..............................................................................4 Map of area ......................................................................................................5 Demographic ...................................................................................................6 Local economy ................................................................................................9 Transport .......................................................................................................13 Education and skills .................................................................................... 14 Health & wellbeing .......................................................................................16 Housing ..........................................................................................................21 Neighbourhood/community ......................................................................23 Planning & Development ...........................................................................24 Physical Assets .............................................................................................25 Arts and culture .......................................................................................... 29 Crime ........................................................................................................... 30 Endnotes/websites .......................................................................................31 -3- North Downs East North Downs East ‘Predominantly a rural area’ North Downs East ward is situated within the Kent North Downs, a ridge of chalk hills designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) It is predominantly a rural area, and comprises Ottinge, Exted, North Elham and Bladbean. The six Parish or Town Councils, with the town of village benefits from a picturesque village square Hawkinge and the village of Elham being the adjacent to the Parish Church of St Mary, and principle settlements. several food outlets including two traditional village public houses. The largest settlement in the ward is Hawkinge, which falls within the remit of Hawkinge Town Acrise Parish is located to the east of the ward, Council. This area has an electorate of 6,307 and with an electorate of just 267. The Parish is very comprises three smaller wards; Fernfield, Uphill rural and the community is centred around St and Churchill. Martin’s Church. Fernfield is the largest area geographically Swingfield Parish has 911 electors and is home and encompasses most of Old Hawkinge and to the English Heritage asset of St John’s surrounding rural areas. Uphill is the most densely Commandery Chapel. populated and contains the village’s original shopping precinct, Hawkinge Community Centre The smallest Parish within the ward is Paddlesworth, and Hawkinge Village Hall. Churchill ward includes with an electorate of just 28; the smallest electorate the greatest volume of the village’s newer properties of all Parishes in Kent. Despite its size, Paddlesworth and infrastructure, including some retail outlets, has a functioning Parish Church of St Oswald’s, and such as Lidl’s Supermarket. The Cat and Custard Pot public house. In addition to the Community Centre and Village Newington Parish has an electorate of 304 and Hall, Hawkinge benefits from a sports pavilion, borders the Parishes of Acrise and Paddlesworth. a variety of retail outlets, two primary schools, Newington Parish was formerly part of the Tolsford preschool provision, and good transport links to Ward and includes the village of Peene, which hosts both Folkestone and Canterbury. The town also has the Elham Valley Line Trust Railway Museum significant links to the Battle of Britain, and hosts the and Countryside Centre, as well as The Channel Battle of Britain Museum. Tunnel Terminal. The Parish of Elham to the north of the ward has a population of 1291 and comprises the village of Elham, as well as several smaller hamlets, namely -4- North Downs East -5- North Downs East Demographics The statistical information was primarily drawn from the 2011 Census, unless otherwise stated. Other sources include: • 2013 Midyear population estimates from the Office of National Statistics1 • Acorn Customer Insight Profiler2 • Kent and Medway Public Health Observatory3 • Kent County Council Research and Intelligence Team4 Some of the data within this profiler was specially commissioned by Shepway District Council so it may not be publically available elsewhere in the displayed format. The data will evolve and expand as government agencies recalibrate their data publishing to the new ward boundaries within Shepway. The population of North Downs East in the 2013 mid year population estimate by the Officer of National Statistics was 5,910. This was constituted of 3,030 males and 2,880 females. The ward has a higher proportion (than Kent) of children and young people aged under 19 and a greater proportion of people aged 40-49; this indicates there are probably more families in the area. -6- North Downs East Marital status and living arrangements (2011 census) There are 4,766 married couples in North Downs Married 4,766 East, which equates to 54% of the adult population. Cohabiting 1,168 This is a higher proportion than is found across Same-sex civil partnership or cohabiting 65 Kent. There are lower proportions of single people, Single (never married) 1,640 widowers and divorcees. Married or in civil partnership 79 Separated (but still legally married) 168 Divorced 480 Widowed 395 Ethnicity Most people (92.7%) in North Downs East indicated on the 2011 Census indicated their ethnicity was English, Welsh, Scottish or Northern Irish. The second largest ethnic group is ‘other white’ but as a proportion of the total population it is less than Shepway or Kent. The ‘Other Asian’ ethnic group is proportionally smaller than the district average but above the figure for Kent. North Downs East Shepway Kent English/ Welsh/ Scottish/ NI 10,454 92.7% 90.8% 89.1% Irish 43 0.4% 0.7% 0.7% Gypsy or Irish Traveller 18 0.2% 0.2% 0.3% Other White 251 2.2% 3.0% 3.6% White and Black Caribbean 35 0.3% 0.4% 0.4% White and Black African 16 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% White and Asian 46 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% Other Mixed 42 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% Indian 34 0.3% 0.4% 1.2% Pakistani 2 0.0% 0.1% 0.2% Bangladeshi 3 0.0% 0.2% 0.2% Chinese 31 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% Other Asian 232 2.1% 2.5% 1.2% African 14 0.1% 0.3% 0.8% Caribbean 12 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% Other Black 14 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% Arab 7 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% Any other ethnic group 24 0.2% 0.2% 0.4% -7- North Downs East Length of residence in the UK The majority of residents (92.5%) in North Downs East have lived in the country since birth. The proportion of residents who have lived in the UK for less than 10 years is similar to local and county levels North Downs East Shepway Kent Born in the UK 10,432 92.5% 90.8% 90.9% Less than 2 years 119 1.1% 1.2% 1.2% More than 2 years and less than 5 years 98 0.9% 1.6% 1.5% More than 5 years and less than 10 years 147 1.3% 1.6% 1.8% 10 years or more 482 4.3% 4.9% 4.6% Main Languages (residents ages 3 and over) 96.5% of people in North Downs East regard English as a first language. More than fourteen other languages are spoken, including five residents who regard sign language as their primary language. North Downs East Shepway Kent English 10,457 96.5% 95.1% 95.5% French 24 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% Portuguese 9 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% Spanish 73 0.7% 1.4% 1.8% Other European Language (EU) 73 0.7% 1.4% 1.8% Other European Language (non EU) 4 -5 0.1% 0.1% Russian 11 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% Turkish 25 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% Arabic 4 - - 0.1% West/Central Asian Language 2 - 0.1% 0.1% South Asian Language 185 1.7% 2.3% 1.2% East Asian Language 20 0.2% 0.3% 0.4% African Language 7 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% Sign language 5 - - - Other Languages 6 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% -8- North Downs East Local economy There are a range of shops, public houses and Densole other businesses operating throughout the ward. A selection of local businesses are set out below, Densole General Store, in the Swingfield Parish, under their geographical areas. provides residents with a local option to purchase groceries and household goods. Densole also benefits Hawkinge from The Black Horse public house, which serves a variety of food and beverages. As the largest settlement, Hawkinge offers the widest range of shops, including a supermarket, general Swingfield store, equestrian shop and hairdressers. Hawkinge benefits from both the Lidl Supermarket and a Tesco Coach Road in the Swingfield Parish is home to Express, providing a range of groceries and household four businesses; haulage firm Icon Freight Ltd, G goods. At the Airfield retail site is Zesta’s coffee shop, Shorter providing plant hire and leasing, landscaping as well as Lloyd Adams6, which provides a range of contractor Harmer & Sons Ltd16 and Lounger Pools spa, hair and beauty treatments. who specialise in swimming pool equipment. The modern Mayfly public house7 at the Hawkinge The Macfarlane’s Garden Centre and Nursery17 is Airfield site offers a selection of food and beverages, also situated in Swingfield Parish and is home to The as does the traditional White Horse Inn public house8 Red Admiral Restaurant and The Teapot Tea Room. on Canterbury Road. Canterbury Road also hosts Macfarlane’s also offer falconry displays and sell a three ‘take-away’ establishments; Happy Star, Garam range of plants and shrubs
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