Ford Ward Profile 2012
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Ford Ward Profile 2012 Sefton Business Intelligence & Performance Team Ford Ward Profile Contents 1. Overview 2. Summary Chart 3. Population 4. Housing 5. Deprivation 6. Deprivation Affecting Older People 7. Child Poverty 8. Worklessness & Benefits 9. Employment & Income 10. Crime & Disorder 11. Environmental Issues 12. Education 13. Healthy Behaviours 14. Health 15. Alcohol Misuse 16. Community Segmentation 17. Constituency Assets Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Overview Population & In 2010, Ford’s estimated population was 12,889 this has declined since 2001, but at a slower rate than the borough as a whole. There Housing are more females than males. Ford has a lower proportion of older people than the borough, with higher numbers of younger people. Ford has a high proportion of Registered Social Landlord (RSL) housing (33.1%), but there is a lower percentage of vacant properties compared to the borough. Deprivation & Although relative overall deprivation has reduced since 2004, Ford has high levels of deprivation with 40% (four out of 10) of Lower Super Child Poverty Output Areas (LSOA’s) being in the most deprived 10% in the country and two in the most deprived 5%. Within Ford there are five LSOA’s in the worst 10% in the country for deprivation affecting older people. Ford has 29.2% of the children living in poverty. Worklessness The levels of benefits dependency in the ward slightly higher than the borough, with one in four working age residents claiming benefits, & Benefits with a year on year rise (4.6%). Latest available figures show a year on year rise of 3.8% for JSA claimants; the number of 18-24 year old claimants rose by 4.6%. Young people now make up a third of all JSA claimants in Ford. There are 77 JSA claimants in the ward for every Job Centre Plus vacancy, 10 times the borough rate. Employment In 2001, 59.6% of residents within the Ford ward were employed, this is significantly lower that the borough rate. Administrative & & Income secretarial roles are the most common employment types in Ford, making up 16.6% of all the occupations. The average weekly wage in the Bootle Constituency is 7% lower than the national average and slightly below the Sefton average. On average males in the Bootle Constituency earn 25% more than females. (There is no data available by ward for average weekly wage) Crime / Overall British Crime Survey (BCS) crimes in Ford accounted for 7% of Sefton’s BCS and showed a year on year increase. Anti Social Disorder & Behaviour (ASB) incidents accounted for 7.8% of Sefton’s ASB and showed a year on year decrease. Five BCS and two ASB categories Environmental showed increases. The rate of both crime and ASB in Ford are considerably higher than for the borough. The rate per head of population Issues for environmental incidents is lower in Ford than Sefton. Fly tipping is the biggest issue in the area accounting for 29% of all calls. Education Educational attainment in the Ford area has improved considerably, however, those attaining 5 A*-C GCSE’s (or equivalent) including English and Mathematics remain below the borough and national attainment levels. The Ford high school has higher overall and persistent absence rates than the borough and national rates. The proportion of secondary school children eligible for free school meals is higher than that of the borough and national rates. Health & One in four Ford residents are smokers with over half being overweight or obese. However, a far greater proportion of residents achieve Alcohol both the weekly recommended amount of exercise and daily intake of fruit and vegetables than the national average. By year 6 (ages 10 Misuse – 11) nearly a quarter of Ford children are obese; this is higher than the borough and nationally. Although the majority of Ford residents assess themselves as being in good or fairly good health, life expectancy for people living in the area is lower than the national average. In addition to this Ford has a higher proportion of residents suffering from long term conditions along with high rates of child emergency hospital admissions than Sefton. 40.8% of Ford residents suffer from below average mental wellbeing. In Ford the proportion of residents that consume above the recommended weekly allowance of alcohol is lower than the Sefton average, with binge drinking being on par with the borough average. However, levels of alcohol related hospital admissions are all significantly higher than the borough rates. Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Summary Chart Better Than Category Indicator Ford Sefton Average Sefton Average Population Change in Population 2001-2010 -1.41% -3.60% Average House price (Bootle Constituency figure) £89,253 £128,567 Housing % of Vacant Properties 1.50% 2.80% IMD 2010 - % of LSOA area in Most Deprived 10% Nationally 20% 18% Deprivation % of LSOA's in most deprived 10% nationally affecting older people 30% 20% Child Poverty % of Children Living in Poverty 29.20% 20.17% % of Job Seekers Allowance Claimants 8.70% 5.10% Worklessness & Benefits % of Job Seekers Allowance Claimants aged 18-24 33.30% 33.30% % of Incapacity Benefits Claimants November 2011 11.20% 8.90% Income Average Weekly Wage (Bootle Constituency figure) £464.90 £470 BCS Crime per 100 population 2011/12 4.57 3.07 Crime & Disorder Anti Social Behaviour Incidents per 100 population 2011/12 6.06 3.69 Environmental Incidents per 100 population 2011/12 3.55 3.61 Environmental Issues Fly Tipping Calls per 100 population 2011/12 1.04 1.05 % of students achieving A*-C (or equivalent) inc. English & Maths 2011 48.00% 60% Education Overall Absence rates 2011 8.58% 6.75% % of Smokers 24.00% 14.80% Healthy Lifestyles % of Residents Overweight or Obese 51.60% 55.20% % of Residents achieving recommended weekly exercise 65.90% 65.90% Male Life Expectancy 75.6 76.6 Health Female Life Expectancy 81.4 81.4 % of Residents with Below Average Mental Wellbeing 40.80% 29.00% % Of Residents With Above Recommended Alcohol Consumption 12.70% 19.90% Alcohol Misuse % of Residents Who Binge Drink 33.90% 33.80% Alcohol Related Hospital Admissions per 100,000 2530.5 2279.6 Better Than Sefton Average Worse than Sefton Average Same as the Sefton Average Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Population • Ford’s 2010 population is estimated to be 12,889 and makes up 4.7% of the overall borough population. • The population of Ford has declined by 185 or 1.4% since the 2001 Census; this is less than the percentage reduction for the borough as a whole - 3.6% reduction. • The gender breakdown in the ward shows a slightly higher number of females within the ward compared to the borough wide breakdown with females making up 53.5% of Ford residents. • The working age population of Ford is in line with Sefton average, almost two-thirds of the overall population. There is, however, a higher proportion of younger people within the ward, with one in five residents being children. Conversely, the older population of Ford is below the borough average. • As with the borough as a whole there are proportionally few residents that come from a non white British background (as per 2001 Census information) Category Ford % Sefton % Total Population 12,889 272,876 Males 5,999 46.5 130,229 47.7 Females 6,890 53.5 142,647 52.3 Children (0 - 15) 2,717 21.1 47,340 17.3 Working Age (16 - 64) 7,983 61.9 169,184 62.0 Source: All population data sourced from ONS Older People (65+) 2,189 17.0 56,352 20.7 Census 2001 and 2002 - 2010 Mid Year Other Backgrounds (Census 2001) 155 1.2 4,418 1.6 Population Estimates White Persons (Census 2001) 12,698 98.8 278,540 98.4 Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Housing Housing Tenure Tenure Ford % Sefton % • There are a total of 5,841 residential properties in Ford, which represents 4.3% of the borough housing stock. Private 3,827 65.5 111,113 82.0 RSL 1,932 33.1 17,488 12.9 HMR 0 0.0 448 0.3 • The proportion of Registered Social Landlord (RSL) properties in Ford is over Unknown 82 1.4 6,489 4.8 double the proportion for Sefton as a whole, 33.1% compared to 12.9%. Total Properties Total 5,841 135,538 However , it is not known what proportions of privately owned properties are NB: There are properties of unknown tenure caused by a 1 year difference between the last rented out to a third party. HMR data return and most recent LLPG Gazetteer Average House Prices (Jan-Mar 12) • One Vision Housing is by far the largest provider of RSL housing within Ford, 350,000 providing 85.9% (1,659) of all RSL housing in the area followed by Anchor 317,794 288,706 Trust with 7.6% (147) of all RSL housing 300,000 250,000 222,123 199,016 200,000 188,906 157,819 • 152,324 At present there is no property price data available for Ford. Ford falls within 150,000 110,016 109,569 the Bootle Constituency. Overall the average property price in Bootle 106,892 100,000 71,390 Constituency is £89,253, 43.7% lower than the average Sefton house price 69,414 and 60.7% lower than the average U.K.