South Bucks Councillor Update Economic Profile of Iver Heath Ward
April 2014
Produced by Buckinghamshire Business First’s research department P a g e | 2
1.0 Introduction
Iver Heath is home to 4,945 people and provides 2,300 jobs in 178 businesses. Of these businesses, 54 (30.3 per cent) are Buckinghamshire Business First members.
There were 3,594 employed people aged 16-74 living in Iver Heath ward at the 2011 Census, 314 more than the 3,280 recorded in 2001. Over that period the working age population rose 304 to 3,192 while the total population rose 364 to 4,945. The number of households rose by 85 (4.5 per cent) to 1,959. This is a significant percentage increase and places the ward seventh out of all wards in South Buckinghamshire. Based on the increase in number of households, the ward ranks 47th out of all wards in Buckinghamshire.
The largest companies in Iver Heath include:
Pinewood Shepperton Plc; Creative Skillset; Octaga Security Services Limited; Technicolour Creative Services; Iver Flowerland Ltd; Film London; and Rigging Services.
There are 38 Iver Heath, representing 1.2 per cent of working age residents, including 20 claimants aged 25-49 and 25 who have been claiming for less than six months.
Superfast broadband is expected to be available to 97 per cent of premises in the Iver Heath ward by March 2016 with commercial providers responsible for 94 per cent. The Connected Counties project, run by BBF, deliver the remaining 3 per cent through its interventions in Iver and Fulmer exchange areas. BBF is seeking to deliver an extended superfast footprint via additional funding, adaptation of downstream technology and contract claw-back mechanism.
At the time of the 2001 Censusi, of the 2,334 employed residents, 526 people lived and worked in the ward, with the most common destinations by local authority district being:
South Buckinghamshire (735, 31.5 per cent) Hillingdon (584, 25.0) Slough (341, 14.6) Windsor & Maidenhead (115, 4.9) Hounslow (58, 2.5) Ealing (51, 2.2) Wycombe (48, 2.1) Chiltern (38, 1.6)
P a g e | 3
2.0 Industrial structure
There are 178 businesses located in Iver Heath employing 2,300 people. Of these businesses, 107 are micro businesses, employing fewer than 10 people.
Iver Heath is over-represented in information & communication which covers 36.6 per cent of employment ranking the ward 19th out of all wards. Wholesale accounts for 7.3 per cent of employment while arts, entertainment, recreation & other services covers 7.3 per cent of employment. Based on these proportions of employment, the ward ranks 1,399th and 1,746th out of all wards.
Chart 1: Industrial Structure Index, 2012 (GB=100)
Mining, quarrying & utilities
Manufacturing
Construction
Motor trades
Wholesale
Retail
Transport & storage
Accommodation & food services
Information & communication
Financial & insurance
Property
Professional, scientific & technical
Business administration & support services
Education
Health
Arts, entertainment, recreation & other services
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 Source: BRES, ONS, 2013
Iver Heath is under-represented in a number of sectors including; manufacturing; retail; transport & storage; financial & insurance; property; and health. Manufacturing accounts for 2.0 per cent of employment ranking the ward 5,763rd out of all wards. Retail makes up only 4.0 per cent of employment ranking the ward 6,372nd out of all wards. Transport & storage makes up 2.4 per cent of employment while financial & insurance makes up 0.1 per cent of employment. Finally, property covers just 0.6 per cent of employment ranking the ward 5,106th out of all wards.
P a g e | 4
2.1 The Industrial Strategy and the Plan for Growth
Plan for Growth and the Industrial Strategy set out policies to realise this objective and to rebalance the economy, which include focusing on sectors expected to deliver strong growth. South Buckinghamshire -represented in these sectors, particularly aerospace, the information economy and professional and business services.
While Iver Heath provides jobs in these sectors, the industrial strategy sector where the ward delivers the highest share of national employment is professional & business services which accounts for 15.7 per cent of employment, ranking Iver Heath at 1,106th among English wards. The proportions of jobs in Iver Heath in Industrial Strategy sectors are presented in Table 1.
Table 1: Employment in selected industrial strategy sectors, 2012
Construction PBS EconomyInformation Education South Bucks 5.1 16.8 2.3 7.1 Buckinghamshire 5.2 14.7 4.4 9.7 England 4.2 12.1 2.9 9.2
Iver Heath 3.7 15.7 1.6 6.3 Source: BRES, ONS, 2013
At 6.3 per cent, the proportion of Iver Heath education sector is the 5,741st highest of all wards in England, the proportion is above that of the country level but below the district level.
3.0 Labour market
At 69.6 per cent of 16-74 year olds, Iver Heath lowest in the country. Iver Heath has a proportion of 26.3 per cent of its residents qualified to degree level or higher. Furthermore, 46.6 per cent work in managerial, professional or technical occupations.
In South Buckinghamshire the wards most similar to Iver Heath are Iver Village & Richings Park, Denham South and Burnham Church with six of the other 27 wards among the top thousand closest matches. The least similar ward in the district is Beaconsfield North, the only ward in South Buckinghamshire to rank lower than the 6,000th closest match.
P a g e | 5
Table 2: Iver Heath
Self-employed 1-3 SOCs NVQ4+ age Working Employmentrate Ward Name Home from Work Iver Heath 4.7 12.6 46.6 26.3 64.6 69.6 Iver Village and Richings Park 5.5 13.4 48.9 29.7 65.3 68.4 Denham South 5.7 15.5 47.5 28.1 66.2 68.1 Burnham Church 5.0 11.9 47.8 30.4 62.7 68.4 Burnham Lent Rise 3.6 9.9 43.0 26.6 65.4 70.4 Wexham and Iver West 4.4 12.5 48.1 27.9 65.1 64.4 Source: Census, 2011
Iver Heath has a high level of those who work from home and of those who are self- employed. Furthermore, as stated previously, the ward has a high level of those educated to degree level or higher and those working in managerial, professional and technical roles ranking in the second highest quartile for both. Iver Heath looks to have a high employment rate and a high level of working age residents.
Chart 2: Iver Heath
Work from Home 100
75
Employment rate 50 Self-employed
25
0
Working age SOCs 1-3
NVQ4+
Source: Census, 2011
P a g e | 6
4.0 Occupational Structure
Iver Heath remunerated occupations, with 46.6 per cent of working residents employed in managerial, professional and technical occupations, ranking in the top quartile nationally for managerial and technical occupations. In contrast Iver Heath ranks in the bottom quartile for other occupations, with only 6.8 per cent of working residents employed in elementary occupations.
Chart 3: Iver Heath 2011
1. Managers, directors and senior officials 100
9. Elementary occupations 2. Professional occupations 75
50
8. Process plant and machine 25 3. Associate professional and operatives technical occupations
0
7. Sales and customer service 4. Administrative and secretarial occupations occupations
6. Caring, leisure and other 5. Skilled trades occupations service occupations
Source: Census, ONS, 2011
5.0 Deprivation
Buckinghamshire has the lowest level of economic deprivation of any Local Enterprise Partnership, with South Buckinghamshire having the 13th lowest economic deprivation of all 326 local authority districts in England, behind South Bucks (10th) but ahead of Aylesbury (37th) and Wycombe (69th). Chart 4 demonstrates the concentration of South Buckinghamshire 8 of the 19 wards featuring among the least deprived 10 per cent of all wards in England and none falling below the sixth most deprived ranking among the most deprived half of English wards, a stark contrast to the London Borough of Newham where no ward ranks above halfway, highlighting the challenge South Buckinghamshire faces to attract resources to tackle deprivation.
P a g e | 7
Iver Heath has the 1,517th lowest economic deprivation of the 7,707 wards in England and the 13th least economically deprived of the 19 South Buckinghamshire wards. Iver Heath is the 62nd least economically deprived among the 108 wards in Buckinghamshire. The position of South Buckinghamshire ds in England is shown in Chart 4 below, with Iver Heath one of the five second least deprived decile.
Chart 4: Relative economic deprivation of South Buckinghamshire wards by English decile, 2009 9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 Most Least deprived deprived Source: DCLG, 2012
Iver Heath ranks 5,888th out of all wards in England based on the Index of Multiple Deprivationii; this makes it among the less deprived wards in England, below South Buckinghamshire 6,084th, demonstrating that the ward is more deprived than the district as a whole.
P a g e | 8
Chart 5: Comparative deprivation by IMD domain in Iver Heath
IMD 100.0
Living environment 75.0 Income
50.0
25.0
Crime 0.0 Employment
Housing Health
Education
Source: DCLG, 2010
The wards in South Buckinghamshire most closely matching Iver Heath deprivation profile are presented in Table 3. Nationally, the closest matches are Botley (Eastleigh), Watling (Dacorum) and Chigwell Village (Epping Forest) while Iver Village & Richings Park and Denham North are the most similar in South Buckinghamshire ranking as the fifth and 31st most similar of all English wards. Of the 19 South Buckinghamshire wards 16 are among the 1,000 best matches, however Gerrards Cross South is only the 3,368th closest match.
Table 3: Deprivation Nearest Neighbours
Income Employment Health Education Housing Crime Living environment Ward IMD Iver Heath 26.2 34 11.8 6.8 45.1 44.6 83.2 44.2 Iver Village and Richings Park 37.9 42.4 17.4 26.7 45.8 45.8 86.9 52.4 Denham North 27.4 49.9 28 20.3 33.6 26.2 78.6 27.8 Burnham Church 30.2 36.3 23 19.6 21.1 42.1 92.3 18.8 Burnham Lent Rise 41.3 43.8 34.5 19.7 61.7 26.2 90.2 43.8 Source: DCLG, 2010
P a g e | 9
6.0 Demography
At 40.5 years, Iver Heath above the 39.4 recorded across South Buckinghamshire but below the county average of 41.0. This makes Iver Heath one of the younger wards in England as suggested by the over-representation of 0-44 year olds in Chart 6. In terms of age structure, two of the wards in South Buckinghamshire most similar to Iver Heath are Beaconsfield West and Iver Village & Richings Park with average ages of 40.2 and 40.5 respectively.
Chart 6: Iver Heath age profile, 2011 (South Buckinghamshire = 100)
Working Age
0-15
16-24
25-44
45-64
65+
80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 Source: Census, ONS, 2013
Iver Heath has a lower proportion of working age residents than South Buckinghamshire at 64.6 per cent. This ranks Iver Heath at 2,647th of all wards in England based on proportion of residents at working age. Iver Heath has a fairly high proportion of those aged 0-15 at 18.8 per cent. This ranks Iver Heath at 3,171st of all wards in England putting it among the central 20 per cent of all wards in England for this age bracket.
P a g e | 10
Table 4: South Buckinghamshire 0-15 16-64 65+ South Bucks 18.7 61.5 19.9
Beaconsfield North 19.3 57.0 23.7 Beaconsfield South 22.5 61.5 16.0 Beaconsfield West 22.4 59.9 17.7 Burnham Beeches 16.6 57.4 26.0 Burnham Church 18.8 62.7 18.5 Burnham Lent Rise 20.7 65.4 13.9 Denham North 13.1 55.2 31.8 Denham South 17.7 66.2 16.0 Dorney and Burnham South 16.8 63.0 20.2 Farnham Royal 20.6 59.5 19.9 Gerrards Cross East and Denham South West 22.7 62.6 14.7 Gerrards Cross North 19.3 55.4 25.3 Gerrards Cross South 20.9 62.0 17.1 Hedgerley and Fulmer 19.7 59.6 20.8 Iver Heath 18.8 64.6 16.7 Iver Village and Richings Park 18.0 65.3 16.7 Stoke Poges 17.6 61.6 20.8 Taplow 13.5 63.7 22.8 Wexham and Iver West 16.1 65.1 18.8 Source: Census, 2011
P a g e | 11
7.0 Educational attainment
South Buckinghamshire is one of the best qualified places in the country, with only 16.2 per cent of residents aged 16 and over holding no qualifications, well below the 22.5 per cent recorded across the country as a whole, while 37.5 per cent hold degree level qualifications, well above the national level of 27.4 per cent.
Iver Heath lowe 19.8 per cent having no qualifications and only 26.3 per cent educated to degree level or higher. There is a total of 3.4 per cent of Iver Heath residents who are schoolchildren or full-time students aged 16 to 17. This is high in comparison to other wards in South Buckinghamshire as well as other wards across England. The wa compared to all wards in England is presented in Chart 7 below.
Chart 7: Educational attainment in Iver Heath, 2011
No qualifications 100
75 Schoolchildren and full- Highest level of time students: Age 18 and qualification: Level 1 over qualifications 50
25
0
Schoolchildren and full- Highest level of time students: Age 16 to qualification: Level 2 17 qualifications
Highest level of Highest level of qualification: Level 4 qualification: Level 3 qualifications and above qualifications
Source, Census, 2011
Iver Heath is most similar to Bromley Common & Keston (Bromley), Wooton (Bedford) and Leverstock Green (Dacorum) of all English wards with regard to educational attainment. In the district the most similar wards are Burnham Church, Wexham & Iver West and Iver Vilage & Richings Park with only two of the other 18 wards ranking inside the top 1000 matches and with Taplow ranking outside the top 8,000 along with Burnham Beeches.
P a g e | 12
Table 5: Educational attainment nearest neighbours, 2011
Noqualifications qualification: of Highestlevel qualifications 1 Level qualification: of Highestlevel qualifications 2 Level qualification: of Highestlevel qualifications 3 Level qualification: of Highestlevel above and qualifications 4 Level full-time and Schoolchildren to students:17 Age 16 full-time and Schoolchildren over and students:Age 18 Iver Heath 19.8 15.7 17.2 11.2 26.3 3.4 3 Burnham Church 18.6 14.4 15.8 11.5 30.4 3.4 2.8 Wexham and Iver West 21.2 13.7 14.8 11 27.9 4 3.4 Iver Village and Richings Park 19.3 13.8 14.9 12.2 29.7 3.1 3.5 Burnham Lent Rise 19.2 16.3 16 11.6 26.6 2.5 2.4 Denham South 18.5 13.9 16.3 12.5 28.1 2.5 4 Source: Census, ONS, 2011
7.1 Iver Heath
Buckinghamshire has the strongest schools performance any LEPiii, with over a quarter of
and 88.0 per cent of young people in the county achieving at least NVQ level 2 by 19. Iver Heath most recent OFSTED reports, which are summarised below.
7.2 Iver Heath Junior School (Key Stage 2)
In 2013, 88 per cent of pupils attained Level 4 or above in the Key Stage 2 English test and assessment, the result placed the school in the top 20 per cent of all schools. In reading, 88 per cent of pupils attained Level 4 or above in the Key Stage 2 reading test, an increase of three percentage points since 2012 placing the school in the middle 20 per cent of all schools. In writing, 88 per cent of pupils attained Level 4 or above in the Key Stage 2 writing test and assessment, an increase of eight percentage points on the previous year placing the school in the middle 20 per cent of all schools. Finally, in maths, 79 per cent of pupils attained Level 4 or higher, a decrease of 11 percentage points on the previous year placing the school in the bottom 40 per cent of all schools.
In reading, 72 per cent per cent attained expected progress in reading ranking the school in the lowest 20 per cent out of all schools. In writing, 90 per cent of pupils attained expected progress placing the school in the lowest 40 per cent of all schools. In maths, 76 per cent of pupils attained expected progress placing the school in the lowest 20 per cent of all schools. Overall, the attendance rate at the school was 95.1 per cent placing the school in the middle 20 per cent of all schools.
P a g e | 13
8.0 Buckinghamshire Business First in Iver Heath
Of the 178 businesses in Iver Heath, 54, or 30.3 per cent are Buckinghamshire Business First members. BBF members in the ward are presented in Table 6 below.
Table 6: BBF members in Iver Heath, November 2013 Business Employee Size Band Pinewood Shepperton Plc 251 to 500 Creative Skillset 101 to 250 Octaga Security Services Limited 101 to 250 Technicolor Creative Services 101 to 250 Film London 26 to 50 Rigging Services 26 to 50 Wood & Window Co 11 to 25 Movietech Camera Rentals Limited 11 to 25 NLS Fabrication Design & Metalwork 11 to 25 Propshop Modelmakers Limited 11 to 25 Kes Reclamation 11 to 25 JG Environmental Ltd 6 to 10 The Bionic Group 6 to 10 Above the Line Set Assistance & Security Limited 6 to 10 ALPHA GRIP LIMITED 6 to 10 Centroid Motion Capture 6 to 10 Mediacom 24-7 Ltd 6 to 10 Optivity Ltd 6 to 10 Platinum Films 6 to 10 Precision Cargo Services Ltd 6 to 10 The Demand Generation Limited 6 to 10 Worldweaver Ltd 6 to 10 Entertainment Drapery Services 1 to 5 Punchline Engineering Ltd 1 to 5 Swallow Motor Co 1 to 5 K C Faces - Professional Face Painters 1 to 5 3d Broadcast Ltd 1 to 5 Cineworks Ltd 1 to 5 Creative England 1 to 5 Elite Reprographics 1 to 5 Film Design International Limited 1 to 5 Garment Care Productions 1 to 5 Horsebridge Productions Limited 1 to 5 Ivory Tower Entertainment Limited 1 to 5 Man Made Pictures Limited 1 to 5 Mattes & Miniatures Visual Effects Limited 1 to 5 OutPost Facilities Ltd 1 to 5 Red TX Limited 1 to 5 Room 54 Ltd 1 to 5 Running Frog Ltd 1 to 5 SCC - The Set Construction Company 1 to 5 Shoot H D Television Ltd 1 to 5 Steeple Post Ltd 1 to 5 The Effects Shed Limited 1 to 5 The Fitness Room 1 to 5 The Movie Lot 1 to 5 Thomas Delfs 1 to 5 Turtle Canyon Media Ltd 1 to 5 London Manhattan 1 to 5 Finishing Touch 1 to 5 CCR UK 1 to 5 S P D Architects Ltd 1 to 5 Chiropody At Iver Heath Health Centre 1 to 5 Spyre Ltd Self only
£44m per annum during construction and will continue to lead on socio-economic work for Buckinghamshire as mitigation work progresses, having drafted the relevant section in the Buckinghamshire Blueprint document.
P a g e | 14
9.0 Businesses in South Buckinghamshire
The distribution of businesses in South Buckinghamshire is shown in the map below. With 178 businesses, Iver Heath has 14.3 3.5
P a g e | 15
i Travel to work data from the 2011 Census are expected to be released in 2014. ii See https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/english-indices-of-deprivation-2010 iii tainment aged 19: http://www.bbf.uk.com/download/226 and http://www.bbf.uk.com/download/228