Profile 2013 Central Lakes Local Area Partnership Profile 2013 1 About this profile The aim of this profile is to provide the Local Area Partnership with background data and intelligence about the characteristics of the area. In this way the partnership can better assess how it needs to focus its efforts. The majority of the data used in the profile is Census 2011 data. This was collected in March 2011, and gives the most accurate and up-to-date picture of the area possible. Whilst every effort has been made to provide accurate data, some figures are estimates due to complications of disaggregation. Contents Central Lakes Local Area Partnership in Perspective ...................................................... 3 Central Lakes LAP - Ward Map .......................................................................................... 4 Central Lakes LAP People .................................................................................................. 5 Usual Resident Population ................................................................................................. 5 Health & Wellbeing.............................................................................................................. 7 Ethnicity, Nationality & Religion ........................................................................................ 7 Housing ............................................................................................................................... 8 Qualifications ...................................................................................................................... 9 Employment & Business Environment ............................................................................ 10 Concluding Overview of Central Lakes LAP ................................................................... 13 Contacts: Produced by: Policy and Partnerships, South Lakeland District Council, South Lakeland House, Lowther Street, Kendal, LA9 4DQ [email protected] Central Lakes Local Area Partnership Profile 2013 2 Central Lakes Local Area Partnership in Perspective Central Lakes Local Area Partnership (LAP) has the fourth largest population of all the eight South Lakeland LAPs. Incorporating 2 parishes and one town council, it has one of the smallest representations of all the South Lakeland partnerships. The LAP also incorporates 5 District Council wards and 2 County Council wards. The following parishes make up the partnership; Lakes Skelwith Windermere Town The following District Council wards make up the partnership: Ambleside and Grasmere Windermere Applethwaite and Troutbeck Windermere Bowness North Windermere Bowness South Windermere Town Central Lakes LAP is fed by the A591 from Keswick, the Lakes and the North. The same road also feeds into the LAP from the East and Kendal. The A593 enters the southwest of the LAP and links the area to Coniston, Ulverston and Barrow-in-Furness. The M6 motorway approximately 16 miles away to the southeast provides easy access to the North and Scotland and direct routes to the South. Hourly trains link Windermere to Kendal Oxenholme, then onto Scotland and the South. Central Lakes is situated in the north west of South Lakeland and the centre of the Lake District National Park. It offers some of the most breath taking scenery the UK has to offer. It is home to the longest lake in England, Windermere, and some of the most popular tourist centres in the North, Ambleside, Grasmere, Windermere and Bowness-on-Windermere. The area is scattered with popular tourist attractions such as the Beatrix Potter museum, the Lake Steamers on Windermere and a variety of walking terrain which attracts a high volume of visitors throughout the year. The LAP has requested that, where necessary, the profile be broken down into wards (rather than parishes). As the map on the following page shows, there is a small part of Coniston and Crake Valley ward in the LAP area (Skelwith parish). In this instance parish data has been used as to not skew the data with the inclusion of the whole of Coniston and Crake Valley ward figures. Central Lakes Local Area Partnership Profile 2013 3 Central Lakes LAP - Ward Map Central Lakes Local Area Partnership Profile 2013 4 Central Lakes LAP People Central Lakes LAP is made up of a number of close knit communities. The people who live in these communities in the main own their own homes, drive their own cars and hold down responsible jobs. People who live in the partnership area are practical and enterprising in their orientation. The older residents of Central Lakes LAP are in the main people who own their homes and who have some source of income beyond the basic state pension. The Central Lakes LAP also includes residents who have rewarding careers rather than jobs, who live in sought after locations, who drive the more modern and expensive cars and who indulge in the more expensive leisure pursuits. The isolated nature of parts of the LAP makes residents see the area as a distinctly good place in which to live. Neighbours may not be on the doorstep, but there is a general willingness to help each other. Fear of crime is generally low, as the perpetrators are unlikely to live locally or to move to the area. (Source: Mosaic Demographic Profiling) Usual Resident Population In 2011, the population of Central Lakes LAP was 12,934, the fourth highest of all South Lakeland LAPs and 12.5% of the overall district population. The population has decreased in the LAP area by 4.6% since 2001, when the count stood at 13,559 residents. Windermere Bowness South ward has seen the biggest proportionate increase in population of 28% from 1,774 to 2,271. Ambleside and Grasmere ward has seen the biggest decrease of 14.2% from 4,629 to 3,971. Male residents make up 48.9% of the population, 51.1% being female. The Central Lakes LAP covers an area of 17,031 hectares (65.76 square miles), equating to a population density of 0.8 people per hectare (196.7 per square mile). When looking at the broad age bands, the proportion of 0-15 year olds has stayed pretty similar over the ten year period between 2001 and 2011, however there has been a decrease of 10% in the number of residents of this age due to the reduction in population. Windermere Bowness South ward saw the biggest proportionate increase of 31.3%, with Skelwith parish (part of Coniston & Crake Valley ward) seeing the biggest decrease of 44.8%. There has been a slight decrease in the proportion of 16-64 year olds (working age), an 8.3% fall since 2001. Windermere Bowness South ward again saw the biggest proportionate increase (20.7%), and Skelwith parish saw the biggest decrease (33.3%). The over 65 age range is the only age group to see an increase over the ten year period (9.8%). Skelwith parish saw the biggest proportionate increase (113.6%), with Windermere Bowness North seeing the smallest increase (3%). No ward saw a decrease in this age range. 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% population 20% 10% Percentage total of Percentage 0% 2001 2008 2011 0-15 years 16-64 years 65+ years Central Lakes Local Area Partnership Profile 2013 5 When comparing the broad age range proportions (2011) against those at district level, it can be seen that all the age ranges are fairly similar to South Lakeland as a whole. 70% 61.2% 60.6% 60% 50% 40% 30% 24.8% 24.3% 20% 14.0% 15.3% 10% Percentage population total of Percentage 0% 0-15 years 16-64 years 65+ years Central Lakes LAP South Lakeland The Census 2011 data shows us that the 18-24 year age range saw the largest decrease in of 33.7% between 2001 and 2011 in the Central Lakes LAP. The age range which saw the largest increase was the 90 years and over population (18.2%). It is notable that all the age ranges above 60 have seen an increase over the ten year period, whiles all the age ranges under 15 have decreased. 90+ 85-89 75-84 65-74 60-64 45-59 30-44 25-29 20-24 Age Range Age 18-19 16-17 15 10-14 8-9 5-7 0-4 -40% -30% -20% -10% 0% 10% 20% 30% Percetentage increase/decrease in population Central Lakes Local Area Partnership Profile 2013 6 Almost one in three residents (30.9%) over the age of 16 in Central Lakes LAP are single. Almost half (49%) are either married or in a civil partnership. 11.3% are either separated or divorced, while 8.8% are widowed. Health & Wellbeing The overall health of Central Lakes LAP’s residents is generally good, with more than four in five (83%) saying that their health is either very good or good when asked in the 2011 Census. Just 3.8% (494 residents) said that it was bad or very bad. Windermere Bowness South ward has the highest proportion of residents with good/very good health (85.3%), while Windermere Applethwaite and Troutbeck ward has the highest proportion of residents with bad/very bad health (4.9%). Again, the overall majority of residents (82.4%) are not limited in their day-to-day activities by any health problems or disability. However, 1,352 residents’ (10.5%) day-to-day activities are limited a little, and 926 (7.2%) limited a lot through health problems or disability. Skelwith parish has the greatest proportion of residents with no limiting health problems/disability (85.8%), while Windermere Bowness North ward has the biggest proportion limited a little (11.9%) and Windermere Applethwaite and Troutbeck ward the largest percentage limited a lot (9.9%). 10.5% of residents provide some kind of unpaid care, the majority between 1 to 19 hours per week. These proportions are all similar to those of South Lakeland as a whole. The average life expectancy in Central Lakes LAP is 82 years. This is higher than the average for the district as a whole (80.6 years). An estimated 28% of adults in Central Lakes LAP smoke, higher than the district estimate of 22%. 19% are estimated to binge drink (consumption of more than 8 units in a day at least once a week for a man, 6 for a woman), slightly lower than the district estimate. The estimate of obesity in the LAP is the same as the South Lakeland estimate of 22%.