Great Missenden Local Community Area Profile (February 2007)

Great Missenden

Local Community Area Profile

Great Missenden Local Community Area Profile (February 2007)

Content

Introduction Page 1

Map Page 2

Local Government Geography Page 3

Population and Household Characteristics Page 4

Great Missenden Local Community Area Profile (February 2007)

Introduction

This Local Community Area Profile is the first of a set of evolving documents that provides customer intelligence information about the people living in . By gaining a better understanding of the residents living in our communities, public sector services can be delivered in more effective ways. This ethos forms the backbone of our corporate needs assessment project covering 19 Local Community Areas of which the Profiles are the first stage.

The Profile includes a map depicting the Local Community Area as well as a list of the local government administrative building blocks covering the area.

Customer intelligence information, comprising nearly 200 different population and household indicators, is shown as bullet point commentary and illustrated with charts. The information for the Local Community Area is placed in the context of Buckinghamshire to get a better feel for the area. The Profile should be read alongside the accompanying full set of data and charts presented in the Excel file ‘Great Missenden.xls’.

Much of the information relates to the 2001 census but also includes 2004 Indices of Multiple Deprivation data and 2006 based income, employment, acorn1 and schools related data. Definitions of the information used in the Profile can be found in the accompanying document ‘Sources Definitions of Data.xls’.

The Profile has been written by the Chief Executive’s Policy Team. Further detail about the corporate needs assessment project can be obtained from [email protected].

1 Acorn stands for A Classification of Residential Neighbourhoods. Acorn has been developed by CACI and is a market segmentation system combining geography with demographics, consumer behaviour, social factors and lifestyle information to create 5 categories, 17 groups and 56 types.

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Ordnance Survey Map of the Local Community Area

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Local Government Geography

This section looks at the local government administrative building blocks comprising the Local Community Area. Please note that some electoral divisions, wards and parishes may straddle more than one Local Community Area. Where this occurs the Local Communities affected are listed in brackets.

Electoral Divisions (ED): Chiltern Ridges ED ( and Great Missenden) Great Missenden ED Penn, Coleshill and ED ( and Great Missenden)

Civil Parishes (CP): Great Missenden CP CP

Wards: Great Missenden Ward Holmer Green Ward Little Missenden Ward and Heath End Ward

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Population and Household Characteristics

16,500 people live in this Local Community Area in 6,400 households. The size of Great Missenden is smaller than the average Local Community Area which is 25,200. The population in each Local Community Area varies from 7,900 to 69,300.

The age profile of Great Missenden is older than average and is more rural than average. 70% of the population lives in rural areas compared to the average of 35%.

Age Profile - % of Total Population by Age

35%

30%

25%

20% Great Missenden Buckinghamshire 15%

10%

5%

0% Age - 0 to Age - 5 to Age - 20 to Age - 40 to Age - 60+ 4 19 39 59

Great Missenden’s population has a slightly greater proportion of people from the white ethnic group (98%) and those holding Christian religious beliefs (77%).

The health of Great Missenden’s population is slightly better than average with 88% of people reporting no long-term limiting illness.

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The educational profile of Great Missenden is high with 29% of its population qualified to degree level, above the average of the 26%. The proportion of pupils achieving 5 or more A*-C grade GCSEs is high, 76% compared to the average of 69%.

Education Profile

35%

30%

25%

20% Great Missenden Buckinghamshire 15%

10%

5%

0% No quals NVQ GCSE* A-level* Degree* Other * or equivalent level 1*

Unemployment is low accounting for 2% of the population and half its population is employed in the Higher and Lower Managerial & Professional Occupations. Great Missenden has above average proportions of population in these occupational groups.

Occupational Status

30%

25%

20%

Great Missenden 15% Buckinghamshire 10%

5%

0%

Routine Small Lower Higher Lower Employers Managerial Managerial Supervisory Intermediate Semi-Routine

Never Worked Not Classified

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Great Missenden’s average household income is over £43k which is above the Buckinghamshire average of £41k and sits in the middle to upper end of the range by Local Community Area, £37k to £46k. Great Missenden has above average proportions of households in the upper income bands.

% Households by Income Band (£)

35%

30%

25%

20% Great Missenden Buckinghamshire 15%

10%

5%

0% <25k 25k-29k 30k-39k 40k-54k 55+k

Almost half of Great Missenden’s households are classified by acorn as ‘wealthy executives’, well above the Buckinghamshire average of 29%. ‘Secure families’ is the next largest acorn group accounting for 16% of households.

% Households by ACORN Group

60%

50%

40% Great Missenden 30% Buckinghamshire 20%

10% 0%

ilies

G Starting Out Unclassified Z B Affluent Greys Affluent B I Settled Suburbia I Settled H Secure Families F Aspiring Singles M Blue Collar RootsM Blue O BurdenedSingles N Families Struggling P High Rise Hardship Rise High P K Asian Communities K J Prudent Pensioners C Flourishing Families EducatedE Urbanites A WealthyA Executives Q Inner City Adversity

L Post IndustrialFam D Prosperous Professionals

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The car ownership levels in Great Missenden are above average with 90% of households owning 1 or more cars, compared to the average of 87%. The majority of people travel to work by car although a larger than average proportion also travel by train.

Mode of Transport to Work (resident population)

90% 80%

70%

60% 50% Great Missenden 40% Buckinghamshire

30%

20% 10% 0% Car Bus Train Foot, Cycle, Other

Great Missenden’s household composition is similar to the Buckinghamshire average with over 60% of all households occupied by couples, split in half by those with and those without dependent children. Great Missenden has below average proportions of single person households, in fact it has the smallest proportion of all the Local Community Areas. Great Missenden has a slightly greater proportion of pensioner households than average, 26% compared to 22%.

Household Composition

35%

30%

25%

20% Great Missenden Buckinghamshire 15%

10%

5%

0% Single W/out With Pensioner Other Lone persons dependent dependent Parent children children

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Great Missenden has above average home ownership levels and has well below average proportions of population living in areas affected by deprivation.

% People Living in Areas Ranked as the Worst 1-3 Areas in Buckinghamshire by Deprivation Type

100% 90% 80% 70% 60% Great Missenden 50% Buckinghamshire 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Crime Overall Income age) accidts people) Employment Air qual, traffic qual, Air Income (older Barriers to Quals (working Quals Overcrowding, Poor hsing, air hsing, Poor Quals (children) Quals qual, traff accidts traff qual, access to hsing, hsing, to access Income (children) Income housing/ services housing/ Health & disability & Health Poor qual housing qual Poor Access to servicesAccess to Qualifications/skills

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