2011 Census Profile for Becontree Ward
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Contents 1. Introduction ...... 4 2. Summary of Census Information for Becontree Ward ...... 5 3. Age ...... 6 4. Tenure...... 8 5. Household Composition ...... 10 6. Ethnic Group ...... 12 7. Religion ...... 16 8. Language (top 10 spoken as main language) ...... 18 9. Deprivation ...... 20 10. Health and Provision of Unpaid Care ...... 22 11. Economic Activity ...... 24 12. Unemployment ...... 24 13. Students and Qualifications ...... 26
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1. Introduction The Census, which happens every 10 years in March provides a detailed snapshot picture of the population at that particular time. It gives a count of all people and households and is the most complete source of information about the population that is available. This document focuses solely on 2011 Census data which has been broken down to individual ward level.
The 2011 Census has shown that Barking and Dagenham has experienced significant demographic change between 2001 and 2011, especially in terms of age, ethnicity, religion, tenure and household composition. This change in Barking and Dagenham is part of the trend across East London which has been happening in inner London boroughs such as Newham and Tower Hamlets since 1991 and earlier.
This document contains a selection of ward information from the 2011 Census. Data tables have been included to show percentage, and actual number data for each topic by ward and a comparison with the borough. There is also a ranking column for each table. This compares the category percentage of all seventeen borough wards, and shows where this ward is ranked. A ranking of 1 is the highest percent of any borough ward and a ranking of 17 is the lowest percent of any borough ward.
In addition to data tables, maps are also included to illustrate where for example, the highest levels of qualifications exist across the borough, or which areas have the lowest levels of economic activity. The maps make it possible to see how one ward compares with another, as well as showing differences in an individual ward.
More 2011 Census information for Barking and Dagenham can be found at: http://www.lbbd.gov.uk/CouncilandDemocracy/Census/Pages/Census11.aspx
For information please contact:
Kelly Rowson 020 - 8227 - 5638 [email protected] Phil Canham 020 - 8227 - 3424 [email protected]
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2. Summary of Census Information for Becontree Ward Compared to the borough as a whole, and to other wards, Becontree Ward has the following key characteristics:
Becontree Ward has the fourth largest population of all the seventeen wards in the borough with 11,545 residents, and generally has an age profile that reflects the borough’s age composition. However, there are relatively low proportions of some age groups. In general the tenure profile of the ward is similar to that of the borough, although Becontree Ward has one of the highest proportions of private rented households compared to other wards. The ward has the highest proportion of cohabiting couples with no dependent children compared to all other wards. Generally, the percentage of different ethnic groups in Becontree Ward closely reflects that of the borough as a whole. Generally, the percentage of different religions in Becontree Ward closely reflects that of the borough as a whole. Residents who classify themselves as Christian make up 55% of the population in Becontree Ward, which is very close to the average for the borough. After English, the second largest language used as a main language is Lithuanian spoken by 244 residents, which is 2.2% of the population. This is about the same as the borough average of 2.3%. When compared to all other wards Becontree Ward also has the second highest proportion of residents with bad health at 5.5% after Valence Ward. This is above the borough average of 4.7%. Becontree Ward has one of the highest ward percentages of self employed residents representing 9.5% of all residents aged 16 to 74 years. There are 612 unemployed residents, which is 9.5% of all residents aged 16 to 74 years and is higher than the borough average of 7.3%. Of these unemployed residents, 26.8% are aged between 16 and 24 years, this is one of the highest percentages of all wards. There are 663 full time students aged 18 plus in the ward, representing 7.7% of the population. This is higher than the borough average and is one of the highest proportions of all wards.
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3. Age Age Bands Becontree Becontree % LBBD % Ward Number Ranking All Residents 11,545 11,545 185,911 0-4 1,112 9.6% 10.0% 13 5-9 850 7.4% 7.7% 11 10-15 975 8.4% 8.2% 7 16-19 677 5.9% 5.4% 5 20-24 812 7.0% 7.0% 7 25-29 914 7.9% 8.1% 5 30-44 2,767 24.0% 23.4% 6 45-59 1,965 17.0% 16.1% 7 60-64 379 3.3% 3.7% 14 65-74 559 4.8% 5.0% 12 75-84 351 3.0% 3.8% 14 85 and over 184 1.6% 1.6% 9
Becontree Ward has the fourth largest population of all the seventeen wards in the borough with 11,545 residents.
Compared to the most other wards and the borough average there are relatively low proportions of 0- 4year olds, 60 to 64 year olds and 75 to 84 year olds in Becontree Ward.
There are relatively high proportions of residents aged 16 to 19 years in Becontree Ward when compared to other wards and at 5.9% is higher than the borough average.
At 7.9%, the proportion of 25-29 year olds is in Becontree Ward is lower than the borough average of 8.1%. However, when compared to all other wards in the borough, Becontree Ward has the fifth highest proportion of this age group.
In general, other age groups are similar to the borough average.
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4. Tenure Tenure Becontree Becontree % LBBD % Ward
Number Ranking All Households 4,277 4,277 69,681
Owned Outright 684 16.0% 17.1% 10
Owned With
Mortgage 1,315 30.7% 29.3% 7 Owned Shared Ownership 94 2.2% 1.3% 3
Council 1,013 23.7% 28.4% 12 Social Rented Other 244 5.7% 5.3% 6
Private Landlord 808 18.9% 16.6% 4 Private
Rented Other Private Rented 53 1.2% 1.1% 4
Other Living Rent Free 66 1.5% 1.0% 1
Becontree Ward has a total of 4,277 households.
In general the tenure profile of the ward is similar to that of the borough, although Becontree Ward does have one of the highest proportions of private rented households compared to other wards.
The private rented sector represents 18.9% of all households in Becontree Ward and is above the borough average of 16.6%. There is a high concentration of private rented properties in the north of the ward.
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5. Household Composition Becontree Becontree LBBD % Ward Number % Ranking All Households 4,277 4,277 69,681 One Person Household: Aged 65 and Over 426 10.0% 10.5% 12 One Person Household: Other 730 17.1% 17.0% 6 One Family: All aged 65 and over 125 2.9% 4.1% 14 Married or Same Sex Civil Partnership: No Children 289 6.8% 7.2% 13 Married or Same Sex Civil Partnership: Dependent Children 693 16.2% 16.5% 10 Married or Same Sex Civil Partnership: No Dependent Children 218 5.1% 5.3% 11 Cohabiting Couple: No Children 114 2.7% 2.9% 12 Cohabiting Couple: Dependent Children 205 4.8% 4.4% 7 Cohabiting Couple: No Dependent Children 33 0.8% 0.5% 1 Lone Parent Family: Dependent Children 662 15.5% 14.4% 7 Lone Parent Family: No dependent Children 218 5.1% 4.7% 4 Other Household Types: With Dependent Children 256 6.0% 6.3% 8 Other Household Types: All Full Time Students 15 0.4% 0.3% 5 Other Household Types: All Aged 65 and Over 14 0.3% 0.3% 6 Other 279 6.5% 5.6% 4
Becontree Ward has a similar household composition structure to the Borough as a whole. The proportion of households ‘One Family all Aged 65 and Over’ is relatively small in Becontree Ward totalling 125 households. This represents 2.9% of all ward households compared to the higher borough average of 4.1%.
Becontree Ward has one of the smaller proportions of ‘Married Couples with no Children’, totalling 289 households when compared to other wards in the borough. This represents 6.8% of all ward households which is lower than the borough average of 7.2%.
Becontree Ward has one of the largest proportions of ‘Lone Parent Families with no Dependent Children’ totalling 218 households. This represents 5.1% of all ward households compared to 4.7% for the borough.
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6. Ethnic Group Ethnic Group Becontree Becontree % LBBD % Ward Number Ranking All Residents 11,545 11,545 185,911
White British 5,846 50.6% 49.5% 11 White: Irish 110 1.0% 1.0% 11
White White: Other 833 7.2% 7.8% 9 Mixed: White and Black Caribbean 199 1.7% 1.4% 4 Mixed: White and Black African 139 1.2% 1.1% 6
Mixed Mixed: White and Asian 82 0.7% 0.7% 6 Mixed: Other 104 0.9% 1.0% 10 Asian: Indian 501 4.3% 4.0% 6
Asian: Pakistani 627 5.4% 4.3% 4 Asian: Bangladeshi 408 3.5% 4.1% 7
Asian Asian: Chinese 81 0.7% 0.7% 7 Asian: Other 392 3.4% 2.8% 4
Black: African 1,505 13.0% 15.4% 12 Black: Caribbean 383 3.3% 2.8% 4
Black Black: Other 160 1.4% 1.7% 13
Arab 43 0.4% 0.5% 9 Any Other Ethnic Other Group 132 1.1% 1.0% 8
Generally, the percentage of different ethnic groups in Becontree Ward closely reflects that of the borough as a whole.
The largest single group in Becontree Ward is White British accounting for 5,856 residents which is 50.6% of the total ward population. This is followed by Black African, which at 13.0 % is slightly lower than the borough average.
The third largest group is White Other making up 7.2% of the population in Becontree Ward.
Both Black Caribbean and Mixed White and Black Caribbean residents account for higher percentages of the population in Becontree Ward when compared to the borough as a whole.
There are also higher percentages of Asian: Pakistani and Asian: Other ethnic groups in Becontree Ward when compared to the rest of the borough.
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7. Religion Religion Becontree Becontree % LBBD % Ward Number Ranking All Residents 11,545 11,545 185,911 Christian 6,345 55.0% 56.0% 14 Buddhist 89 0.8% 0.5% 1 Hindu 272 2.4% 2.4% 6 Jewish 35 0.3% 0.2% 5 Muslim 1,586 13.7% 13.7% 6 Sikh 232 2.0% 1.6% 5 Other Religion 28 0.2% 0.3% 13 No Religion 2,245 19.4% 18.9% 9 Religion Not Stated 713 6.2% 6.4% 12
Generally, the percentage of different religions in Becontree Ward closely reflects that of the borough as a whole.
Although the number is low, Becontree Ward has the highest number of residents classifying themselves as Buddhists out of all wards in the borough. This totals 89 residents which is 0.8% of the ward’s population.
The proportion of residents classifying themselves as Christians makes up 55% of the population in Becontree Ward, which is very close to the average for the borough.
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8. Language (top 10 spoken as main language1) Becontree Becontree LBBD % Ward Number % Ranking Total residents aged 3 and over 10,867 100% 174,667 English (English or Welsh if in Wales) 8,810 81.07% 81.1% 12 Other European Language (EU); Lithuanian 244 2.25% 2.2% 9 South Asian Language; Urdu 227 2.09% 2.1% 4 South Asian Language; Bengali (With Sylheti and Chatgaya) 179 1.65% 1.6% 7 South Asian Language; Panjabi 138 1.27% 1.3% 5 Other European Language (EU); Polish 118 1.09% 1.1% 6 French 75 0.69% 0.7% 5 Other European Language (Non EU); Albanian 68 0.63% 0.6% 8 Other European Language (EU); Romanian 67 0.62% 0.6% 10 East Asian Language; All Other Chinese 63 0.58% 0.6% 1 Other 878 8.08% 8.1% 4
As in all wards, English is spoken as a main language by the highest proportion of residents in Becontree Ward representing 8,810 residents. This is 81.1% of the total ward population and is almost exactly the same as the borough average of 81.3%
Apart from English there are seventy two different main languages spoken in Becontree ward, together spoken by 18.7% of residents.
The second largest language used as a main language is Lithuanian spoken by 244 residents, which is 2.2% of the population. This is about the same as the borough average of 2.3%. Other key languages are Urdu, Bengali (With Sylheti and Chatgaya), Panjabi, Polish, French, Albanian, Romanian and Chinese.
1 Main Language is a person’s first or preferred language
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9. Deprivation2 Becontree Becontree % LBBD % Ward Number Ranking All Households 4,277 4,277 69,681 Household is Not Deprived in Any Dimension 1,280 29.9% 28.2% 4 Household is Deprived in 1 Dimension Only 1,450 33.9% 35.8% 15 Household is Deprived in 2 Dimensions Only 1,090 25.5% 26.4% 12 Household is Deprived in 3 Dimensions Only 415 9.7% 8.6% 5 Household is Deprived in all 4 Dimensions 42 1.0% 1.0% 9
The more dimensions a household is deprived in, the higher the level of deprivation that household is classified as being in.
There are 29.9% of households in Becontree Ward that are not deprived in any dimension. This is higher than the borough average of 28.2%, but in comparison to the rest of the borough there are three other wards with lower proportions of households which are not deprived in any of the four dimensions. These are Eastbrook, Longbridge and Whalebone Wards.
Becontree Ward is also has the fourth lowest proportion of households deprived in one dimension only at 33.9% after Parsloes and Valence Wards. This is lower than the borough average of 35.8%.
There are 9.7% of households in Becontree Ward that are deprived in three dimensions only. This is higher than the borough average of 8.6%.
2 The dimensions of deprivation used to classify households are indicators based on four selected household characteristics:
Employment (any member of a household not a full-time student is either unemployed or long-term sick) Education (no person in the household has at least level 2 education, and no person aged 16-18 is a full-time student) Health and disability (any person in the household has general health ‘bad or very bad’ or has a long term health problem) Housing (Household's accommodation is either overcrowded, with an occupancy rating -1 or less, or is in a shared dwelling, or has no central heating).
A household is classified as being deprived in none, or one to four of these dimensions in any combination.
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10. Health and Provision of Unpaid Care Becontree Becontree LBBD % Ward Number % Ranking All Residents 11,545 11,545 185,911
Day to Day Activities
3 Limited a Lot 1,013 8.8% 8.4% 7 Day to Day Activities
Limited a Little 945 8.2% 8.0% 10 Limiting
Condition Day to Day Activities Not Limited 9,587 83.0% 83.6% 9
Very Good Health 5,415 46.9% 47.2% 7
4 Good health 3,861 33.4% 33.7% 13 Fair Health 1,465 12.7% 12.9% 11
Health Bad Health 631 5.5% 4.7% 2 Very Bad Health 173 1.5% 1.4% 7 Provides No Unpaid Care 10,551 91.4% 91.3% 6
Provides 1 to 19 Hours
5 Unpaid Care a Week 563 4.9% 4.7% 7 Provides 20-49 hours
Care Unpaid Care a Week 166 1.4% 1.6% 15 Provides 50 or More Hours Unpaid Care a Week 265 2.3% 2.5% 13
There are 80.3% of residents in Becontree Ward with good, or very good health. This is slightly lower than the borough average of 80.9%.
However, when compared to all other wards Becontree Ward also has the second highest proportion of residents with bad health at 5.5% after Valence Ward. This is above the borough average of 4.7%.
There are 8.8% of residents in Becontree Ward who feel that their day to day activities are limited a lot. This is slightly above the borough average of 8.4%
The proportion of residents providing unpaid care in Becontree Ward tends to be in line with the borough average, however the percentage of residents providing between 20 and 50 hours or more of unpaid care at 3.7% is relatively lower than the borough average of 4.1%.
3 The extent to which a person’s day to day activity may be affected by a disability or long term illness was a personal judgement made by the census form respondent 4 Level of Health was a personal judgement made by the census form respondent 5 A person is a provider of unpaid care if they look after or give help or support to family members, friends, neighbours or others because of long-term physical or mental ill health or disability, or problems related to old age.
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11. Economic Activity Becontree Becontree LBBD Ward Number % % Ranking All Residents Aged 16-746 8,073 8,073 127,568 Employed: Part Time 937 11.6% 12.2% 16
Employed: Full Time 2,739 33.9% 34.9% 15 Self Employed 763 9.5% 9.0% 4 Active Unemployed 612 7.6% 7.3% 5 Economically Full Time Student 372 4.6% 4.3% 5 Retired 665 8.2% 8.6% 13
Student / Full Time Student 610 7.6% 7.4% 6
Looking After Home or 11
Family 583 7.2% 7.4% Inactive
Economically Long Term Sick or Disabled 467 5.8% 5.1% 7 Other 325 4.0% 3.7% 6
Becontree Ward has 2,739 residents who work full time. This represents 33.9% of residents aged 16 to 74 years which is lower than the borough average of 34.9%. Only Abbey Ward and Gascoigne Ward wards have lower proportions. Also, there is a relatively low proportion of part time employees in this ward when compared to the borough average of 12.2%.
Becontree Ward has one of the highest ward percentages of self employed residents representing 9.5% of all residents aged 16 to 74 years. 12. Unemployment Becontree Becontree LBBD Ward Number % % Ranking All Unemployed Residents Aged 16- 74 612 7.6% 7.3% Aged 16–24 164 26.8% 24.9% 4 Aged 25-49 355 58.0% 61.2% Aged 50-74 93 15.2% 13.9% 6 Never Worked 132 21.6% 21.9% 10 Long Term Unemployed 254 41.5% 42.6% 13
There are 612 unemployed residents, which is 9.5% of all residents aged 16 to 74 years and is higher than the borough average of 7.3%. Of these unemployed residents, 26.8% are aged between 16 and 24 years, this is one of the highest percentages of all wards.
6 The standard age range of the population used in the Census for Economic Activity and Unemployment analysis is 16-74 years. This accounts for the increasing amount of people in employment after the current retirement age of 64.
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13. Students and Qualifications Becontree Becontree LBBD % Ward Number % Ranking All Residents Aged 16 and Over 8,608 8,608 137,613 No Qualifications 2,408 28.0% 27.9% 12 Level 1- e.g 4 GCSEs (any grade) 1,295 15.0% 15.2% 14 Level 2 – e.g 5 GCSEs (grade A*- C) 1,313 15.3% 15.0% 9 Level 3 – e.g 2 A-Levels 173 2.0% 2.1% 10 Apprenticeship 783 9.1% 9.3% 9 Level 4 and Above – e.g Degree 1,775 20.6% 20.9% 6 Other Qualifications 861 10.0% 9.7% 6 Schoolchildren & Full Time Students: Age 16 to 17 293 3.4% 3.4% 8 Schoolchildren & Full Time Students: Age 18 and Over 663 7.7% 7.2% 5 Full Time Student: Age 18 and over: Economically Active: In Employment 214 2.5% 2.4% 5 Full Time Student: Age 18 and over: Economically Active: Unemployed 98 1.1% 1.0% 4 Full Time Student: Age 18 and over: Economically Inactive 351 4.1% 3.8% 5
Becontree Ward has average proportions of residents with various levels of qualifications compared to the borough as a whole. This is also the case for the proportion of people with no qualifications. There are 2,408 residents with no qualifications which 28.0% of the population aged 16 plus.
However there are 663 full time students aged 18 plus in the ward, representing 7.7% of the population. This is higher than the borough average and is one of the highest proportions of all wards.
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