Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn Ward Profile

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CONTENTS

1 POPULATION, AGE AND ETHNICITY 4

2 DEPRIVATION 7 3 MOSAIC DATA 8 4 EDUCATION 10

5 EMPLOYMENT/UNEMPLOYMENT 12

6 HEALTH 13 7 HOUSING AND TENURE 14 8 CRIME 15

9 AREA MAP 17 10 KEY RESOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 17

Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn

Population: 1,325 Households: 536

LSOA’s: E01025320

Ward Profile – Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn BACKGROUND

This ward profile is part of series providing key statistical data for each of the 24 wards which make up the district of Ribble Valley. The aim of this profile is to describe the key characteristics of each ward – demography, housing and employment in the context of the rest of Ribble Valley, regionally and nationally. This ward profile supplements the larger Ribble Valley profile, which provides a more comprehensive picture of the district.

The ward includes the following in the areas: Bolton-by-Bowland, Slaidburn, Newton, Holden, and Cow Ark.

Points of Interest The ward includes large parts of the Forest of Bowland. Farming is still a major employer in the area, but the area also attracts tourists; for walking in particular. The Roman road known as Watling Street, that runs from Manchester, via Ribchester, to Carlisle, passes by Newton and Slaidburn. Bolton-by-Bowland - Before 1974, the village was part of Bowland Rural District in the West Riding of Yorkshire. In medieval times, it was known as Bolton-in- Bowland, reflecting the shifting boundaries of the ancient Forest of Bowland. The village has a car park, toilet facilities and a tourist information centre and is the starting point for many of the area's walks. The village also has two pubs, the first, the Coach and Horses is situated in the middle of the village and is the centre of village life. The second, The Copy Nook, is a bar and restaurant and is situated a short distance from the centre of the village. Newton - recorded in Domesday as Neutone and is part of the ancient parish of Slaidburn since Saxon times. The village pub in Newton, The Parkers Arms, takes its name from the neighbouring Parker family of Browsholme Hall. Slaidburn - lies near the head of the River Hodder and Stocks Reservoir, both within the Forest of Bowland, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The parish church of St Andrew has a superb Jacobean screen and a fine Georgian pulpit. The brass band composer William Rimmer (1862–1936) composed the now-popular march, named Slaidburn after the village, for the Slaidburn Silver Band. A new village hall has opened to much fanfare and is being well used. There is a local pub, the Hark to Bounty, which upstairs houses the ancient halmote or courthouse of the Manor of Slaidburn.

The ward has one borough Conservative councillor - Cllr Rosemary Joan Elms.

Cllr Rosemary Elms 01200 446318 [email protected]

OVERVIEW

•Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn's ward •Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn has the •The ward is mainly a mix of the following main •Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn has two population in 2011 stood at 1,325. Barriers to Housing and Services and Living socio-economic groups: schools within the ward. •The ward is far more sparsely populated (0.1 Environment domains in the bottom 10%. •Residents of isolated rural communities •Just over 19.5% of residents have no people per hectare) than the average for the •Residents of small and mid-sized towns with qualifications; this is lower than the Ribble borough (1 person per hecatare). strong local roots Valley figure of 18% and much lower than the •The ward has a lower percentage of residents •Wealthy people living in the most sought- national figure of 27%. aged 0 to 9 and aged 20 to 44 and a higher after neighbourhoods •33.8% of the residents of the ward have a level percentage of residents aged 45 to 64 4 educational qualification compared to nearly compared to the national, Lancashire and 34% in Ribble Valley and only 25% in district averages. Lancashire. •97.89% of residents in the ward are White.

Population Deprivation Mosaic Education

•73.47% of working age people (16-74) in the •84.6% of respondents in the ward indicated •Recorded crime in Bowland, Newton and •The ward consists of 536 households, an ward are classed as economically active. their day to day activities are not limited due Slaidburn is 34.0 per 1,000 population increase of 50 between the 2001 and 2011 to health or disability, this is a slightly higher compared to 31.5 as the Ribble Valley district Census. rate than the average for the borough with average and 63.5 as the Lancashire County •61.2% of households are owner occupiers. 83.29%. 5.58% indicated they were limited a average (March 2014 – February 2015). The rented sector consists of 35.7% of lot. •There were 214.3 calls to the Police, 83 calls to households, with the majority being private •A high percentage of respondents (86.11%) in Ambulance services and 10.6 calls to Fire and rented. the ward rate their general health as good or Rescue services per 1,000 population in the •Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn has a high very good. ward. percentage (53.36%) of detached properties. •In the same period there were 12.8 calls per 1,000 population made to the Police regarding anti-social behaviour.

Employment Health Crime Housing

1 POPULATION, AGE AND ETHNICITY

POPULATION

 The population of Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn according to the 2011 Census is 1,325 Ribble Valley Population by Ward (made up of 661 males and 664 females). Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn is smaller than the average ward size in terms of population. Whalley 3895 Wiswell and Pendleton 1316  When looking at density of population (number of persons per hectare) the ward is far more sparsely populated (0.1 people per hectare) than the average for the borough (1 person per Wilpshire 2582 hectare). The England average is 4.1 people per hectare. Waddington and West Bradford 2933 St Mary's 2846 Salthill 3135 Sabden 1422

Ribchester 1598 Read and Simonstone 2573 Primrose 3075

Mellor 2672 Littlemoor 2936 Langho 2261

Gisburn, Rimington 1405 Edisford and Low Moor 2773 Dilworth 2551

Derby and Thornley 2995 Clayton-le-Dale with Ramsgreave 2633 Chipping 1356

Chatburn 1316

Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn 1325 Billington and Old Langho 3154 Alston and Hothersall 2643 Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley 1737 0 2000 4000 6000

Source: ONS, Census 2011 Source: ONS, Census 2011

AGE STRUCTURE

 The ward has a lower percentage of residents aged 0 to 9 and aged 20 to 44 and a higher percentage of residents aged 45 to 64 compared to the national, Lancashire and district average.  A high percentage of Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn residents are aged 45 to 64.

All Ages 0-9 10-19 20-44 45-64 65+

Bowland, Newton 1,325 127 167 307 461 263 and Slaidburn

9.58% 12.60% 23.17% 34.79% 19.85%

Source: ONS, Census 2011

Projected growth in Ribble Valley population by age

 ONS projected population growth for the borough is 64,800 by 2035.

Source: ONS, 2010 – based Sub-National Population Projections (2012) 5

Ethnicity Profile

97.89% of residents in Bolton, Newton and Slaidburn are White. This is higher than the Ribble Valley average and higher than the England average.

% Bolton, Newton Ribble Valley England and Slaidburn White 97.89 96.59 81.41 Mixed 0.53 0.53 1.86 Asian 0.30 0.93 5.57 Chinese/Other Asian 0.00 0.25 1.86 Black or Black British 0.53 0.21 3.24 Other Ethnic Group 0.75 1.54 7.04

Source: ONS, 2011 Census

2 DEPRIVATION

The Index of Multiple Deprivation 2015 (IMD) measures deprivation down to Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) level – areas containing around 1,500 people. 32,482 LSOAs (nationally) make up the IMD with each area being scored across 8 domains (see below) then ranked from most to least deprived, with the 326 English districts also being ranked. Ribble Valley is made up of 40 LSOAs.

Index of Health Education, Barriers to Living Multiple Income Employment Deprivation Skills and Housing and Crime Decile Environment Deprivation Decile Decile and Disability Training Services Decile Decile (IMD) Decile Decile Decile LSOA Ward Bowland, Newton and E01025320 Slaidburn 5 10 8 8 8 8 1 1

(where 1st decile is most deprived, 10th decile is least deprived)

The table above shows the eight IMD domains split by LSOA and ranks all LSOAs nation-wide. Those areas most deprived are ranked in the top 10% - the 1st decile (red) and the least deprived are the higher numbers (green). As can be seen Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn has the Barriers to Housing and Services and Living Environment domains in the bottom 10%.

What do the Ranks mean?

Education Skills and Training - measures the extent of deprivation in terms of education, skills and training in an area. The indicators are structured into two sub-domains: one relating to children and young people and one relating to adult skills.

Crime - measures the rate of recorded crime in an area for four major crime types representing the risk of personal and material victimisation at a small area level.

Employment - measures employment deprivation in an area conceptualised as involuntary exclusion of the working age population from the labour market.

Barriers to Housing and Other Services - measures the physical and financial accessibility of housing and key local services. The indicators fall into two sub-domains: ‘geographical barriers’, which relate to the physical proximity of local services, and ‘wider barriers’ which includes issues relating to access to housing such as affordability.

Health and Disability - measures premature death and the impairment of quality of life by poor health. It considers both physical and mental health. The domain measures morbidity, disability and premature mortality but not aspects of behaviour or environment that may be predictive of future health deprivation.

Income - measures the proportion of the population in an area experiencing deprivation related to low income.

Living Environment - measures the quality of individuals’ immediate surroundings both within and outside the home. The indicators fall into two sub-domains: the ‘indoors’ living environment, which measures the quality of housing, and the ‘outdoors’ living environment which contains two measures relating to air quality and road traffic accidents.

3 MOSAIC DATA

Mosaic UK is Experian’s system for classification of UK households. It is one of a number of commercially available geodemographic segmentation systems, applying the principles of geodemography to consumer household and individual data collated from a number of governmental and commercial sources. The current version, Mosaic UK 2009, classifies the UK population into 15 main socio-economic groups and, within this, 67 different types.

Mosaic has found application outside their original purpose of direct marketing, including governmental estimates and forecasts, and it is also used extensively in understanding local service users. Mosaic also introduced Mosaic Public Sector with more politically correct segment names.

Mosaic 2010 Classifications

Group Distinct Types

A02 - Retirees A03 - Remote A01 - Rural A04 - Villagers electing to settle communities Residents of families with with few well in with poor A isolated rural high incomes paid alternatives environmentally access to public communities” - often from to agricultural attractive and commercial city jobs employment localities services B05 - Better B07 - Empty B08 - Mixed B06 – Self- Residents of small off empty nester owner communities with employed trades and mid-sized nesters in low occupiers many single B people living in towns with strong density making little use people in the smaller local roots” estates on of public centres of small communities town fringes services towns C09 - C10 - Wealthy C11 - Creative Successful C12 - Residents Wealthy people families in professionals older in smart city living in the most substantial seeking C business centre flats who sought-after houses with little involvement in leaders living make little use of neighbourhoods” community local in sought-after public services involvement communities suburbs D15 - Well off Successful D13 - Higher D16 - Higher D14 - Older commuters professionals income older income families people living in living in D living in suburban champions of concerned with large houses in spacious or semi-rural village education and mature suburbs houses in semi- homes communities careers rural settings E17 - E21 - Middle E19 – Self- Comfortably E18 - Industrial E20 - Upwardly aged families Middle income reliant older off suburban workers living mobile South living in less families living in families in E families comfortably in Asian families fashionable moderate suburban semis weakly tied to owner occupied living in inter war inter war suburban semis in industrial their local semis suburbs suburban towns community semis

Group Distinct Types

Residents K49 - Low F23 - Early F24 - Young K50 - Older F22 - Busy F25 - Personnel with K48 - Middle income older Couples with middle aged parents new to families in low K51 - Often executives in reliant on the sufficient aged couples couples long young children in parents likely to their value housing indebted families F town houses Ministry of K incomes in and families in established in comfortable be involved in neighbourhood - in traditional living in low rise in dormitory Defence for right-to-buy right-to-buy former modern housing their children's keen to put industrial estates settlements public services social homes council education down roots areas housing estates L54 - Retired G30 - Diverse L52 - G28 - Singles Active L53 - people of G26 - Well G29 - Young communities Communities L55 - Capable G27 - City and sharers elderly Residents in modest educated professional of well- of wealthy older people dwellers owning occupying people living retirement - means singles living families settling educated L older people leasing / owning L houses in older converted in pleasant second home commonly in purpose in better quality singles living living in large flats in purpose neighbourhoods Victorian retirement and tourist living in built flats older terraces in smart - seaside built blocks houses locations communities seaside Young, well- small flats houses bungalows G educated city G31 - Owners dwellers M56 - Older in smart G32 - Students G33 - Transient G34 - Students people living M57 - Old M58 - Less M59 - People purpose built Elderly and other singles - poorly involved in on social people in flats mobile older living in social flats in people transient singles supported by college and M housing subsisting on people accommodation prestige reliant on in multi-let family and university estates with welfare requiring a designed for locations - state support houses neighbours communities limited payments degree of care older people many newly budgets built N60 - Tenants N61 - N64 - Diverse H35 - H36 - Young H37 - Young in social Childless N62 - Young N63 - homesharers Couples and Childless new H38 - People singles and owners and housing flats tenants in renters in flats Multicultural renting small young singles in owner living in brand H sharers renting rented Young on estates at social with a tenants renting flats in small modern occupiers in new residential small purpose developments of people risk of serious housing flats cosmopolitan flats in areas of densely starter homes cramped new developments built flats mixed tenure renting flats social with modest mix social housing populated homes N in high problems social needs areas I43 - Older density N65 - Young I39 - Young I40 - Multi-ethnic I41 - Renters of I42 - South Asian town centres social singles in owners and communities in older terraces in communities terraces with housing multi-ethnic private renters newer suburbs ethnically experiencing transient - communities - in inner city away from the diverse social deprivation single many in high terraces inner city communities Lower income populations rise flats workers in urban O68 - I O67 - Older terraces in often I44 - Low Families in Families with O69 - tenants on Families in diverse areas income low-rise varied Vulnerable low rise social low-rise social families social structures young parents O housing O housing with occupying housing with living on low needing estates where high levels of poor quality high levels of rise social substantial jobs are benefit need older terraces benefit need housing state support scarce estates J45 - Low Owner occupiers J46 - Residents J47 - income in older-style in blue collar Comfortably off communities J housing, typically communities industrial Unclassified reliant on low in ex-industrial revitalised by workers owning skill industrial areas commuters their own homes jobs

4 EDUCATION

 Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn has two schools within the ward – these being Slaidburn Brennands Endowed Primary School and Bolton by Bowland Church of England Primary School. Performance information is provided below.

Slaidburn Brennands Endowed Primary School Bolton by Bowland Church of England Primary School School type Voluntary Aided Voluntary Aided Pupil ages 4 – 11 5 - 18 Number of pupils 50 36 % with special educational needs 8% 0% % of pupils that are eligible for free school meals 0% SUPP Ofsted grading ‘Good’ – January 2014 ‘Good’ – April 2012

Slaidburn Brennands Endowed Primary School - Performance Information 2014 KS2 Performance Tables last update: (March 2015) Year on year comparisons KS2 test results and progress Percentage achieving Level 4 or All above in reading, writing and 2012 2013 2014 maths pupils

School Pupils eligible for KS2 assessment 67% 63% 90% 10 LA 76% 77% 81% Percentage achieving level 3 or below in reading, writing and maths 10% England - All Schools 75% 75% 78% Percentage achieving level 4 or above in reading, writing and maths 90% Percentage achieving level 4B or above in reading and maths and level 4 or above in writing 80% Percentage achieving level 5 or above in reading, writing and maths 10% Percentage of pupils making at least 2 levels of progress in reading 90% Percentage of pupils making at least 2 levels of progress in writing 90% Percentage of pupils making at least 2 levels of progress in maths 90% Average point score 28.7% Source: http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/index.html

Bolton by Bowland Church of England Primary School - Performance Information 2014 KS2 Performance Tables last update: (March 2015) Year on year comparisons KS2 test results and progress Percentage achieving Level 4 or above in reading, All 2012 2013 2014 writing and maths pupils

School Pupils eligible for KS2 assessment SUPP SUPP 67% 6 LA 76% 77% 81% Percentage achieving level 3 or below in reading, writing and maths 0% England - All Schools 75% 75% 78% Percentage achieving level 4 or above in reading, writing and maths 67% Percentage achieving level 4B or above in reading and maths and level 4 67% Source: http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/index.html or above in writing Percentage achieving level 5 or above in reading, writing and maths 0% Percentage of pupils making at least 2 levels of progress in reading SUPP Percentage of pupils making at least 2 levels of progress in writing SUPP Percentage of pupils making at least 2 levels of progress in maths SUPP Average point score 26.8%

 19.5% of residents have no qualifications; this is higher than the Ribble Valley figure of 18.3% and lower than the Lancashire figure of nearly 24%, the North West level of 24% and lower than the national figure of 22.5%.

 Level 4 and above qualifications cover: Degree (BA, BSc), Higher Degree

(MA, PhD), NVQ Level 4-5, HNC, HND, RSA Higher Diploma, BTEC Higher level, Professional Qualifications (Teaching, Nursing and Accountancy). 33.8% of the residents of the ward have achieved this level of education compared to 34% in Ribble Valley, 25% in Lancashire and 27% in England.

Source: ONS, 2011 Census 11

5 EMPLOYMENT/UNEMPLOYMENT

 According to the findings from the 2011 Census 73.47% of working age people (16- 74) in Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn are classed as economically active, higher than the Lancashire figure of 68.11% the England figure of 69.91% and the Ribble Valley figure of 71.87%.  Unemployment is low in the ward at 1.3% in comparison to the England figure of 4.38%, the Ribble Valley figure of 2.06% and the Lancashire figure of 3.76%.  Economic inactivity in the ward can mostly be apportioned to being ‘retired’.

Job Seekers Allowance (JSA)

 The Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) is payable to people under pensionable age who are available for, and actively seeking, work.  A very small percentage of the working age population of the ward are claiming Job Seekers Allowance as at February 2015 (0.0%), so small that its not reportable to one decimal place. This is lower than the figure for Ribble Valley (0.6%) and lower than that for Great Britain (2.0%).

Total JSA claimants (February 2015)

Bowland, Newton and Ribble Valley (%) Great Britain (%) Slaidburn (%) All people 0.0 0.6 2.0 Males 0.0 0.8 2.6 Females 0.0 0.4 1.4 Source: claimant count with rates and proportions Note: The percentage figures show the number of JSA claimants as a proportion of resident population aged 16-64.  Information from the DWP regarding benefit payments is currently unavailable for Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn.

Source: ONS, 2011 Census

6 HEALTH

 In the 2011 Census 84.60% of respondents in the ward indicated that their day to day activities are not limited due to health or disability, this is a higher rate than the average for the borough with 83.29%. 5.58% indicated they were limited a lot (Ribble Valley 7.13%), which is lower than the Lancashire figure of 9.85%.  86.11% of residents in Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn rate their general health as good or very good, which is higher than the England average (81.39%).  The health of people in Ribble Valley is generally better than the England average. Deprivation is lower than average, however about 6.6% (600) of children live in poverty. Life expectancy for both men and women is higher than the England average. Life expectancy is not significantly different for people in the most deprived areas of Ribble Valley than in the least deprived areas.  Child health - In Year 6, 11.4% (67) of children are classified as obese, better than the average for England. The rate of alcohol specific hospital stays among those under 18 was 57.9*. 1 This represents 7 stays per year. Levels of breastfeeding and smoking at time of delivery are worse than the England average. Levels of GCSE attainment are better than the England average.  Adult health - In 2012, 18.6% of adults were classified as obese, better than the average for England. The rate of alcohol related harm hospital stays was 522*, better than the average for England. This represents 300 stays per year. The rate of self-harm hospital stays was 154.5*. This represents 81 stays per year. The rate of smoking related deaths was 309*. This represents 111 deaths per year. The rate of people killed and seriously injured on roads is worse than average. Rates of sexually transmitted infections and TB are better than average. Rates of statutory homelessness, violent crime, long term unemployment and drug misuse are better than average.  Local priorities - priorities in Ribble Valley include alcohol harm reduction, long term conditions including dementia and access from rural settings.

Source: ONS, 2011 Census

1 * rate per 100,000 population 13

7 HOUSING AND TENURE

 Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn consists of 536 households. The number of households in the ward has increased by 50 between the 2001 and 2011 Census.  61.2% of households are owner occupiers. The rented sector consists of 35.7% of households, with the majority being private rented.  5.8% of households do not have central heating. 2.5 is the average household size. The average number of rooms per household is 7.1. The average number of bedrooms per household is 3.3.  Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn has a high percentage (53.36%) of detached properties.  The largest household type in the ward is ‘Married or Same-Sex Civil Partnership; Dependent Children’ accounting for 22%, followed by ‘Married or Same-Sex Civil Partnership; No Children’ this accounts for 18.7% of all households.  0.92% of the residential population have a second address outside the UK and 2.94% have a second address within the UK.

Source: ONS, 2011 Census

8 CRIME

 Recorded crime in Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn is 34.0 per 1,000 population compared to 31.5 as the Ribble Valley district average and 63.5 as the Lancashire County average (March 2014 – February 2015).  There were 214.3 calls to the Police, 83 calls to Ambulance services and 10.6 calls to Fire and Rescue services per 1,000 population in the ward.  In the same period there were 12.8 calls per 1,000 population made to the Police regarding anti-social behaviour.

Source: http://www.saferlancashire.co.uk/2011/statistics/index.asp

Actual Crimes/Incidents Rate per thousand population, except for Domestic Burglary which is rate per thousand households Ribble Valley District Lancashire County March 2013 to March 2014 to Year on Year Percentage March 2013 to March 2014 to Average (March 2014 to Average (March 2014 to February 2014 February 2015 Difference Change February 2014 February 2015 February 2015) February 2015) Calls to the Police 350 284 -66 -18.9% 264.2 214.3 202.6 356.9 Calls to the Ambulance Services 104 110 6 5.8% 78.5 83 105.2 147.5 Calls to the Fire & Rescue 16 14 -2 -12.5% 12.1 10.6 6.1 10.3 Services

Total Recorded Crime 44 45 1 2.3% 33.2 34 31.5 63.5

Violence Against The Person 6 6 0 0% 4.5 4.5 7.1 15.6 Calls to the Police about 5 3 -2 -40% 3.8 2.3 5 15 Domestic Violence Calls to the Ambulance Service 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0.3 0.9 where violence involved All Drug Offences 1 1 0 0% 0.8 0.8 0.8 2.1 Numbers Killed or Serious 2 2 0 0% 1.5 1.5 0.4 0.3 Injured on the Roads

Serious Acquisitive Crime 7 5 -2 -28.6% 5.3 3.8 5.7 9 Robbery 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0.1 0.4 All Burglary 10 15 5 50% 18.7 28 12.3 20.1 Domestic Burglaries 0 3 3 n/c 0 5.6 4.3 8.2 All Vehicle Crime 7 2 -5 -71.4% 5.3 1.5 4.6 6 Theft of a Vehicle 6 1 -5 -83.3% 4.5 0.8 0.7 1.2 Theft from a Vehicle 1 1 0 0% 0.8 0.8 3.1 3.9 All Criminal Damage (including 2 2 0 0% 1.5 1.5 4.5 10.8 Arson) Deliberate Fires 1 0 -1 n/c 0.8 0 0.2 1.7 Deliberate Vehicle Fires 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 Calls to the Police about Anti- 16 17 1 6.2% 12.1 12.8 26.8 53.7 Social Behaviour

Source: http://www.saferlancashire.co.uk/2011/statistics/statistics.asp

9 Area Map

10 Key resources for further information

 statistics.gov.uk – The Office for National Statistics’ main website (ONS)  neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk – A subset of the ONS website which collates and presents socio-demographic data available at different geographical levels  nomisweb.co.uk – A subset of the ONS website which collates and presents labour market statistics  data.gov.uk – Single, searchable website of all public data collated and used by public agencies  saferlancashire.co.uk – A searchable website of crime statistics for Lancashire and used by public agencies  Education.gov.uk – A searchable website for the performance of all schools in England and Wales  http://www.saferlancashire.co.uk/2011/statistics/index.asp - Safer Lancashire Crime Statistics