NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE PROFILE March 2006 NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE PROFILE March 2006 SUMMARY CONTENTS North Northamptonshire contains four local authority areas – Corby, East Page Northamptonshire, Kettering and Wellingborough. It has a combined population of over SOCIAL PROFILE 3 290,000 and is due to grow rapidly over the next fifteen years. The area is central to the Population 4 delivery of the Governments sustainable communities agenda and as such, it is expected to accommodate an additional 52,100 new homes and 43,800 new jobs by 2021. Ethnicity 6 Housing 8 The five local authorities (four districts and the county council) have joined together with Social deprivation 12 English Partnership and East Midlands Development Agency to form North Northants Health 14 Together: a delivery vehicle to drive and manage the growth. A Business Plan has been Crime & disorder prepared and considerable work is underway to ensure that growth creates a well- 25 balanced, sustainable community. North Northants Together aims to champion high ECONOMY 29 quality design and to establish safer, healthy and prosperous communities in which Employment 31 people will want to live, work, learn and play. These values will equally be championed Unemployment 33 by the new delivery vehicle, ‘North Northamptonshire Development Company’ which will succeed North Northants Together when it merges with Catalyst Corby in April 2006. Commercial property 37 Enterprise 38 This profile has been produced to provide baseline information to support and inform the Skills & training 40 North Northants Together Board and looking ahead, it will help the new North Retail 43 Northamptonshire Development Company to assess delivery progress. It has been Tourism compiled using a range of data sources and research which has been carried out in the 48 area. It contains no primary research, but attempts to paint an overall picture of the ENVIRONMENT 49 existing communities in North Northamptonshire by drawing together information on the Biodiversity 50 social make-up, economy, environment and movement of the local area. Air 51 Cultural Heritage 51 Additional copies of this profile can be downloaded from www.nntogether.co.uk Waste 51 Greenspace projects 51 Water 52 TRANSPORT & MOVEMENT 53 Travel to work 55 Infrastructure 57 BIBLIOGRAPHY LINKS & GLOSSARY 59 Appendix 1: ward maps 60 North Northamptonshire Profile 2005 1 CONTENTS Tables 1. Five group ethnicity classification for districts in North 16. People killed or seriously injured on the roads 32. Schools that are expected to be significantly over or under Northamptonshire 17. Number of reported incidents of anti-social behaviour capacity in 2008 2. Wards with the largest non-white population 18. Knowledge economy 33. Market share of convenience retail 3. Number of affordable dwellings built since 2001 19. Working age population, 2004 34. Comparison goods market share 4. Local authority deprivation ranking 20. Economic activity, 2004 35. MHE UK Shopping index 5. Number of people living in income deprived households 21. Economic inactivity, 2004 36. Tourist spend in Northamptonshire 6. ‘Not Good’ health: top and bottom 3 wards 22. Wards with the largest number of unemployed people 37. Number of people employed in the tourist industry in 7. Limiting long-term illness: top and bottom 3 wards 23. Unemployment by duration Northamptonshire 8. Provision of unpaid care: top and bottom 3 wards 24. Claimant count by usual occupation and number of unfilled 38. Land Use, 2005 9. Mortality by cause vacancies 39. % of area designated as SSSI’s 10. Healthy lifestyle indicators 25. Unfilled vacancies by industry, September 2005 40. County wildlife sites 11. Increase in number requiring care 26. Number and percentage of businesses by size band, 2003 41. Household waste 12. Recorded offences in Wellingborough & East 27. Earnings by residence (£ per week) 42. Distance between large settlements by road Northamptonshire 28. Floorspace by type, 2002 43. Travel times by rail to key destinations 13. Recorded offences in Kettering & Corby 29. Stock of VAT registered businesses, 2004 44. Population within one hours drive 14. Number of offences recorded by the police 30. Qualifications (working age population) 2004 45. Method of travel to work 15. Offences per 1,000 population recorded by the police 31. Basic literacy and numeracy skills, 2002 Graphs 1. Population by district 2001 to 2004 11. % of population with limiting long-term illness 21. % of 16 year olds gaining 5 or more GCSEs at grade A* to 2. Projected population growth in North Northamptonshire 12. Provision of unpaid care of more than 20 hours a week C 3. Age profile of North Northamptonshire, mid 2004 13. Relationship between LLTI and provision of unpaid care 22. Zone A retail rents 4. Dwelling type 14. Male life expectancy at birth 23. Number of comparison and convenience units 5. Tenure 15. Female life expectancy at birth 24. Percentage of town centre retail units that are vacant 6. Number of housing completions 16. Employment by sector 25. MHE UK shopping index national rank 7. Housing trajectory 17. Number of commercial units by age 26. % of rivers rated as good quality, 2003 8. Density of new developments, 2000/03 18. Net change in VAT registered businesses, 2003/04 27. Distance travelled to work 9. % of population with ‘not good’ health 19. VAT registrations per 10,000 adults 28. Comparison of distances travelled to work 10. ‘Not good’ health by ward 20. % who have received job related training in the past 13 weeks Maps 1. North Northamptonshire 6. % of population with limiting long-term illness 11. Locations where education deprivation is more severe 2. % non-white by ward 7. Access to a GP surgery 12. Average distance travelled to work 3. Barriers to housing sub-domain 8. Access from a general hospital 13. Access to services sub-domain 4. Location of higher levels of deprivation 9. Crime deprivation 5. Location of higher levels of income deprivation 10. Wards with the highest unemployment rates, Sept. 2005 2 North Northamptonshire Profile 2005 Social Profile This section shows how the population is growing: the changing dynamics of this population in terms of age, ethnicity, health and household composition. North Northamptonshire Profile 2005 3 POPULATION North Northamptonshire has a population of over 290,000 incorporating the boroughs and districts of Corby (53,100), East Northamptonshire (79,700), Kettering (84,300) and Wellingborough (73,000) (Source: ONS 2003 mid year population estimates). North Northamptonshire covers an area of 986km2. The majority of the population are concentrated in the largest towns of Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough. There are also a number of larger towns in East Northamptonshire, although much of the population in this more rural district is located in a number of villages. Population growth The population has grown by 3% since 2001, compared to a national increase of around 2% - see graph 1. The largest increases in population size were in East Northamptonshire where the population grew from 76,550 in 2001 to 80,700 in 2004 and in Kettering where the population grew from 81,840 in 2001 to 85,300 in 2004. The population in Wellingborough grew only slightly, and the population in Corby was fairly static during this time period. As the area has been identified by Government as a location for major growth over the next 20 years, the population is projected to grow considerably, reaching 376,000 by 2021 (from a base of 284,800 in 2001) - see graph 2. Age profile North Northamptonshire has a relatively young population with large numbers aged under 15 years. However, the population pyramid below shows a relatively low number of people in their 20’s, possibly due to higher numbers of people moving from the area for higher education or to find employment. Graph 1: Population by district 2001 to 2004 Graph 2: Projected population growth in North Northamptonshire 90,000 400,000 80,000 70,000 300,000 60,000 50,000 200,000 40,000 30,000 Kettering 100,000 20,000 East Northamptonshire Wellingborough 10,000 Corby 0 0 mid-2001 mid-2002 mid-2003 mid-2004 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021 Source: ONS Mid Year population estimates Source: ONS 4 North Northamptonshire Profile 2005 Graph 3: Age profile of North Northamptonshire, mid 2004 90+ 85-89 MALE FEMALE 80-84 75-79 70 -74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50 -54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15 - 19 10 - 14 5-9 0-4 -5% -4% -3% -2% -1% 0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% Source: ONS Mid 2004 Population Estimates North Northamptonshire Profile 2005 5 ETHNICITY The population of North Northamptonshire is fairly diverse - the only reliable source of data on ethnicity comes from the 2001 Census (KS06). The Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) population of North Northamptonshire is 4% (compared to national average of 9%). The largest non-White British groups are White Other (includes Irish) and the Asian or Asian British categories. 11,598 people in North Northamptonshire regard themselves as non-white. The BME population in North Northamptonshire districts ranges from a high of 9.2% in Wellingborough to a low of 1.6% in Corby. The largest ethnic group in Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough is Asian. In East Northamptonshire, the largest ethnic group is Mixed. Anecdotal evidence also suggests an increasing number of people of Eastern European origin in the area, although there are no official statistics to back this up. Table 1: Five group ethnicity classification for districts in North Northamptonshire (KS06) White Mixed Asian Black Chinese & other Total Number 272,489 2,806 5,291 2,491 1,010 284,087 North Northamptonshire % 95.92 0.99 1.86 0.88 0.36 Number 65,844 1,361 3,242 1,836 236 72,519 Wellingborough % 90.80 1.88 4.47 2.53 0.33 Number 79,139 593 1,375 322 415 81,844 Kettering % 96.69 0.72 1.68 0.39 0.51 Number 75,214 530 332 195 279 76,550 East Northamptonshire % 98.25 0.69 0.43 0.25 0.36 Number 52,292 322 342 138 80 53,174 Corby % 98.34 0.61 0.64 0.26 0.15 Largest ethnic groups Using the more detailed sixteen group classification of ethnicity, the following are the largest ethnic groups in North Northamptonshire: • Other White - is the largest ethnic group in the area (5,023 people), spread relatively evenly across most wards.