Sudell Ward Profile 2012 Sefton Business Intelligence & Performance Team Sudell Ward Profile Contents 1. Overview 2. Summary Chart 3. Population 4. Housing 5. Deprivation 6. Deprivation Affecting Older People 7. Child Poverty 8. Worklessness & Benefits 9. Employment & Income 10. Crime & Disorder 11. Environmental Issues 12. Education 13. Healthy Behaviours 14. Health 15. Alcohol Misuse 16. Community Segmentation 17. Ward Assets Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Overview Population & In 2010, Sudell’s estimated population was 13,115 this has decreased since 2001, on par with the borough reduction. There are higher Housing numbers of females than males in the ward. Sudell has lower proportions of younger and working age people than the borough, with higher numbers of older people. Sudell has a low proportion of Registered Social Landlord (RSL) housing (5%), along with a lower percentage of vacant properties compared to the borough percentage. Deprivation & Overall deprivation has reduced within the ward since 2004; Sudell has low levels of deprivation, with none of the Lower Super Output Child Poverty Areas (LSOA’s) in the area being in the most deprived 20% in the country. Sudell LSOA’s are some of the least affected areas in relation to Deprivation Affecting Older People; however, it has seen an increase between 2004 and 2010. It is estimated that 169 (8.7%) children aged between 0 – 15 are living in poverty within the ward. Worklessness The levels of benefits dependency in the ward are lower than the borough, with one in 10 working age residents claiming benefits; this is a & Benefits slight increase compared to last year (0.5%). Latest available figures (July 2012) show a year on year reduction (11.8%) for JSA claimants; the number of 18-24 year old claimants decreasing by 27.3%. Young people still make up over a quarter of all JSA claimants in Sudell. There are nine JSA claimants in the ward for every Job Centre Plus vacancy, higher than both the borough and national rate . Employment & In 2001, 68.9% of residents within the Sudell ward were employed; this is higher than the borough rate. Administrative & secretarial roles Income are the most common employment types in Sudell, making up 18.6% of all the occupations. The average weekly wage in the Sefton Central Constituency is 5.7% higher than the national average and is higher than the borough and region averages. On average, males in the Sefton Central Constituency earn 23.9% more than females. (There is no data available by ward for average weekly wage). Crime / Overall British Crime Survey (BCS) crimes in Sudell accounted for 3.4% of Sefton’s BCS and showed a year on year increase. Anti Social Disorder & Behaviour (ASB) incidents accounted for 2.8% of Sefton’s ASB and showed a year on year decrease. Five BCS categories showed Environmental increases with all the ASB categories reducing. As with both the crime and ASB rates in Sudell, the rate per head of population for Issues environmental incidents is lower than that of Sefton. Criminal damage, rowdy inconsiderate behaviour and rats are the biggest issues in the area. Education Educational attainment in the Sudell area has continually improved, with those attaining 5 A*-C GCSE’s (or equivalent) including English and Mathematics being consistently higher than the borough and national attainment levels. The two Sudell high schools have lower overall, unauthorised and persistent absence rates than the borough and national rates. The proportion of high school pupils eligible for free school meals within the ward is over 50% better than that of the borough and national rates. Health & 12.4% of Sudell residents state that they are smokers, with over half being overweight or obese. A greater proportion of residents achieve Alcohol both the weekly recommended amount of exercise and daily intake of fruit and vegetables than the national average. By year 6 (ages 10 – Misuse 11) approximately one in seven Sudell children are obese; this is lower than the borough and national rates. The majority of Sudell residents assess themselves as being in good or fairly good health, with the life expectancy for people in the area being higher than the borough and national averages. In addition, Sudell has a slightly lower proportion of residents suffering from long term conditions than the borough average; child emergency hospital admissions within the ward are significantly lower than that of Sefton. Approximately 25.4% of Sudell residents suffer from below average mental wellbeing; lower than across Sefton. The proportions of Sudell residents that state they consume above the recommended weekly allowance of alcohol is lower than the borough and national rates. With the proportions who admit to binge drinking also being lower than across the borough. Sudell’s levels of alcohol related hospital admission are significantly lower than both the Sefton and national rates. Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Summary Chart Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Population • Sudell’s 2010 population is estimated to be 13,115 and makes up 4.8% of the overall borough population. • The population of Sudell has decreased by 483 or 3.6% since the 2001 Census; this is on par with the borough reduction as a whole. • The gender breakdown in the ward is slightly different than the borough breakdown; however, there are still a higher percentage of females than males. • The Older people population in Sudell are higher than the Sefton average, making up over a quarter of the overall population. Conversely, the proportion of younger people and people of working age within the ward are below the borough average, one in seven residents being children. • The proportion of residents that come from a non-white background is the same as the borough rate (as per 2001 Census information). Category Sudell % Sefton % Total Population 13,115 272,876 Males 6,414 48.9 130,229 47.7 Females 6,701 51.1 142,647 52.3 Children (0 - 15) 1,847 14.1 47,340 17.3 Working Age (16 - 64) 7,823 59.6 169,184 62.0 Source: All population data sourced from ONS Older People (65+) 3,445 26.3 56,352 20.7 Census 2001 and 2002 - 2010 Mid Year Other Backgrounds (Census 2001) 225 1.6 4,418 1.6 Population Estimates White Persons (Census 2001) 13,816 98.4 278,540 98.4 Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Housing • There are a total of 5,493 residential properties in Sudell, which represents 4.1% of the borough housing stock. • The proportion of Registered Social Landlord (RSL) properties in Sudell is less than half of Sefton as a whole, 5% compared to 12.9%. However, it is not known what proportions of privately owned properties are rented out to a third party. NB: There are properties of unknown tenure caused by a 1 year difference between the last HMR data return and most recent LLPG Gazetteer • One Vision Housing is by far the largest provider of RSL housing within Sudell, providing 49.3% (135) of all RSL housing in the area followed by Riverside Housing with 24.1% (66) of all RSL housing. • At present there is no property price data available for Sudell, Maghull falls within the ward. Overall the average property price in Maghull is £169,632, 3.1% higher than the average Sefton house price and 26.9% lower than the average U.K. house price. • In addition, while house prices for the quarter (Jan-Mar 12) across the borough are slightly higher than 12 months ago (up 0.2%), nationally they have fallen by 3.2%; and average house prices within Maghull have risen by 0.34%. NB: At present there is no average house price data available by ward so the information for Maghull area (which falls within Sudell ward) has been provided Vacant & Long Term Void Properties • As of May 2012, there are 85 empty properties in Sudell, this relates to 1.5% of the overall housing stock in the ward, a lower proportion of properties than Duration Sudell %* Sefton %* across the whole borough (2.8%) Less than 6 Months 35 0.6 1,570 1.2 6 - 24 Months 32 0.6 1,116 0.9 More than 24 Months 18 0.3 896 0.7 Total Empty Properties 85 1.5 3,582 2.8 Sources: Land Registry House Price Index, Sefton Revenue & Benefits Council Tax Data, * % Of total properties within the ward / borough LLPG Gazetteer, HMR RSL Data capture 2011 Corporate Commissioning, Business intelligence & Performance Team, Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Deprivation • The Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) measures levels of deprivation, across seven domains, nationally at Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) level. This provides a mean score and ranking allowing areas to be compared relatively to other areas. • The map shows the overall IMD scores LSOA’s within Sefton. • Sudell is made up of nine LSOA’s, none of which falls into the lowest affected 10% of LSOAs in the borough. • There are 49 LSOA’s across Sefton that fall into the most deprived 20% of areas nationally; none of these are within Sudell. Two of the LSOA’s are within the least affected 20% nationally. • The 2010 results show that all but one of the LSOA’s that make up Sudell ward have a lower deprivation score than they did in 2004, indicating that the relative levels of deprivation in the area has reduced.