InstantAtlas™ Server 6 Wakefield Seven Area Profile Selection: South East Statistics, charts and maps describing Wakefield's Area Working areas. Introduction A wide variety of social, economic and cultural conditions exist across the Wakefield district, and these combine to create a patchwork of distinctive communities and neighbourhoods. These differences may prompt agencies to deliver services in particular ways and the priorities for local people in one area may be different to those of people living in another area. The Wakefield Together area working model has been developed to reflect and address the differences that exist across the district. For the purposes of area working, the district is divided into seven areas: Castleford; Normanton and Featherstone; Pontefract and Knottingley; South East; Wakefield Central; Wakefield North West; and Wakefield Rural. Some of the seven areas also include ‘priority neighbourhoods’ where intelligence suggests that specific targeted support is required. There are 12 priority neighbourhoods in the district overall. The Council’s Performance and Intelligence Team, collaborating with partners, has developed a set of more detailed reports to focus on each of the seven areas in turn. This report focuses on the South East area. The aim of the report is to help people understand local conditions and the changes that occur over time. The report draws on both quantitative and qualitative information from a wide range of sources – both national and local. Profile created: 9/1/2017 Key Points Population Profile The proportion of people satisfied with their local area as a place to live has increased significantly recently. The age profile of the population is similar to the district average and has aged over the past 10 years - older people now make up a higher proportion of the population. At the time of the 2011 Census, 3.9% of the population were from an ethnic minority compared to 7.2% across the district as a whole. Overall, the South East is the least ethnically diverse of the seven areas, although there is now a small Polish community - around 570 people living in the South East at the 2011 Census were born in Poland. The proportion of people saying that people from different backgrounds get along together is the lowest of all the seven areas. There are some localised areas with high levels of deprivation and across the area as a whole 18% of people are living in neighbourhoods amongst the top-10% most deprived in England (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2015). Employment and Skills The amount of employment based in the South East increased slightly in 2015. The area's jobs profile is characterised by large amounts of employment in transport and storage (26%). At the time of 2011 Census 8% of working age people were long-term sick or disabled, compared to 5.9% across the district as a whole. 19% of people work in elementary occupations. The unemployment benefit claiming rate has been falling markedly and is lower than the Wakefield average. youth unemployment is close to the district average. GCSE results in 2015 were significantly lower than the district average. Housing and Infrastructure The tenure profile for households in the South East is very similar to the district average, with 23% of households renting from a social landlord. Around 1,900 households are affected by fuel poverty - the proportion of all households is the same as the district average. Sales of homes fell sharply at the start of the economic downturn. Since then the volume of sales has started to increase again. There were 188 new homes sold in 2015. At the time of the 2011 Census the proportion of households with no car or van (26.2%) was slightly lower than the district average. Over the last eight years there has been a general downward trend in number road traffic accidents that resulted in casualties. Health A higher than average number of people (14.4%) have long-term health conditions that limit their day-to-day activities a lot. Around 1,800 people are providing 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week. 65% of adults are overweight or obese and 15% of adults are physically inactive. 25% of adults smoke. The levels of incapacity benefit claiming are higher than average. Community Safety Anti-social behaviour perception trends are broadly static at the moment. In 2015, the burglary rate was lower than the district average, but the vehicle crime rate was higher than average. Environment and Climate Change Average domestic gas consumption has fallen over the past four years. Perceptions of rubbish and litter problems are the worst of all the seven areas. This summary was written in Oct 2016 using the latest data available at that time. Some of the data in this profile may have changed since then. The summaries are revised every six months. Area Satisfaction In the 12 months to Mar-2016 satisfaction with South East as a place to live (77.9%) was lower than the district average (79.1%). The trend over time is shown in the chart below. Q1 Overall, how satisfied are you with your local area as a place to live? Population Profile Population Size The most accurate population estimates are produced every ten years from the Census. These are updated annually using administrative data to produce mid- year population estimates. The mid-2014 estimates show that the size of the resident population in South East is 48,534 people. The tables below shows the percentage breakdown by age groups and gender. The actual number of people in each age group is shown in brackets. Population Size South East Total population (2014) 48,534 people Total male population (2014) 23,910 people Total female population (2014) 24,624 people Source: Office for National Statistics Population Groups (% of total population) South East Wakefield England People aged 0-15 (2014) 19.0% (9239 people) 18.5% 19.0% People aged 16-29 (2014) 16.9% (8459 people) 16.9% 18.3% People aged 30-44 (2014) 17.9% (8962 people) 18.9% 19.9% People aged 45-64 (2014) 27.4% (13727 people) 27.3% 25.3% People aged 65 and over (2014) 18.6% (9042 people) 18.4% 17.6% Source: Office for National Statistics Population Change The table below shows how the age profile of South East has changed between 2004 and 2014. (Percentages may not sum to exactly 100% due to rounding.) % of population Age group 2004 2014 Aged 0-15 20.2 19.0 Aged 16-29 15.9 16.9 Aged 30-44 22.1 17.9 Aged 45-64 25.9 27.4 Aged 65+ 15.8 18.6 Ethnicity and Language Wakefield district has become more ethnically diverse over the past 10 years. In 2001, the district's ethnic population represented just 3.3% of the total population, but the 2011 Census shows this has risen to 7.2%. This proportion, though, is much lower than the England average of 20.2%. A large part of the district increase in the ethnic minority population has been due to immigration from Eastern Europe, particularly from Poland. There has also been continued immigration from South Asia, and a small but growing number of people immigrating from Africa. The ethnic mix for this area is shown in the table below. Population by Ethnicity (% of total population) South East Wakefield England White: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 96.1% (46195 people) 92.8% 79.8% White: Irish 0.2% (95 people) 0.3% 1.0% White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 0.0% (19 people) 0.1% 0.1% White: Other White 1.9% (923 people) 2.3% 4.6% Mixed/multiple ethnic group: White and Black Caribbean 0.3% (148 people) 0.3% 0.8% Mixed/multiple ethnic group: White and Black African 0.1% (56 people) 0.1% 0.3% Mixed/multiple ethnic group: White and Asian 0.2% (73 people) 0.3% 0.6% Mixed/multiple ethnic group: Other Mixed 0.1% (53 people) 0.2% 0.5% Asian/Asian British: Indian 0.2% (89 people) 0.5% 2.6% Asian/Asian British: Pakistani 0.1% (66 people) 1.5% 2.1% Asian/Asian British: Bangladeshi 0.0% (2 people) 0.0% 0.8% Asian/Asian British: Chinese 0.2% (88 people) 0.3% 0.7% Asian/Asian British: Other Asian 0.1% (55 people) 0.4% 1.6% Black/African/Caribbean/Black British: African 0.2% (100 people) 0.6% 1.8% Black/African/Caribbean/Black British: Caribbean (% of total population) 0.1% (33 people) 0.1% 1.1% Black/African/Caribbean/Black British: Other Black (% of total population) 0.0% (20 people) 0.1% 0.5% Other ethnic group: Arab (% of total population) 0.0% (16 people) 0.1% 0.4% Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 0.0% (21 people) 0.2% 0.6% Source: 2011 Census, Office for National Statistics The 2011 Census also provides information about people's country of birth. This presents us with a better understanding of the size of newly arrived immigrant communities within the district. District-wide, the 2011 Census showed that people from the ten European Union Accession States (A10) made up the largest group of people born outside Britain. The numbers of people in South East born outside Britain are shown below, although only a selected group of countries/continents are included. Country of Birth (% of total population) South East Wakefield England A10: Lithuania (2011) 0.0% (15 people) 0.1% 0.2% A10: Poland (2011) 1.2% (566 people) 1.3% 1.1% A10: Romania (2011) 0.0% (10 people) 0.0% 0.2% A10: Other EU accession countries (2011) 0.3% (130 people) 0.4% 0.7% Africa (2011) 0.3% (160 people) 0.8% 2.4% India (2011) 0.1% (59 people) 0.3% 1.3% Pakistan (2011) 0.1% (32 people) 0.6% 0.9% Source: 2011 Census, Office for National Statistics Religion The 2011 Census questions on religion were not compulsory to answer, and in South East 6.4% of people didn't answer the question and 23.3% of people stated that they didn't follow a religion.