Forward Planning

Aylesham Ward

2001 CENSUS SNAPSHOT: (2) AYLESHAM WARD*

Housing

Number of dwellings	1870
Occupied dwellings	1801 (96.3%)
Number of households	1827
Owner occupied households	1111 (60.8%)
LA¹rented households	439 (24.0)
HA/RSL² rented households	86 (4.7)
Privately rented households	104 (5.7)
Other households³	87 (4.8)

Age of Population

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
0-15	612 (13.0)	614 (13.0)	1226 (26.0)
16-44	840 (17.8)	914 (19.4)	1754 (37.1)
45-64	534 (11.3)	570 (12.1)	1104 (23.4)
65-74	162 (3.4)	197 (4.2)	359 (7.6)
75-84	93 (2.0)	132 (2.8)	225 (4.8)
85 and over	13 (0.3)	41 (0.9)	54 (1.1)
Total	2254 (47.7)	2468 (52.3)	4722 (100.0)

Ethnic Breakdown

White	4683 (99.2%)
Asian/Asian British	11 (0.2)
Black/Black British	3 (0.1)
Chinese	7 (0.1)
Other Ethnic	3 (0.1)
Mixed	24 (0.5)

Economic Position (Age 16-74)

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
Economically active	1078 (33.4)	875 (27.1)	1953 (60.5)
Full time⁴ employees	805 (24.9)	439 (13.6)	1244 (38.5)
Part time⁵ employees	32 (1.0)	315 (9.8)	347 (10.7)
Self employed	150 (4.6)	43 (1.3)	193 (6.0)
Economically inactive	459 (14.2)	817 (25.3)	1276 (39.5)
Unemployed	70 (2.2)	49 (1.5)	119 (3.7)

Long Term Illness (LLTI)

Aged 0-15	62 (1.3%)
16-44	216 (4.6)
45-64	355 (7.5)
65+	367 (7.8)
Total persons with LLTI	1000 (21.1)
Households with sufferers	786 (43.0)

Household Composition

Single person	449 (24.6%)
With dependent⁶ children	668 (36.6)
Single parent	169 (9.25)
With pensioner	422 (23.1)
Pensioner living alone	266 (14.6)

Travel to Work

Train	74 (4.1%)
Bus	66 (3.6)
Car/Van	1130 (62.0)
Passenger in car/van	163 (8.9)
Motorcycle	18 (1.0)
Bicycle	29 (1.6)
Taxi	0 (0)
On foot	201 (11.0)
Other⁸	142 (7.8)

Qualifications⁷(Aged 16-74)

No qualifications	1365 (42.1%)
Level 1	571 (17.6)
Level 2	570 (17.5)
Level 3	172 (5.3)
Level 4/5	286 (8.8)
Other qualifications	277 (8.5)

Car Availability

No car households	454 (24.8%)
1 car households	849 (46.5)
2 car households	425 (23.3)
3+ car households	99 (5.4)

EXPLANATION OF TERMS

Local Authority (LA)
Housing Association/Registered Social Landlord (HA/RSL)
Renting from employer and living rent free
Full-time is defined as working 31 hours or more a week
Part-time is defined as working 30 hours or less a week
A dependent child is a person aged 0-15 in a household or a person aged 16-18 who is a full time student and in a family with parents
Level 1: 1+ 'O' Levels/CSE/GCSE (any grade), NVQ Level 1, Foundation GNVQ
Level 2: 5+ 'O' Levels, 5+ CSEs (grade 1), 5+ GCSEs (Grade A to C), 1+ A/AS Level, NVQ Level 2, Intermediate GNVQ or equivalent
Level 3: 2+ A Levels, 4+ AS Levels, NVQ Level 3, Advanced GNVQ or equivalent
Level 4/5: First Degree, Higher Degree, NVQ Levels, 4-5, HND, HNC, Qualified Teacher, Doctor, Dentist, Nurse, Midwife, Health Visitor or equivalent
Other: eg City & Guilds, RSA/OCR, BTEC/Ed excel, Other Professional Qualifications
Includes working from home and travelling to work by light rail

*Direct comparison with 1991 Census information is impossible due to Ward boundary changes

Source: 2001 Census: Office for National Statistics
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