Forward Planning

Buckland Ward

2001 CENSUS SNAPSHOT: (3) BUCKLAND WARD*

Housing

Number of dwellings	3122
Occupied dwellings	3035 (97.2%)
Number of households	3048
Owner occupied households	1769 (58.0%)
LA¹ rented households	725 (23.8)
HA/RSL² rented households	243 (8.0)
Privately rented households	205 (6.7)
Other households³	106 (3.5)

Age of Population

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
0-15	918 (12.6)	847 (11.6)	1765 (24.3)
16-44	1406 (19.3)	1582 (8.0)	2988 (41.1)
45-64	743 (10.2)	811 (11.1)	1554 (21.4)
65-74	230 (3.2)	288 (4.0)	518 (7.1)
75-84	142 (2.0)	228 (3.1)	370 (5.1)
85 and over	21 (0.3)	61 (0.8)	82 (1.1)
Total	3460 (47.5)	3817 (52.4)	7277 (100.0)

Ethnic Breakdown

White	7173 (98.6%)
Asian/Asian British	31 (0.4)
Black/Black British	15 (0.2)
Chinese	5 (0.1)
Other Ethnic	7 (0.1)
Mixed	51 (0.7)

Economic Position (Age 16-74)

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
Economically active	1795 (35.5)	1585 (31.3)	3380 (66.8)
Full time⁴ employees	1353 (26.7)	731 (14.5)	2084 (41.2)
Part time⁵ employees	91 (1.8)	653 (12.9)	744 (14.7)
Self employed	180 (3.6)	37 (0.7)	217 (4.3)
Economically inactive	585 (11.6)	1093 (21.6)	1678 (33.2)
Unemployed	131 (2.6)	103 (2.0)	234 (4.6)

Long Term Illness (LLTI)

Aged 0-15	120 (1.6%
16-44	340 (4.7)
45-64	416 (5.8)
65+	520 (7.1)
Total persons with LLTI	1396 (19.2)
Households with sufferers	1143 (37.5)

Household Composition

Single person	888 (29.1%
With dependent⁶ children	1090 (35.8)
Single parent	380 (12.5)
With pensioner	636 (20.9)
Pensioner living alone	422 (13.8)

Travel to Work

Train	56 (1.8%
Bus	210 (6.7)
Car/Van	1682 (53.8)
Passenger in car/van	353 (11.3)
Motorcycle	39 (1.2)
Bicycle	87 (2.8)
Taxi	75 (2.4)
On foot	494 (15.8)
Other⁸	131 (4.2)

Qualifications⁷ (Aged 16-74)

No qualifications	1902 (37.6%)
Level 1	1067 (21.1)
Level 2	1004 (19.9)
Level 3	402 (8.0)
Level 4/5	323 (6.4)
Other qualifications	358 (7.1)

Car Availability

No car households	1125 (36.9%)
1 car households	1408 (46.2)
2 car households	442 (14.5)
3+ car households	73 (2.4)

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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