Forward Planning

Castle Ward

2001 CENSUS SNAPSHOT: (5) CASTLE WARD

Housing

Number of dwellings	1150
Occupied dwellings	1082 (94.1%)
Number of households	1121
Owner occupied households	620 (55.3%)
LA¹ rented households	202 (18.0)
HA/RSL² rented households	11 (1.0)
Privately rented households	230 (20.5)
Other households³	58 (5.2)

Age of Population

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
0-15	85 (4.2)	101 (5.0)	186 (9.3)
16-44	300 (15.0)	237 (11.8)	537 (26.8)
45-64	285 (14.2)	259 (12.9)	544 (27.2)
65-74	125 (6.2)	190 (9.5)	315 (15.7)
75-84	119 (5.9)	193 (9.6)	312 (15.6)
85 and over	27 (1.3)	81 (4.0)	108 (5.4)
Total	941 (47.0)	1061 (53.0)	2002 (100.0)

Ethnic Breakdown

White	1977 (98.8%)
Asian/Asian British	13 (0.6)
Black/Black British	3 (0.1)
Chinese	0 (0)
Other Ethnic	7 (0.3)
Mixed	10 (0.5)

Economic Position (Age 16-74)

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
Economically active	475 (34.0)	353 (25.2)	828 (59.2)
Full time⁴ employees	319 (22.8)	187 (13.4)	506 (36.2)
Part time⁵ employees	28 (2.0)	83 (5.9)	111 (7.9)
Self employed	76 (5.4)	45 (3.2)	121 (8.7)
Economically inactive	236 (16.9)	334 (23.9)	570 (40.8)
Unemployed	41 (2.9)	31 (2.2)	72 (5.2)

Long Term Illness (LLTI)

Aged 0-15	21 (1.0%)
16-44	75 (3.7)
45-64	155 (7.7)
65+	373 (18.6)
Total persons with LLTI	624 (31.2)
Households with sufferers	512 (45.7)

Household Composition

Single person	593 (52.9%)
With dependent⁶ children	118 (10.5)
Single parent	28 (2.5)
With pensioner	492 (43.9)
Pensioner living alone	315 (28.1)

Travel to Work

Train	22 (2.9%)
Bus	26 (3.4)
Car/Van	317 (42.0)
Passenger in car/van	40 (5.3)
Motorcycle	8 (1.1)
Bicycle	12 (1.6)
Taxi	7 (0.9)
On foot	225 (29.8)
Other⁸	97 (12.9)

Qualifications⁷ (Aged 16-74)

No qualifications	444 (32.0%)
Level 1	194(14.0)
Level 2	269 (19.4)
Level 3	96 (6.9)
Level 4/5	272 (19.6)
Other qualifications	114 (8.2)

Car Availability

No car households	518 (46.2%)
1 car households	449 (40.0)
2 car households	122 (10.9)
3+ car households	32 (2.9)

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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