Forward Planning

Eastry Ward

2001 CENSUS SNAPSHOT: (6) EASTRY WARD

Housing

Number of dwellings	2044
Occupied dwellings	1955 (95.6%)
Number of households	1956
Owner occupied households	1483 (75.8%)
LA¹ rented households	189 (9.7)
HA/RSL² rented households	55 (2.8)
Privately rented households	142 (7.2)
Other households³	87 (4.4)

Age of Population

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
0-15	523 (10.8)	494 (10.1)	1017 (20.9)
16-44	763 (15.7)	843 (17.3)	1606 (33.0)
45-64	691 (14.2)	689 (14.2)	1380 (28.4)
65-74	213 (4.4)	232 (4.8)	445 (9.1)
75-84	139 (2.9)	181 (3.7)	320 (6.6)
85 and over	26 (0.5)	71 (1.5)	97 (2.0)
Total	2355 (48.4)	2510 (51.6)	4865 (100.0)

Ethnic Breakdown

White	4797 (98.6%)
Asian/Asian British	10 (0.2)
Black/Black British	9 (0.2)
Chinese	3 (0.1)
Other Ethnic	11 (0.2)
Mixed	23 (0.5)

Economic Position (Age 16-74)

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
Economically active	1230 (36.0)	1057 (30.9)	2287 (66.9)
Full time⁴ employees	781 (22.8)	502 (14.7)	1283 (37.5)
Part time⁵ employees	70 (2.0)	375 (11.0)	445 (13.0)
Self employed	300 (8.8)	116 (3.4)	416 (12.2)
Economically inactive	429 (12.5)	705 (21.0)	1134 (33.1)
Unemployed	58 (1.7)	34 (1.0)	92 (2.7)

Long Term Illness (LLTI)

Aged 0-15	35 (0.7%)
16-44	133 (2.7)
45-64	313 (6.4)
65+	352 (7.2)
Total persons with LLTI	833 (17.1)
Households with sufferers	663 (33.9)

Household Composition

Single person	459 (23.5%)
With dependent⁶ children	592 (30.3)
Single parent	101 (5.2)
With pensioner	500 (25.6)
Pensioner living alone	283 (14.5)

Travel to Work

Train	32 (1.5%)
Bus	39 (1.8)
Car/Van	1478 (67.6)
Passenger in car/van	141 (6.4)
Motorcycle	29 (1.3)
Bicycle	57 (2.6)
Taxi	14 (0.6)
On foot	130 (5.9)
Other⁸	263 (12.0)

Qualifications⁷ (Aged 16-74)

No qualifications	1019 (29.8%)
Level 1	569 (16.6)
Level 2	676 (19.8)
Level 3	217 (6.3)
Level 4/5	653 (19.1)
Other qualifications	287 (8.4)

Car Availability

No car households	266 (13.6%)
1 car households	837 (42.8)
2 car households	661 (33.8)
3+ car households	191 (9.8)

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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