Forward Planning

Eythorne & Shepherdswell Ward

2001 CENSUS SNAPSHOT: (7) EYTHORNE & SHEPHERDSWELL WARD

Housing

Number of dwellings	1874
Occupied dwellings	1819 (97.1%)
Number of households	1819
Owner occupied households	1381 (75.9%)
LA¹ rented households	244 (13.4)
HA/RSL² rented households	34 (1.9)
Privately rented households	109 (6.0)
Other households³	51 (2.8)

Age of Population

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
0-15	490 (10.7)	424 (9.2)	914 (19.9)
16-44	775 (16.9)	854 (18.6)	1629 (35.5)
45-64	653 (14.2)	666 (14.5)	1319 (28.8)
65-74	176 (3.8)	208 (4.5)	384 (8.4)
75-84	112 (2.4)	152 (3.3)	264 (5.8)
85 and over	10 (0.2)	64 (1.4)	74 (1.6)
Total	2216 (48.3)	2368 (51.7)	4584 (100.0)

Ethnic Breakdown

White	4532 (98.9%)
Asian/Asian British	3 (0.1)
Black/Black British	6 (0.1)
Chinese	0 (0)
Other Ethnic	5 (0.1)
Mixed	25 (0.5)

Economic Position (Age 16-74)

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
Economically active	1222 (36.8)	1053 (31.7)	2275 (68.4)
Full time⁴ employees	874 (26.3)	525 (15.8)	1399 (42.1)
Part time⁵ employees	50 (1.5)	367 (11.0)	417 (12.5)
Self employed	221 (6.6)	84 (2.5)	305 (9.2)
Economically inactive	377 (11.3)	672 (20.2)	1049 (31.6)
Unemployed	45 (1.4)	34 (1.0)	79 (2.4)

Long Term Illness (LLTI)

Aged 0-15	34 (0.7%)
16-44	102 (2.2)
45-64	288 (6.3)
65+	316 (6.9)
Total persons with LLTI	740 (16.1)
Households with sufferers	608 (33.4)

Household Composition

Single person	409 (22.5%)
With dependent⁶ children	555 (30.5)
Single parent	118 (6.5)
With pensioner	407 (8.9)
Pensioner living alone	210 (4.6)

Travel to Work

Train	60 (3.3%)
Bus	49 (2.7)
Car/Van	1544 (84.9)
Passenger in car/van	141 (7.8)
Motorcycle	45 (2.5)
Bicycle	19 (1.0)
Taxi	9 (0.5)
On foot	89 (4.9)
Other⁸	233 (12.8)

Qualifications⁷ (Aged 16-74)

No qualifications	949 (28.6%)
Level 1	553 (16.7)
Level 2	685 (20.6)
Level 3	270 (8.1)
Level 4/5	573 (17.3)
Other qualifications	289 (8.7)

Car Availability

No car households	241 (13.2%)
1 car households	759 (41.7)
2 car households	622 (34.2)
3+ car households	197 (10.8)

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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