Forward Planning

Little Stour & Ashtone Ward

2001 CENSUS SNAPSHOT: (8) LITTLE STOUR & ASHTONE WARD

Housing

Number of dwellings	2612
Occupied dwellings	2527 (96.7%)
Number of households	2546
Owner occupied households	1867 (73.3%)
LA¹ rented households	245 (9.6)
HA/RSL² rented households	73 (2.9)
Privately rented households	231 (9.1)
Other households³	130 (5.1)

Age of Population

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
0-15	625 (10.0)	609 (9.8)	1234 (19.8)
16-44	996 (16.0)	1040 (16.7)	2036 (32.7)
45-64	944 (15.2)	932 (14.9)	1876 (30.1)
65-74	266 (4.3)	304 (4.9)	570 (9.2)
75-84	148 (2.4)	229 (3.7)	377 (6.1)
85 and over	37 (0.6)	94 (1.5)	131 (2.1)
Total	3016 (48.5)	3208 (51.5)	6224 (100.0)

Ethnic Breakdown

White	6183 (99.3%)
Asian/Asian British	15 (0.2)
Black/Black British	3 (0.1)
Chinese	8 (0.1)
Other Ethnic	3 (0.1)
Mixed	30 (0.5)

Economic Position (Age 16-74)

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
Economically active	1638 (36.4)	1379 (30.7)	3017 (67.1)
Full time⁴ employees	1025 (22.8)	588 (13.1)	1613 (35.9)
Part time⁵ employees	79 (1.8)	502 (11.1)	581 (12.9)
Self employed	455 (10.1)	200 (4.4)	655 (14.6)
Economically inactive	572 (12.7)	907 (20.2)	1479 (32.9)
Unemployed	55 (1.2)	43 (1.0)	98 (2.2)

Long Term Illness (LLTI)

Aged 0-15	36 (0.6%)
16-44	145 (2.3)
45-64	360 (5.8)
65+	475 (7.6)
Total persons with LLTI	1016 (16.3)
Households with sufferers	843 (33.1)

Household Composition

Single person	656 (25.8%)
With dependent⁶ children	758 (29.8)
Single parent	121 (4.8)
With pensioner	666 (26.1)
Pensioner living alone	388 (15.2)

Travel to Work

Train	45 (1.5%)
Bus	81 (2.8)
Car/Van	1899 (65.1)
Passenger in car/van	152 (5.2)
Motorcycle	30 (1.0)
Bicycle	79 (2.7)
Taxi	5 (0.2)
On foot	183 (6.3)
Other⁸	440 (15.1)

Qualifications⁷ (Aged 16-74)

No qualifications	1234 (27.4%)
Level 1	629 (14.0)
Level 2	892 (19.8)
Level 3	356 (7.9)
Level 4/5	1044 (23.2)
Other qualifications	344 (7.6)

Car Availability

No car households	385 (15.1%)
1 car households	1013 (39.8)
2 car households	861 (33.8)
3+ car households	287 (11.3)

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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