Forward Planning

Middle Deal & Sholden Ward

2001 CENSUS SNAPSHOT: (11) MIDDLE DEAL & SHOLDEN WARD

Housing

Number of dwellings	3066
Occupied dwellings	2976 (97.1%)
Number of households	2976
Owner occupied households	2295 (77.1%)
LA¹ rented households	318 (10.7)
HA/RSL² rented households	87 (2.9)
Privately rented households	192 (6.5)
Other households³	84 (2.8)

Age of Population

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
0-15	730 (10.1)	743 (10.3)	1473 (20.4)
16-44	1194 (16.5)	1304 (18.1)	2498 (34.6)
45-64	858 (11.9)	931 (12.9)	1789 (24.8)
65-74	319 (4.4)	392 (5.4)	711 (9.8)
75-84	193 (2.7)	340 (4.7)	533 (7.4)
85 and over	65 (0.9)	151 (2.1)	216 (3.0)
Total	3359 (46.5)	3861 (53.5)	7220 (100.0)

Ethnic Breakdown

White	7175 (99.4%)
Asian/Asian British	14 (0.2)
Black/Black British	10 (0.1)
Chinese	5 (0.1)
Other Ethnic	5 (0.1)
Mixed	30 (0.4)

Economic Position (Age 16-74)

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
Economically active	1691 (33.8)	1472 (29.4)	3163 (63.2)
Full time⁴ employees	1238 (24.7)	657 (13.1)	1895 (37.9)
Part time⁵ employees	79 (1.6)	577 (11.5)	656 (13.1)
Self employed	245 (4.9)	104 (2.1)	349 (7.0)
Economically inactive	683 (13.6)	1159 (23.1)	1842 (36.8)
Unemployed	81 (1.6)	64 (1.3)	145 (2.9)

Long Term Illness (LLTI)

Aged 0-15	87 (1.2%)
16-44	239 (3.3)
45-64	457 (6.3)
65+	681 (9.4)
Total persons with LLTI	1464 (20.3)
Households with sufferers	1169 (39.3)

Household Composition

Single person	1648 (55.3%)
With dependent⁶ children	897 (30.1)
Single parent	225 (7.6)
With pensioner	848 (28.5)
Pensioner living alone	493 (16.6)

Travel to Work

Train	72 (2.4%)
Bus	87 (2.9)
Car/Van	1774 (59.1)
Passenger in car/van	221 (7.4)
Motorcycle	33 (1.1)
Bicycle	128 (4.3)
Taxi	40 (1.3)
On foot	382 (12.7)
Other⁸	266 (8.9)

Qualifications⁷ (Aged 16-74)

No qualifications	1585 (31.7%)
Level 1	956 (19.1)
Level 2	1052 (21.0)
Level 3	325 (6.5)
Level 4/5	648 (12.9)
Other qualifications	440 (8.8)

Car Availability

No car households	798 (26.8%)
1 car households	1378 (46.3)
2 car households	653 (21.9)
3+ car households	147 (4.9)

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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