Forward Planning

North Deal Ward

2001 CENSUS SNAPSHOT: (13) NORTH DEAL WARD

Housing

Number of dwellings	3806
Occupied dwellings	3540 (93.0%)
Number of households	3583
Owner occupied households	2558 (71.4%)
LA¹ rented households	218 (6.1)
HA/RSL² rented households	92 (2.6)
Privately rented households	584 (16.3)
Other households³	131 (3.7)

Age of Population

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
0-15	636 (8.8)	638 (8.8)	1274 (17.6)
16-44	1290 (17.8)	1319 (18.2)	2609 (36.1)
45-64	876 (12.1)	898 (12.4)	1774 (24.5)
65-74	345 (4.8)	428 (5.9)	773 (10.7)
75-84	223 (3.1)	370 (5.1)	593 (8.2)
85 and over	65 (0.9)	147 (2.0)	212 (2.9)
Total	3435 (47.5)	3800 (52.5)	7235 (100.0)

Ethnic Breakdown

White	7098 (98.1%)
Asian/Asian British	30 (0.4)
Black/Black British	16 (0.2)
Chinese	13 (0.2)
Other Ethnic	17 (0.2)
Mixed	52 (0.7)

Economic Position (Age 16-74)

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
Economically active	1763 (34.2)	1540 (29.9)	3303 (64.1)
Full time⁴ employees	1159 (22.5)	736 (14.3)	1895 (36.8)
Part time⁵ employees	101 (2.0)	516 (10.0)	617 (12.0)
Self employed	374 (7.2)	164 (3.2)	538 (10.4)
Economically inactive	742 (14.4)	1107 (21.5)	1849 (35.9)
Unemployed	100 (1.9)	69 (1.3)	169 (3.3)

Long Term Illness (LLTI)

Aged 0-15	32 (0.4%)
16-44	280 (3.9)
45-64	447 (6.2)
65+	825 (11.4)
Total persons with LLTI	1584 (21.9)
Households with sufferers	1348 (37.6)

Household Composition

Single person	1535 (42.8%)
With dependent⁶ children	772 (21.5)
Single parent	209 (5.8)
With pensioner	1110 (31.0)
Pensioner living alone	783 (21.8)

Travel to Work

Train	126 (4.0%)
Bus	87 (2.8)
Car/Van	1713 (54.9)
Passenger in car/van	236 (7.6)
Motorcycle	47 (1.5)
Bicycle	109 (3.5)
Taxi	32 (1.0)
On foot	457 (14.6)
Other⁸	314 (10.1)

Qualifications⁷ (Aged 16-74)

No qualifications	1508 (29.3%)
Level 1	900 (17.5)
Level 2	1059 (20.5)
Level 3	392 (7.6)
Level 4/5	918 (17.8)
Other qualifications	376 (7.3)

Car Availability

No car households	1191 (33.2%)
1 car households	1698 (47.4)
2 car households	588 (16.4)
3+ car households	106 (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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