Forward Planning

Ringwould Ward

2001 CENSUS SNAPSHOT: (14) RINGWOULD WARD

Housing

Number of dwellings	949
Occupied dwellings	862 (90.8%)
Number of households	863
Owner occupied households	729 (84.5%)
LA¹ rented households	67 (7.8)
HA/RSL² rented households	3 (0.3)
Privately rented households	29 (3.4)
Other households³	35 (4.1)

Age of Population

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
0-15	159 (8.0)	136 (6.9)	295 (14.9)
16-44	240 (12.1)	289 (14.6)	529 (26.8)
45-64	315 (15.9)	335 (16.9)	650 (32.9)
65-74	115 (5.8)	123 (6.2)	238 (12.0)
75-84	82 (4.1)	123 (6.2)	205 (10.3)
85 and over	22 (1.1)	38 (1.9)	60 (3.0)
Total	933 (47.2)	1044 (52.8)	1977 (100.0)

Ethnic Breakdown

White	1957 (99.0%)
Asian/Asian British	3 (0.1)
Black/Black British	0 (0)
Chinese	0 (0)
Other Ethnic	0 (0)
Mixed	0 (0)

Economic Position (Age 16-74)

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
Economically active	423 (30.0)	424 (30.1)	847 (60.1)
Full time⁴ employees	281 (20.0)	179 (12.7)	460 (32.7)
Part time⁵ employees	22 (1.6)	161 (11.4)	183 (13.0)
Self employed	91 (6.5)	45 (3.2)	136 (9.7)
Economically inactive	240 (17.0)	321 (22.8)	561 (39.8)
Unemployed	16 (1.1)	18 (1.3)	34 (2.4)

Long Term Illness (LLTI)

Aged 0-15	3 (0.2%)
16-44	47 (2.4)
45-64	125 (6.3)
65+	199 (10.1)
Total persons with LLTI	374 (18.9)
Households with sufferers	310 (35.9)

Household Composition

Single person	226 (26.2%)
With dependent⁶ children	197 (22.8)
Single parent	35 (4.1)
With pensioner	290 (33.6)
Pensioner living alone	137 (15.9)

Travel to Work

Train	11 (1.4%)
Bus	20 (2.5)
Car/Van	539 (66.7)
Passenger in car/van	54 (6.7)
Motorcycle	7 (0.9)
Bicycle	12 (1.5)
Taxi	3 (0.4)
On foot	60 (7.4)
Other⁸	102 (12.6)

Qualifications⁷ (Aged 16-74)

No qualifications	339 (24.1%)
Level 1	193 (13.7)
Level 2	319 (22.7)
Level 3	104 (7.4)
Level 4/5	343 (24.4)
Other qualifications	106 (7.5)

Car Availability

No car households	114 (13.2%)
1 car households	390 (45.2)
2 car households	283 (32.8)
3+ car households	75 (8.7)

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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