Forward Planning

River Ward

2001 CENSUS SNAPSHOT: (15) RIVER WARD

Housing

Number of dwellings	1831
Occupied dwellings	1801 (98.4%)
Number of households	1801
Owner occupied households	1643 (91.2%)
LA¹ rented households	42 (2.3)
HA/RSL² rented households	21 (1.2)
Privately rented households	60 (3.3)
Other households³	35 (1.9)

Age of Population

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
0-15	371 (8.3)	377 (8.5)	748 (16.8)
16-44	703 (15.8)	717 (16.1)	1420 (31.9)
45-64	703 (15.8)	696 (15.6)	1399 (31.4)
65-74	204 (4.6)	230 (5.2)	434 (9.7)
75-84	119 (2.7)	207 (4.6)	326 (7.3)
85 and over	33 (0.7)	94 (2.1)	127 (2.9)
Total	2133 (47.9)	2321 (52.1)	4454 (100.0)

Ethnic Breakdown

White	4396 (98.7%)
Asian/Asian British	16 (0.4)
Black/Black British	9 (0.2)
Chinese	14 (0.3)
Other Ethnic	4 (0.1)
Mixed	25 (0.6)

Economic Position (Age 16-74)

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
Economically active	1155 (35.5)	1025 (31.5)	2180 (66.9)
Full time⁴ employees	829 (25.5)	445 (13.7)	1274 (39.1)
Part time⁵ employees	53 (1.6)	434 (13.3)	487 (14.9)
Self employed	202 (6.2)	80 (2.5)	282 (8.7)
Economically inactive	456 (14.0)	620 (19.0)	1076 (33.0)
Unemployed	36 (1.1)	27 (0.8)	63 (1.9)

Long Term Illness (LLTI)

Aged 0-15	46 (1.0%)
16-44	90 (2.0)
45-64	260 (5.8)
65+	337 (7.6)
Total persons with LLTI	733 (16.4)
Households with sufferers	581 (32.2)

Household Composition

Single person	418 (23.2%)
With dependent⁶ children	501 (27.8)
Single parent	70 (3.9)
With pensioner	498 (27.7)
Pensioner living alone	254 (13.9)

Travel to Work

Train	33 (1.6%)
Bus	56 (2.7)
Car/Van	1478 (70.0)
Passenger in car/van	142 (6.7)
Motorcycle	31 (1.5)
Bicycle	39 (1.8)
Taxi	16 (0.8)
On foot	110 (5.2)
Other⁸	207 (9.8)

Qualifications⁷ (Aged 16-74)

No qualifications	798 (24.5%)
Level 1	539 (16.6)
Level 2	750 (23.1)
Level 3	261 (8.0)
Level 4/5	593 (18.2)
Other qualifications	310 (9.5)

Car Availability

No car households	253 (14.0%)
1 car households	791 (44.0)
2 car households	599 (33.2)
3+ car households	158 (8.8)

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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