Forward Planning

Sandwich Ward

2001 CENSUS SNAPSHOT: (18) SANDWICH WARD

Housing

Number of dwellings	3169
Occupied dwellings	2976 (93.9%)
Number of households	2976
Owner occupied households	2222 (74.7%)
LA¹ rented households	326 (11.0)
HA/RSL² rented households	12 (0.4)
Privately rented households	255 (8.6)
Other households³	161 (5.4)

Age of Population

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
0-15	639 (9.6)	576 (8.6)	1215 (18.2)
16-44	1007 (15.1)	1108 (16.6)	2115 (31.7)
45-64	849 (12.7)	939 (14.1)	1788 (26.8)
65-74	371 (5.6)	438 (6.6)	809 (12.1)
75-84	237 (3.6)	328 (4.9)	565 (8.5)
85 and over	56 (0.8)	119 (1.8)	175 (2.6)
Total	3159 (47.4)	3508 (52.6)	6667 (100.0)

Ethnic Breakdown

White	6560 (98.4%)
Asian/Asian British	44 (0.7)
Black/Black British	12 (0.2)
Chinese	18 (0.3)
Other Ethnic	14 (0.2)
Mixed	37 (0.6)

Economic Position (Age 16-74)

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
Economically active	1628 (34.5)	1387 (29.4)	3015 (63.9)
Full time⁴ employees	1112 (23.6)	667 (14.1)	1779 (37.7)
Part time⁵ employees	71 (1.5)	492 (10.4)	563 (11.9)
Self employed	355 (7.5)	142 (3.0)	497 (10.5)
Economically inactive	606 (12.8)	1100 (23.3)	1706 (36.1)
Unemployed	64 (1.4)	37 (0.8)	101 (2.1)

Long Term Illness (LLTI)

Aged 0-15	53 (0.8%)
16-44	156 (2.3)
45-64	332 (5.0)
65+	679 (10.2)
Total persons with LLTI	1220 (18.3)
Households with sufferers	1005 (35.9)

Household Composition

Single person	940 (31.6%)
With dependent⁶ children	714 (24.0)
Single parent	142 (4.8)
With pensioner	1036 (34.8)
Pensioner living alone	594 (20.0)

Travel to Work

Train	50 (1.7%)
Bus	160 (5.5)
Car/Van	1684 (58.0)
Passenger in car/van	146 (5.0)
Motorcycle	30 (1.0)
Bicycle	166 (5.7)
Taxi	8 (0.3)
On foot	340 (11.7)
Other⁸	321 (11.0)

Qualifications⁷ (Aged 16-74)

No qualifications	1287 (27.2%)
Level 1	744 (15.7)
Level 2	876 (18.5)
Level 3	310 (6.6)
Level 4/5	1142 (24.2)
Other qualifications	365 (7.7)

Car Availability

No car households	617 (20.7%)
1 car households	1411 (47.4)
2 car households	748 (25.1)
3+ car households	200 (6.7)

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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