Forward Planning

St Margaret's Ward

2001 CENSUS SNAPSHOT: (16) ST MARGARET'S WARD

Housing

Number of dwellings	2071
Occupied dwellings	1878 (90.7%)
Number of households	1878
Owner occupied households	1378 (73.4%)
LA¹ rented households	96 (5.1)
HA/RSL² rented households	69 (3.7)
Privately rented households	132 (7.0)
Other households³	203 (10.8)

Age of Population

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
0-15	576 (11.1)	517 (10.0)	1093 (21.1)
16-44	1148 (22.2)	766 (14.8)	1914 (37.0)
45-64	631 (12.2)	666 (12.9)	1297 (25.1)
65-74	232 (4.5)	227 (4.4)	459 (8.9)
75-84	125 (2.4)	170 (3.3)	295 (5.7)
85 and over	42 (0.8)	68 (1.3)	110 (2.1)
Total	2754 (53.3)	2414 (46.7)	5168 (100.0)

Ethnic Breakdown

White	5081 (98.3%)
Asian/Asian British	33 (0.6)
Black/Black British	3 (0.1)
Chinese	3 (0.1)
Other Ethnic	5 (0.1)
Mixed	44 (0.9)

Economic Position (Age 16-74)

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
Economically active	1467 (40.0)	948 (25.8)	2415 (65.8)
Full time⁴ employees	1147 (31.2)	495 (13.5)	1642 (44.7)
Part time⁵ employees	58 (1.6)	294 (8.0)	352 (9.6)
Self employed	202 (5.5)	92 (2.5)	294 (8.0)
Economically inactive	543 (14.8)	714 (19.4)	1257 (34.2)
Unemployed	42 (1.1)	39 (1.1)	81 (2.2)

Long Term Illness (LLTI)

Aged 0-15	29 (0.6%)
16-44	102 (2.0)
45-64	266 (5.1)
65+	391 (7.6)
Total persons with LLTI	788 (15.2)
Households with sufferers	646 (34.4)

Household Composition

Single person	509 (27.1%)
With dependent⁶ children	468 (24.9)
Single parent	74 (3.9)
With pensioner	555 (29.6)
Pensioner living alone	295 (15.7)

Travel to Work

Train	54 (2.3%)
Bus	28 (1.2)
Car/Van	1318 (56.7)
Passenger in car/van	92 (4.0)
Motorcycle	23 (1.0)
Bicycle	41 (1.8)
Taxi	8 (0.3)
On foot	483 (20.8)
Other⁸	279 (12.0)

Qualifications⁷ (Aged 16-74)

No qualifications	768 (20.9%)
Level 1	616 (16.8)
Level 2	998 (27.2)
Level 3	271 (7.4)
Level 4/5	689 (18.8)
Other qualifications	327 (8.9)

Car Availability

No car households	274 (14.6%)
1 car households	884 (47.1)
2 car households	555 (29.6)
3+ car households	165 (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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