Forward Planning

St Radigunds Ward

2001 CENSUS SNAPSHOT: (17) ST RADIGUNDS WARD

Housing

Number of dwellings	2221
Occupied dwellings	2112 (95.1%)
Number of households	2113
Owner occupied households	1105 (52.3%)
LA¹ rented households	353 (16.7)
HA/RSL² rented households	306 (14.5)
Privately rented households	265 (12.5)
Other households³	84 (4.0)

Age of Population

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
0-15	665 (13.7)	604 (12.4)	1269 (26.1)
16-44	902 (18.5)	1054 (21.6)	1956 (40.2)
45-64	464 (9.5)	463 (9.5)	927 (19.0)
65-74	159 (3.3)	178 (3.7)	337 (6.9)
75-84	94 (1.9)	185 (3.8)	279 (5.7)
85 and over	34 (0.7)	68 (1.4)	102 (2.1)
Total	2318 (47.6)	2552 (52.4)	4870 (100.0)

Ethnic Breakdown

White	4741 (97.4%)
Asian/Asian British	50 (1.0)
Black/Black British	20 (0.4)
Chinese	28 (0.6)
Other Ethnic	4 (0.1)
Mixed	25 (0.5)

Economic Position (Age 16-74)

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
Economically active	1078 (33.5)	930 (28.9)	2008 (62.4)
Full time⁴ employees	772 (24.0)	434 (13.5)	1206 (37.5)
Part time⁵ employees	40 (1.2)	351 (10.9)	391 (12.1)
Self employed	114 (3.5)	39 (1.2)	153 (4.8)
Economically inactive	445 (13.8)	766 (23.8)	1211 (37.6)
Unemployed	123 (3.8)	74 (2.3)	197 (6.1)

Long Term Illness (LLTI)

Aged 0-15	84 (1.7%)
16-44	215 (4.4)
45-64	278 (5.7)
65+	388 (8.0)
Total persons with LLTI	765 (19.8)
Households with sufferers	781 (37.0)

Household Composition

Single person	742 (35.1%)
With dependent⁶ children	732 (34.6)
Single parent	276 (13.1)
With pensioner	516 (24.4)
Pensioner living alone	390 (18.5)

Travel to Work

Train	36 (2.0%)
Bus	100 (5.5)
Car/Van	843 (46.7)
Passenger in car/van	176 (9.7)
Motorcycle	21 (1.2)
Bicycle	33 (1.8)
Taxi	37 (2.0)
On foot	451 (25.0)
Other⁸	110 (6.1)

Qualifications⁷ (Aged 16-74)

No qualifications	1227 (38.1%)
Level 1	706 (21.9)
Level 2	633 (19.7)
Level 3	162 (5.0)
Level 4/5	248 (7.7)
Other qualifications	244 (7.6)

Car Availability

No car households	967 (45.8%)
1 car households	883 (41.8)
2 car households	228 (10.8)
3+ car households	35 (1.7)

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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