Forward Planning

Walmer Ward

2001 CENSUS SNAPSHOT: (21) WALMER WARD

Housing

Number of dwellings	3261
Occupied dwellings	3067 (94.1%)
Number of households	3067
Owner occupied households	2386 (77.8%)
LA¹ rented households	125 (4.1)
HA/RSL² rented households	161 (5.2)
Privately rented households	311 (10.1)
Other households³	84 (2.7)

Age of Population

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
0-15	559 (8.4)	530 (7.9)	1089 (16.3)
16-44	1002 (15.0)	1025 (15.3)	2027 (30.3)
45-64	855 (12.8)	878 (13.1)	1733 (25.9)
65-74	385 (5.8)	512 (7.7)	897 (13.4)
75-84	287 (4.3)	382 (5.7)	669 (10.0)
85 and over	64 (1.0)	213 (3.2)	277 (4.1)
Total	3152 (47.1)	3540 (52.9)	6692 (100.0)

Ethnic Breakdown

White	6622 (99.0%)
Asian/Asian British	20 (0.3)
Black/Black British	8 (0.1)
Chinese	11 (0.2)
Other Ethnic	6 (0.1)
Mixed	27 (0.4)

Economic Position (Age 16-74)

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
Economically active	1502 (32.3)	1265 (27.2)	2767 (59.4)
Full time⁴ employees	1009 (21.7)	604 (13.0)	1613 (34.6)
Part time⁵ employees	73 (1.6)	445 (9.6)	518 (11.1)
Self employed	290 (6.2)	134 (2.9)	424 (9.1)
Economically inactive	747 (16.0)	1143 (24.5)	1890 (40.6)
Unemployed	91 (2.0)	51 (1.1)	142 (3.0)

Long Term Illness (LLTI)

Aged 0-15	52 (0.8%)
16-44	178 (2.7)
45-64	362 (5.4)
65+	830 (12.4)
Total persons with LLTI	1422 (21.2)
Households with sufferers	1152 (37.6)

Household Composition

Single person	1075 (35.1%)
With dependent⁶ children	678 (22.1)
Single parent	152 (5.0)
With pensioner	1130 (36.8)
Pensioner living alone	645 (21.0)

Travel to Work

Train	96 (3.7%)
Bus	53 (2.0)
Car/Van	1648 (63.0)
Passenger in car/van	216 (8.3)
Motorcycle	45 (1.7)
Bicycle	66 (2.5)
Taxi	28 (1.1)
On foot	196 (7.5)
Other⁸	269 (10.3)

Qualifications⁷ (Aged 16-74)

No qualifications	1243 (26.7%)
Level 1	769 (16.5)
Level 2	1030 (22.1)
Level 3	373 (8.0)
Level 4/5	884 (19.0)
Other qualifications	355 (7.6)

Car Availability

No car households	766 (25.0%)
1 car households	1423 (21.3)
2 car households	709 (10.6)
3+ car households	169 (2.5)

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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