Forward Planning

Whitfield Ward

2001 CENSUS SNAPSHOT: (22) WHITFIELD WARD

Housing

Number of dwellings	1806
Occupied dwellings	1752 (97.0%)
Number of households	1766
Owner occupied households	1495 (84.7)
LA¹ rented households	68 (3.9)
HA/RSL² rented households	118 (6.7)
Privately rented households	25 (1.4)
Other households³	60 (3.4)

Age of Population

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
0-15	448 (10.1)	414 (9.3)	862 (19.4)
16-44	696 (15.7)	758 (17.1)	1454 (32.8)
45-64	649 (14.6)	649 (14.6)	1298 (29.2)
65-74	207 (4.7)	241 (5.4)	448 (10.1)
75-84	100 (2.2)	158 (3.6)	258 (5.8)
85 and over	25 (0.6)	93 (2.1)	118 (2.7)
Total	2125 (47.9)	2313 (52.1)	4438 (100.0)

Ethnic Breakdown

White	4387 (98.9%)
Asian/Asian British	25 (0.6)
Black/Black British	6 (0.1)
Chinese	3 (0.1)
Other Ethnic	3 (0.1)
Mixed	16 (0.4)

Economic Position (Age 16-74)

	Males (%)	Females (%)	Total (%)
Economically active	1123 (35.1)	992 (31.0)	2115 (66.1)
Full time⁴ employees	845 (26.4)	454 (14.2)	1299 (40.6)
Part time⁵ employees	48 (1.5)	409 (12.8)	457 (14.3)
Self employed	146 (4.6)	48 (1.5)	194 (6.1)
Economically inactive	429 (13.4)	656 (20.5)	1085 (33.9)
Unemployed	45 (1.4)	36 (1.1)	81 (2.5)

Long Term Illness (LLTI)

Aged 0-15	36 (0.8%)
16-44	115 (2.6)
45-64	301 (6.8)
65+	338 (7.6)
Total persons with LLTI	790 (17.8)
Households with sufferers	614 (34.8)

Household Composition

Single person	348 (19.7%)
With dependent⁶ children	570 (32.3)
Single parent	128 (7.2)
With pensioner	440 (24.9)
Pensioner living alone	223 (12.6)

Travel to Work

Train	29 (1.4%)
Bus	86 (4.3)
Car/Van	1411 (69.7)
Passenger in car/van	182 (9.0)
Motorcycle	30 (1.5)
Bicycle	34 (1.7)
Taxi	6 (0.3)
On foot	110 (5.4)
Other⁸	135 (6.7)

Qualifications⁷ (Aged 16-74)

No qualifications	956 (29.8%)
Level 1	588 (18.3)
Level 2	703 (21.9)
Level 3	257 (8.0)
Level 4/5	353 (11.0)
Other qualifications	346 (10.8)

Car Availability

No car households	251 (14.2%)
1 car households	822 (46.5)
2 car households	550 (31.1)
3+ car households	144 (8.2)

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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