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Sandwell’s Changing PopulationCllr Steve Eling
Deputy Leader of the Council Cabinet Member for Strategic Resources
Cllr Simon HackettCabinet Member for Children & Families
Chair of Strategic Intelligence Group
Melanie DudleyDirector – Improvement and Efficiency
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Why is Census data important?• Provides an in-depth awareness of the local
area and the likely needs of local people –crucial to planning and running public services.
• Comparison of areas and groups is vital for targeting interventions and also critical when we are bidding for funding.
• Helps the Government to calculate the grants it allocates to us– in particular formula grant.
Headlines• Sandwell’s population is just over 308,000 - increasing by
just over 25,000 (8.9%) since 2001 – second highest increase in the West Midlands and higher than national trend
• 15,000 more people (5.2%) than the Mid Year Estimates for 2010
• Just over a third of our population are young people aged under 24 – an increase of 12,000 since 2001
• Aged 85+ increased by 28% (1,300 people) since 2001
• Diverse community – 70% white, 20% Asian and 10% other ethnic groups
Population by Age 2001 ‐ 2011
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0-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89 90+
2001
2011 Population Change by Age 2001 ‐ 2011
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10‐1
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70‐7
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Number
Percentage
• 77% of Sandwell residents describe themselves as being in good or very good health.
• 5% of those of working age with long term illness say their activities are limited a lot
• 11% of Sandwell residents provide care to others
Improving Health Excellent Care for Adults
General Health 2011 (residents own assessment on a 5 point scale)
0%
10%
20%
30%
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Sandwell England & Wales
Adult Care & Health: Key Impacts
• Lifestyle and prevention services • Personalised budgets• Tailoring services to meet needs of an elderly
population e.g. less mobile, dementia, intensive care• Need for Extra Care housing• Support to carers• Community support – Friends and Neighbours
Investing in businesses, people and jobs
• 35% of Sandwell residents aged 16 and over have no qualifications
• 51% of our residents aged 16-74 are in employment – lower than the national figure
• Unemployment at just over 7% is higher than the national level of 4.4%
Economic Status Population Aged 16‐74
Self employed
Employed Part Time
Employed Full Time
Retired
Looking After Home or Family
Long‐Term Sick or Disabled
StudentOther
Unemployed
Regeneration: Key Impacts
• Continue to up-skill local people
• Creation of further employment
• Develop local places to work and shop
• Provide high quality leisure and entertainment for diverse population
Homes that meet people’s needs
• 30% of households are made up of one person
• 8,300 (7%) of households are classed as overcrowded
• 23% of households rent from the council
• Increase in private renting - extra 9,200 households since 2001.
Household Composition Comparison 2001 & 2011
0% 10% 20% 30%
Otherhouseholds
Lone parent withnon-dependent
children
Lone parentwith dependent
children
CohabitingCouple
Married Couple
One Person(non-pensioner)
Lone Pensioner
20112001
Housing: Key Impacts
• Use housing stock to better match needs
• Plan most effective use of building land
• Support people to buy houses
• Develop sheltered housing to meet demand
• Support people to cope with Welfare Reform
Our Children, Our Future
• Over 5,000 more children aged 0-5 in 2011 than in 2001
• Over a fifth of our population (21.5%) are aged 15 or under
• Overall this could lead to a bright future for Sandwell –young people are the key to the regeneration of the borough
Children’s Services – Key Impacts
• Early years help - readiness for school• Parenting support where needed• Improve children’s health• Plan required number of school places• Help support working parents • Tackle the causes of child poverty
Conclusions• Census data illustrates a number of practical policy
challenges
• Local Authorities cannot continue to provide all the services – local communities need to be supported to develop their own answers
• Increase in population has implications for land use planning, housing, infrastructure, competition for jobs
• On a positive note, increased population means an increased allocation of funding for Sandwell and a larger council tax base.
Sandwell Trends
• Sandwell Trends has dedicated topic page for census
• Analysis of latest data by towns and wards
• Interactive database tool for census data
www.sandwelltrends.info/Research Sandwell, Improvement & Efficiency Directorate
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