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Overview of evidence
August 2015
Vale of White Horse
1 District Data Analysis Service Margaret Melling, mmelling@oxford.gov.uk
Vale of White Horse evidence summary August 2015
Introduction
• Recent review of..
1. Population growth
2. Changing population profile
3. Jobs, businesses and commuting
4. Housing
5. Health and wellbeing
6. Skills of young people
7. Access to services and community safety
• Data from the Office of National Statistics, or from organisations including Public Health England, Sport England, Department of Work and Pensions, Department for Business Innovation and Skills, Department for Education, Department for the Environment and Climate Change and Oxfordshire County Council.
• Data for new wards had not yet been released by the Office for National Statistics
• Further information is available from the district data service at www.oxford.gov.uk/districtdataservice and from Oxfordshire Insight at insight.oxfordshire.gov.uk
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This presentation highlights key trends
Vale of White Horse evidence summary August 2015
• Vale of White Horse is the 10th most rural district in the South East region (out of 67) with a population of 2.2 people per hectare compared with 4.6 people per hectare across the South East and 4.2 across England1.
• The small area rural-urban classification2 for Vale of White Horse shows that just over a third (39%) of the population live in rural areas, outside the main towns of Abingdon, Wantage and Grove, and the area adjacent to Oxford including North Hinksey and Appleton and Cumnor wards.
Vale of White Horse – a rural district
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Vale of White Horse: resident population by rural-urban classification2
Source: 1 ONS 2014 mid-year population estimates 2classification by output area; ONS Census 2011 table KS101
Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse evidence summary August 2015
Most rapid population growth between 1931 and 1971
+760 per decade
Source: www.visionofbritain.org.uk
Total resident population (current district boundaries)
Vale of
White
Horse
+13,000
per
decade
+7,200 per
decade
AN AGEING POPULATION
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Vale of White Horse: 1984 to 2014 population by age
Source: ONS mid year estimates
85
Over the past 30 years, the population of Vale of White Horse has aged
From 1984 to 2014…
• the total number of Vale of White Horse residents increased by 18%
• aged 0-14 increased by 9% (+1,800)
• aged 65+ increased by 88% (+11,400)
Post war baby boom
1960s baby boom
Post war baby boom
1960s baby boom
Vale of White Horse evidence summary August 2015
Size of oldest population group is expected to continue to grow
• By 2037 the number of people aged 85+ living in Vale of White Horse is expected
to reach 9,000, almost three times the number in this age group in 2013.
• This growth is at a higher rate than the national average (+173% in Vale of White Horse vs +148% in England).
• Proportionately those aged 85+ represented 1% of the district’s total population in 1993 and 3% in 2013. This is predicted to rise to 6% by 2037.
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Source: ONS sub-national population projections
Historical estimate Projection
9,000
3,300 1,700
2037
Vale of White Horse evidence summary August 2015
Health and lifestyle indicators show children and adults in Vale of White Horse were similar to or above average
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CHILDREN
ADULTS
Health and lifestyle indicators from 2015 Public Health profile for VALE OF WHITE HORSE compared with South East average
Source: Health Profiles, Public Health England, published 6 July 2015
Vale of White Horse evidence summary August 2015
Most “disease and poor health indicators” also better than average
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Disease and poor health indicators from 2015 Public Health profile for VALE OF WHITE HORSE compared with South East average
Source: Health Profiles, Public Health England, published 6 July 2015
Vale of White Horse evidence summary August 2015
Source: Department for Communities and Local Government, Mapping District Data Analysis Service hosted by Oxford City Council
Vale of White Horse ranks poorly on access to services
• 16 of the 89 lower super output areas* in Vale of White Horse are in the 10% most deprived areas in England on the measure of access to services** – all in rural areas.
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*Lower Super Output areas are used for the reporting of small area statistics and typically include a population of between 1,000 and 3,000 **The geographical barriers to services domain of the Index of Multiple Deprivation includes road distance to GP surgery, post office, primary school and supermarket / convenience store. Note: the Indices of Deprivation are being updated and revised data is due to be released in summer 2015
Vale of White Horse evidence summary August 2015
A significant number of older people in rural areas are living with a disability and without access to a car
• According to the 2011 Census, 9,275 residents of Vale of White Horse were aged 65 and over and living with a disability (activities limited by health “a little” or “a lot”)
• Of these 3,433 (37%) were living in rural wards.
• A number of these older rural residents in poor health: 882, did not have access
to a car.
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882 residents in rural Vale of White Horse with activities limited by poor health have no car
Source: ONS Census 2011, table LC3407, rural-urban classification by ward
CHANGING HOME OWNERSHIP
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Vale of White Horse evidence summary August 2015
Cheapest market housing remaining unaffordable for lower paid workers
• In 2013 in Vale of White Horse the cheapest (lower quartile) market housing was 8.33 times a lower band salary.
• The Vale of White Horse ratio of lower quartile house prices to lower quartile earnings remains well above the national average.
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Source: Live tables on housing market and house prices, DCLG
Vale of White Horse: Ratio of lower quartile house prices to lower quartile earnings
8.33
6.45
Vale of White Horse evidence summary August 2015
Growth in private rented households
• As of 2011, there were 49,400 occupied households in Vale of White Horse,
72% of which were owned in full or with a mortgage.
• Between 2001 and 2011 the total number of households in Vale of White Horse increased by 3,600 (+8%).
• The sector with the greatest number and percentage increase was households that are privately rented
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Source: ONS Census 2001 KS18, Census 2011 KS402
49,400
occupied
households
+29%
+12%
+4%
Growth in all households = +8%
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More families with children now in private rented than social rented accommodation
• The number of private rented households occupied by families with dependent children in Vale of White Horse increased from 1,730 households in 2001 to 2,590 in 2011, a growth of 50%.
• The number of families with children in private rented households in Vale of White Horse is now above the number of families in social rented housing.
Households with dependent children in private rented accommodation, 2001 to 2011
Source: ONS, Census 2001 table T08 and Census 2011 table LC4412
+50%
Households with dependent children in social rented accommodation, 2001 to 2011
+16%
ECONOMY AND TRAVEL PATTERNS
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Vale of White Horse evidence summary August 2015
Jobs at a similar level to early 2000s
• As of 2013, the total number of jobs in Vale of White Horse district was 66,000.
• Between 2012 and 2013 the number of jobs in the district stayed at a similar level.
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Source: ONS (from nomis)
Vale of White Horse evidence summary August 2015
The number of Vale of White Horse residents claiming unemployment benefit continues to fall
• As of May 2015, 377 residents of Vale of White Horse were claiming job seeker
allowance. This is well below the post recession peak of 1,489.
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May 2015 377
Jan 2010 1,489
• The number of male claimants has fallen at a faster rate than females.
• This is likely to have been influenced by the transfer of people claiming lone parent income support to unemployment benefits in 2009 and 2010.
Source: DWP
Vale of White Horse evidence summary August 2015
Type of job seeker allowance claimants
• Out of a total of 320 claimants in July 2015 in Vale of White Horse..
– around half (150, 47%) were seeking jobs in Sales and Customer Service occupations (retail).
– a third (105, 33%) were aged 50 and over
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Vale of White Horse JSA Claimants by occupation sought and age (July 2015)
Source: DWP
Vale of White Horse evidence summary August 2015
Inbound and outbound commuting have each increased
• Between 2001 and 2011 inbound and outbound commuting to Vale of White Horse each increased
• More residents from West Oxfordshire, Swindon and West Berkshire and Reading are commuting into Vale of White Horse
• More Vale of White Horse residents are commuting out to Oxford and fewer are commuting out to Swindon
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Source: ONS 2001 Census table T103 and T10; 2011 Census table WU03 From joint Travel to Work briefing available on Oxfordshire Insight
Top commuting destinations (outflow from Vale)
Top sources of commuters (inflow to Vale)
24,754 inbound +2,961 since 2001
25,654 outbound +1,484 since 2001
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High % commuting to Oxford in some areas of the district
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Oxford
Source: ONS Census 2011 table WU02
• According to the Census 2011 survey, 21% of commuters in Vale of White Horse travelled to Oxford to work.
• The area with the highest proportion was adjacent to Oxford including South and North Hinksey with 52% commuting to Oxford.
Middle layer super output areas
Vale of White Horse evidence summary August 2015
64% of commuters to Science Vale live in South Oxfordshire or Vale of White Horse districts
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Number of people by local authority of residence commuting to work to Science Vale (Harwell, Milton Park, Culham) Census 2011
Source: ONS Census 2011 table WU01
64%
8%
4%
4%
Areas of Oxfordshire with highest % of people commuting to Science Vale
Total = 18,600
Vale of White Horse evidence summary August 2015
Source: ONS Census 2011 table QS601 Lower layer super output areas are a statistical geography used mainly for reporting Census data and have an average of around 1,500 residents and 650 households
Rates of self employment and home working are highest in rural areas
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Source: ONS Census 2011 table QS701
Self employed by
lower layer super output area
Working from home by lower layer
super output area
© Crown Copyright and database right 2015 Ordnance Survey 100019348
England average = 5.4% Vale average = 7.1%
England average = 14% Vale average = 14.4%
Vale of White Horse evidence summary August 2015
Key issues for Vale of White Horse
Key issues for Vale of White Horse from this 2015 review of evidence are that…
1. The district has an ageing population especially in rural areas. By 2037 the number of people aged 85 and over in Vale of White Horse is expected to reach 9,000, almost three times the number in this age group in 2013.
2. Rural Vale of White Horse has a comparatively poor ranking on access to local services.
3. Low cost housing remaining unaffordable for many and there is an increasing dependence on private rented accommodation.
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