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Neighbourhood Profile Whitefield

Welcome to Whitefield’s Neighbourhood Profile

This profile provides an insight into the neighbourhood of Whitefield. It is one of the five neighbourhoods within Bury, and it comprises of

three wards: Unsworth, Besses and Pilkington Park.

There are around 30,000 people living in Whitefield, which constitutes 16% of the total population in Bury. 9.5% of residents in Whitefield are from a Black and Minority Ethnic background, which is lower than the proportion in Bury and England.

Within Whitefield life expectancy is slightly mixed, as Besses ward has the highest level of life expectancy for females yet has the lowest life expectancy for males. The highest proportion of the adult population who smoke live in Besses. Additionally, 8% of Whitefield

secondary age children reported using nicotine products at least once a week. • The highest cause of mortality and premature mortality in Whitefield is cancer;

• The highest long term condition recorded prevalence level is for hypertension; • Coronary Heart Disease is the highest cause of emergency hospital admissions for long term conditions, followed by Chronic

Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. The highest levels of deprivation, poverty and Job Seeker Allowance claimants in Whitefield are found around both the centre of Whitefield

including the Besses o’ th’ Barn area, and pockets of Unsworth. In contrast, household income levels are highest in Pilkington Park ward.

Whitefield has had 191 families eligible for help under the Troubled Families programme to date; 135 families have been worked with and 65 (48%) have been successfully turned around as a result of the programme. Besses ward within Whitefield successfully turned around the highest proportion of families (62%). As a whole, children living in Whitefield are achieving a higher standard at Key Stage 1 (5-7

years) and Key Stage 2 (7-11 years) in comparison to Bury and England. Within Whitefield, young people living in Pilkington Park ward achieved the highest rates of A Level attainment in 2018/19.

Adult social care service users within Whitefield have a higher satisfaction with care and support services when compared to Bury and England, with carers having a lower satisfaction rate than Bury and England. Learning Disability is the main primary support reason for

those aged 18-64 in Whitefield, whereas for those aged 65+, it is support with physical mobility issues followed by support with memory and cognition.

There are around 12,900 households within Whitefield. Only 11% of properties are rented privately; 73% are owned or under shared

ownership. There are more married/civil partnership couples and all aged 65 and over households in Whitefield when compared to Bury and England.

The highest cause of domestic noise complaints in Whitefield is dogs, followed by amplified music. The centre of Whitefield which includes the Besses o’ th’ Barn area has the highest levels of reported anti-social behaviour and reported crime.

Please note: In the absence of raw data, some percentages have been aggregated in order to provide a neighbourhood level figure.

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Originally published November 2019 Date updated Data updated Comment

Version 1 November 2019 Latest data for each area First publication

Version 2 January 2020 Remaining sections included

Version History

This table will be updated once data within the Neighbourhood Profile is refreshed

1. Population and Demographics

1.1. Population Pyramid

1.2. Ethnicity & Language

1.3. Index of Multiple Deprivation

2. Population Health & Wellbeing

2.1. Life Expectancy

2.2. Mortality

2.3. Long Term Conditions

2.4. Smoking

2.5. Alcohol

2.6. Physical Inactivity 2.7. Obesity

3. Education and Skills

3.1. Schools and Colleges

3.2. Early Years

3.3. Education Attainment

4. Health and Social Care Activity

4.1. Early Help

4.2. Adult Social Care

4.3. Primary Care

4.4. Secondary Care

5. Employment and Income

5.1. Median Income

5.2. Disability Living Allowance/ Personal Independence Payment

5.3. Benefits

5.4. Poverty and Fuel Poverty

5.5. Key Businesses

5.6. Community & Voluntary

6. Housing

6.1. Tenure

6.2. Social and Private Rented Housing

7. Environment

7.1. Noise Complaints (Domestic & Commercial)

7.2. Accumulations and Hoarding

7.3. Fly Tipping

7.4. Transport

8. Crime & Safety

8.1. Crime

8.2. Fire Safety

Contents

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Population Pyramid

The Population pyramid compares the percentage of the population in five year age bands for Whitefield (which is in a bar formation) to the percentage of the equivalent Bury population (which is the line at the edge of the bars). The colours of the bars are as follows:

Pale blue – there is a higher percentage of people in this age band within Whitefield compared to Bury.

Teal – there is a lower percentage of people in this age band within Whitefield compared to Bury.

From the above pyramid Whitefield has a higher percentage of males and females aged 45 and over than the total percentage overall in

Bury, with the exception of 65-69 year old females.

Figure 1: Percentage of Male and Female Population in Whitefield compared against the percentage of Male and Female Bury Population [MYE 2018]

The table on the right is the estimated population within Whitefield for Males, Females and All Persons Source: ONS Mid-Year Estimates (MYE) [2018]

Sources: ONS Census 2011; Mid-Year Estimates 2018 Whitefield Bury

Total Population (Mid-Year Estimates 2018) 30,045 190,108

Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) population (Census 2011) 2,852 20,028

Population whose ethnicity is not 'White UK' (Census 2011) 4,235 27,163

Population who cannot speak English well or at all (Census 2011)

225 2,144


Index of Multiple Deprivation Ethnicity and Language

The Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 2019 provide a set of relative measures of deprivation for small areas across England, based on seven domains of deprivation. The domains are:

Income, Employment, Education, Skills and Training, Health and Disability, Crime, Barriers to Housing and Services, and Living

Environment.

Within Whitefield, the highest area of deprivation is within Besses

ward.

Taken from the last Census, this is the most recent data available about ethnicity and language within Whitefield.

Whitefield has a lower BME population and number of residents

whose ethnicity is not White UK than both the Bury average and

the England average.

Figure 2: Percentage of Ethnicity and Language [Census 2011]

Source: MHCLG [2019]


Healthy Life Expectancy Life Expectancy

Healthy Life Expectancy is calculated at middle super output area for

females and males and is based on mid-year estimates of the population, Mortality data and Annual Population Survey data.

Whitefield has high levels of healthy life expectancy in all wards. Males in Whitefield have a higher proportion in the first quintile.

Life expectancy is calculated at electoral ward level for females and males.

Females within Whitefield are expected to live longer than males within the same neighbourhood. Besses has the lowest level of life

expectancy for males but the highest for females in Whitefield.

Source: Primary Care Mortality & MYE [2013-2017] Source: Census [2011] and Primary Care Mortality, Annual Population Survey & MYE [2013-2017]

Source: Public Health England Whitefield Bury

All Causes of Premature Mortality - under 75 (2013-2017)

470 3,104

All Cancer - under 75 213 1,174

All Circulatory Disease - under 75 100 700

Source: Public Health England Whitefield Bury

All Causes of Mortality (2013-2017) 1,496 9,091

All Cancer 458 2,440

All Circulatory Disease 378 2,300

Coronary Heart Disease 183 1,179

Stroke 89 551

Respiratory Diseases 183 1,270

Causes considered preventable 311 1,918

Cancer is the highest cause of premature mortality in Whitefield, and is significantly higher than Bury and England.

To compare Whitefield with the rest of Bury and England, the data has been standardised into a ratio (where England is treated

as 100).

Whitefield is significantly better than the Bury average but worse than England average for all causes of premature mortality.

Cancer is the highest cause of mortality for people in Whitefield followed by circulatory disease. This is consistent with the highest

causes of mortality in Bury.

To compare Whitefield with the rest of Bury and England, the data has been standardised into a ratio (where England is treated as 100). This shows that per population, Whitefield is better than the Bury

average for all causes of mortality apart from cancer. The highest standardised rate for mortality within Whitefield is cancer, and the

lowest is respiratory disease.

Figure 4: Causes of Mortality (all ages) - Standardised Mortality Ratios

[2013-2017]

Figure 3: Causes of Mortality - Standardised Mortality Ratios [2013-2017]


Premature Mortality Mortality

Source: GP Registers, June 2019

Whitefield

Expected Prevalence

Recorded Prevalence

Percentage of the GP registered population

Atrial Fibrillation 2.69% 2.21%

Coronary Heart Disease 5.31% 3.69%

COPD* 4.14% 2.27%

Hypertension 25.91% 16.82%

Chronic Kidney Disease 6.07% 4.29%

Type 2 Diabetes 8.85% 7.60%

*COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Expected prevalence figures are based on the latest available prevalence

models applied to current practice populations. The recorded prevalence is as a percentage of the registered population for the given criteria; for example, for Hypertension this is the full registered population, whereas

the Type 2 diabetes measure is based on those aged 16+.

Hypertension has historically had a significant gap between expected

and recorded prevalence.

Census information shows the number of individuals with a limiting illness or disability. The question in the Census asks if

they have a long-term health problem or disability that limits their day-to-day activities, and has lasted, or is expected to last, at least 12 months.

Whitefield has areas where they are over 400 residents living with limiting illness or disability. Pilkington Park generally has

low numbers of residents living with illness or disability.

Source: Census [2011] (ONS)

Figure 5: Prevalence of Long Term Conditions in Bury (Expected vs. Recorded)

Long Term Condition Prevalence

Limiting Illness or Disability


Smoking prevalence within Whitefield varies across the wards, with around 300 more people smoking in Besses than Unsworth. There is a 3.1% difference between Pilkington Park and Besses.

In regards to the Bury Children and Young People Health and Wellbeing Survey, it is important to note that only 55% of secondary pupils

who took part returned a valid postcode that could be matched to a neighbourhood. Figure 7 shows that 8% of respondents of the survey living in Whitefield use nicotine products at least once a week.

Source: Ash Ready Reckoner Tool [2019] Number of smokers 18+

Whitefield 4,250

Besses 1,587

Pilkington Park 1,375

Unsworth 1,288

Figure 6: Estimated Cost to Society of Smoking Source: Ash Ready Reckoner Tool [2019]

Ward Level Smoking Prevalence

2. Population Health & Wellbeing - Smoking

Source: Ash Ready Reckoner Tool [2019]

Figure 7: Percentage of children who report any experience with

nicotine products (tobacco, vapour, shisha) Source: Bury Children and Young People Health and Wellbeing Survey [2018-19]

Source: Local Health Profile (narrow definition) Whitefield Bury

Admissions from harm and injury - as a result of alcohol

814 5,317

2. Population Health & Wellbeing - Alcohol

Alcohol misuse

Data has been obtained from the Licensing Office to show how many places in Whitefield have a license to sell alcohol.

Within Whitefield, there are 58 premises licensed to sell alcohol, which accounts for less than 15% of the 450 alcohol

licenses across Bury.

Figure 8 shows admissions to hospital where the primary diagnosis is an alcohol-related condition, or a secondary diagnosis is an alcohol-related

external cause. Whitefield has a significantly lower standardised admission rate for alcohol related harm than both Bury overall and the England rate.

Figure 9 shows that less than half of children in Whitefield responded they

have never drunk alcohol. It is important to note that only 55% of secondary pupils who took part in the Bury Children and Young People Health and

Wellbeing Survey returned a valid postcode that could be matched to a neighbourhood.

Figure 8: Hospital stays for alcohol related harm; Standardised Admission

Rates [2013/14 to 2017/18]

Licensed Premises

Figure 9: Percentage of children in Whitefield who report drinking habits Source: Bury Children and Young People Health and Wellbeing Survey [2018-19]

Source: Bury Children and Young People Health and Wellbeing Survey [2018-19] Whitefield Bury

Physical Activity in Children

Did not do hard exercise that lasted more than an hour in the previous week

13.9% 11%

Did 7 days hard exercise that lasted more than an hour in the previous week

1.6% 0.9%

Level of Physical Inactivity

The heat map shows the levels of physical inactivity by middle super output areas within Whitefield.

Physical inactivity levels across Whitefield are high compared to Bury in general.

Source: Census 2011 (ONS); Active Lifestyles (Sport England 2017)

2. Population Health & Wellbeing - Physical Activity

There are over 19 takeaway outlets within Whitefield. This map only includes those outlets that are primarily recorded as “Takeaway - Hot Food”, and “Takeaway - Cold Food”. The majority are within the

east of the neighbourhood along Bury Old Road.

Takeaway Food Outlets

Source: DCRS [2019] BEATS Participants

Whitefield 167

Besses 63

Pilkington Park 59

Unsworth 45

2. Population Health & Wellbeing - Physical Activity

Sports Facilities

There are at least 25 sports facilities available in Whitefield.

Sports facilities include gyms, fitness centres, tennis courts,

running tracks, football pitches etc.

Bury Exercise and Therapy Service (BEATS) Activity data

The BEATS programme provides two services: Exercise and Therapy, and Strength and Balance.

Between January and October 2019 there have been approximately 1,200 participants across Bury. Around 14% of these have been

residents within the Whitefield neighbourhood.

Source: Active Places Power [2018]

Figure 10: Activity data from BEATS participants who live in Whitefield; split

by gender Source: DCRS [2019]

The National Childhood Measurement Programme (NCMP) measures the height and weight of children aged 4-5 and 10-11 years in

primary schools, in order to determine their BMI category. The heat maps display Whitefield wards by each BMI weight category. The darker colour represents more children in that area who fall into that category. The data across Bury equals 100%.

The data shown covers 3 academic years, in order to provide a large enough data set for analysis.

2. Population Health & Wellbeing - Overweight & Obesity

Whitefield has seen a healthy weight maintained in both reception and Year 6. Numbers of very overweight children in reception and

those underweight in Year 6 has seen a slight decrease.

Source: Locally collected NCMP data [14/15-16/17 and 15/16-17/18]

Reception (4-5 Year Olds) 2014/15 - 2016/17 Year 6 (10-11 Year Olds)

Reception (4-5 Year Olds) 2015/16 - 2017/18 Year 6 (10-11 Year Olds)

Source: School Census [2017/18] Whitefield Bury

Total Population 4,522 29,818

Nursery 139 1,369

Primary School 2,536 16,745

Secondary School 1,628 11,193

Specialists & Pupil Referral Units 219 511

3. Education and Skills – Schools and Colleges

School Population Schools and Colleges

The school population information refers to state schools only, and does not include any private or independent schools.

Out of all five neighbourhoods, Whitefield most closely reflects the school breakdown of Bury overall. Over half of the schools in

Whitefield are primary schools.

The above map displays schools and colleges located within Whitefield. Other education establishments include specialist

schools and Pupil Referral Units (PRU), and may also include private

or independent schools.

Source: School Census 2017 (DfE)

Figure 11: School Breakdown - Whitefield vs. Bury

Whitefield Bury

Source: School Census 2017 (DfE)

Source: Children’s Services [2017/18] Whitefield Bury

Overall (students) 356 2,362

Boys 194 1,217

Girls 162 1,145

The data above shows the percentage of children (not including specialist schools) in Key Stage 1 (5-7 years) and Key Stage 2 (7-11 years) who met or exceeded the expected standard in

reading, writing and maths at the 11 primary schools within Whitefield.

Whitefield is performing at a higher standard than both Bury as a whole and England at KS1 and KS2 levels.

3. Education and Skills – Early Years

Key Stage 1 & Key Stage 2 - Reading, Writing & Maths Good Level of Development

In order to be judged as attaining a Good Level of Development, a child must be achieving or exceeding the expected standard in all prime areas, literacy and mathematics. Should the child fail to meet

one of these areas, then they will not be awarded a Good Level of Development.

The data is based on the location of the school, not where the child lives. In the UK, the Good Level of Development is widely used as a measure of school readiness for entry to Year 1 in KS1.

Figure 12: Percentage of pupils with a Good Level of Development at

age 5

Figure 13: Percentage of children at KS1 and KS2 who met or exceeded the expected level of reading, writing and maths

Source: Children’s Social Care, 2018/19 (NCER)

3. Education and Skills – Education Attainment

A Level Attainment 8

This data refers to all A Levels taken in 2017/18 where a pupil achieved an A Level result of E or above. This is for pupils in state

sixth form colleges and further education colleges, but not from integrated sixth form schools.

Only results from pupils who were aged 16-18 on the 31st August of that academic year with a registered address within Bury are included.

Figure 15: A Level Achievement rates

Source: Individual Learner Record [ILR, 2017/18] (GMCA)

A new secondary school accountability system was introduced in 2016, known as Attainment 8. This measures pupils’ attainment

across 8 qualifications including:

- Maths (double weighted) and English (double weighted, if

both English language and English literature are sat);

- 3 qualifications that count in the English Baccalaureate

(EBacc) measures;

- 3 further qualifications that can be GCSE qualifications

(including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from the DfE

approved list.

The high school in Pilkington Park ward (Philips High School) is performing at a lower level than Bury and England for Attainment

8. Although the high school in Unsworth (Unsworth Academy) is performing at the same level as Bury overall, it is lower than the

England average. Please note there are no high schools in Besses ward, hence its omission from the graph.

Figure 14: Attainment 8 Achievement Rates

Source: Troubled Families 2 Master List Whitefield Bury

Number of eligible families 191 1,257

Number of families worked with 135 910

Number of successful families 65 415

4. Health and Social Care Activity – Children’s Social Care

Troubled Families Team Oasis (Early Help)

This data is taken from the second phase of the Troubled Families programme master list, which contains all families that have been

either identified or worked with since September 2014. Out of all five neighbourhoods in Bury, Whitefield accounts for around only 15% of

all eligible families, but has one of the highest turnaround rates (48%).

In order for a family to be considered as successful as a result of the

programme, each of the criteria that the family has hit must no longer be an issue or be showing significant and sustained improvement in

the right direction.

Figure 16: Families in Whitefield who have successfully been turned

around as a result of the Troubled Families programme by ward

In order to qualify for the Troubled Families programme, a family must have a minimum of one dependent child and hit two of the six

headline criteria listed below: Crime Involvement with Childrens services Education Health needs

Worklessness Domestic Abuse

Team Oasis (Bury’s Children and Young Person’s early help) was established in October 2013 as part of the early help offer in Bury.

The main principle of Team Oasis is to prevent children, young people and their families from needing more specialist intervention and to support and empower families in accessing

universal provision.

Families are supported by Team Oasis through a “Team around

the Family” plan. The map contains the percentage of early help cases by ward as a total of all the Oasis cases in Bury. Within Whitefield, Besses had the highest percentage of cases.

Source: Social Care Record (N.B. numbers less than 5 are not shown for confidentiality)

Rapid Response

Choices for Living Well

Whitefield

Eligible Referrals 73 83

Outcome - home without support 5 13

Outcome - home with support 6 16

Outcome - hospital 11 38

Source: Social Care Record Whitefield Bury

Contacts 1,957 13,371

Resolved by Contact Team 768 5,648

Assessment by Integrated Neighbourhood Team 1,124 7,159

Safeguarding or Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards 65 564

Assessments resulting in eligible support needs 169 1,139

Formal Carers Assessments carried out 20 194

4. Health and Social Care Activity – Adult Social Care

Short Term Services Requests for Support

Carers & Users Satisfaction ratings

All residents are entitled to request an assessment under the Care

Act 2014. If they are eligible they may receive a package of support,

either through a direct payment or commissioned services.

Figure 18 (above): ASCOF 2D - Proportion of new clients who received short-

term services, where no further request was made for ongoing support or

support of a lower level Source: Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework [2018/19]

Figure 17: Overall Satisfaction with Care and Support Services: "I am

extremely satisfied" or "I am very satisfied".

There are several short term services within Bury that help people return home after a stay in hospital; these services can help people

to continue living as independently as they can.

Rapid response services aim to prevent hospital admissions by providing and arranging equipment, support at home or by placing

a person in emergency respite in order to prevent a carer breakdown.

Source: Adult Social Care Users Survey; Survey of Adult Carers in England [2018/19]

Source: Social Care Record [2018/19]

Whitefield Bury

Number of service users (†numbers less than 5 are not shown for confidentiality)

18-64

Community* 68 478

Direct Payment 70 464

Permanent Nursing 0 8

Permanent Residential † 65

65+

Community* 168 983

Direct Payment 19 205

Permanent Nursing 15 174

Permanent Residential 72 662

*Community includes both Domiciliary Care and Supported Living


Long Term Services

Residents with assessed eligible needs under the Care Act will have a support plan, which describes the level of help required, who is

providing it, and when. Figure 19 shows that the majority of residents in Whitefield aged 65 and over are receiving support in the community.

However, for 18-64 year olds in Whitefield the most common form of support is through a direct payment.

Figure 20 shows that the main primary support reason for 18-64 year olds in Whitefield is Learning Disability. These service users are often

supported within the community. The 65+ population are receiving support for predominantly physical mobility issues, followed by support

with memory & cognition.

Figure 19: Percentage of adult social care support provided in Whitefield of

all support provided in Bury Source: Social Care Record [2018/19]

Figure 20: Age and Support Reason Source: Social Care Record [2018/19]

(N.B. numbers less than 5 are not shown for confidentiality)

Source: Social Care Record [2018/19]

Whitefield Bury

Adult Safeguardings

Concerns 288 2,774

Enquiries 52 514

Conversion Rate 18% 19%

Safeguarding Adults


Residential and Nursing Homes

All safeguardings are classed as a concern; however, a proportion

will proceed to a safeguarding enquiry if the appropriate criteria

are met. After further exploration, some will then progress to a

safeguarding investigation.

Prevention of abuse and neglect is one element of a person’s

wellbeing, which is at the heart of the Care Act (2014). Adult

safeguarding duties apply regardless of where a person lives,

whether they are receiving care, or if they pay for this care

privately.

Figure 21: Proportion of people who use services who feel safe: “I feel as

safe as I want” Source: Adult Social Care Users Survey [2018/19]

There are 6 residential and nursing homes in Whitefield, all bar 1

are rated as “Good”. Some homes may not be visible as others are

located in the same place on the map.

Bury’s care homes have consistently outperformed many of its

neighbouring boroughs.

Source: CQC website [October 2019]

Source: GP Registers, July 2019 Whitefield

GP Resident Population Total 19,619

Blackford House Medical Centre 4,404

The Elms Medical Centre 3,064

The Uplands Medical Practice 3,627

Unsworth Medical Centre 3,318

Registered elsewhere in Bury 5,157

Registered outside of Bury 49

4. Health and Social Care Activity – Primary Care

Population by GP Practice GP and Health Services Map

Around three quarters of residents in Whitefield are registered at

a GP surgery within their neighbourhood. Some GPs may not be visible as others are located in the same place on the map.

Source: NHS Choices [2018]

Figure 22: Percentage split of resident population by registered

neighbourhood

Source: SUS 2018/19 Whitefield Bury

Total A&E Attendances 7,739 52,658

Total Emergency Admissions 3,316 21,983

Total First Attendances 8,661 53,355

Total Elective Admissions 5,553 33,148

Source: Public Health England, NHS Digital Whitefield Bury

Emergency hospital admissions - All Causes [2013/14-2017/18]

16,385 100,726

Emergency hospital admissions - CHD* 473 2,659

Emergency hospital admissions - stroke 274 1,476

Emergency hospital admissions - MI* 242 1,285

Emergency hospital admissions - COPD* 313 1,995

*CHD: Coronary Heart Disease; MI: Myocardial Infarction; COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

4. Health and Social Care Activity – Secondary Care

Whitefield has an above average number of:

- A&E Attendances for Ophthalmological and Cardiac

Conditions;

- Emergency admissions for Thoracic Procedures and Cardiac

Disorders;

- Outpatient activity for many specialties including Trauma &

Orthopaedics, Ophthalmology, Gynaecology, Cardiology;

- Elective admissions for Digestive System Procedures and

Disorders;

- Elective admissions for Haematological Procedures and

Disorders;

- Elective admissions for Orthopaedic Non-Trauma

Disorders;

- Elective admissions for Eyes and Periorbita Procedures and

Disorders.

Outpatient attendances are from any referral source, not purely GP-driven demand.

Admissions are broken down by HRG sub-chapter* to give a more detailed overview than speciality, although many areas fall under General Medicine.

*HRG subchapters are used to categorise activity within NHS

Figure 23: Emergency Hospital Admissions - Standardised Admission

Ratios [2013/14-2017/18] (Estimated from MSOA data)

Emergency Hospital Admissions - Long Term Conditions Hospital Activity

7. Employment and Income

Disability Living Allowance/ Personal Independence Payments

There is some variation in Whitefield between the percentages of

people claiming DLA and PIP. There are pockets in Besses and Unsworth wards that have the highest percentage of claimants for both DLA and PIP.

Median Income

This layer shows the median household income across Greater Manchester by LSOA taken from CACI Paycheck 2018 data via

Mapping GM, people and communities map.

Source: CACI Paycheck [2018]

5. Employment and Income – Median Income and DLA/PIP

Personal Independence

Payments by LSOA as % of Bury total as at May 2018

Disability Living Allowance

Payments by LSOA as % of Bury

total as at May 2018

Source: DWP Stat Explore May 2018

Source: NOMIS [2017/18] Whitefield Bury

Employment Benefit Claimants

Unemployment rate (measured by JSA claimants) 2.2% 2.5%

Long term unemployment (JSA) [calculated by unemployment rate/1000]

2.6% 3.3%

Claiming job seekers allowances* 403 2,893

Claiming job seekers allowances > 1 year 47 380

*monthly averages

This map displays Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) within Whitefield and is heat mapped to show the percentage of households claiming both universal credit and housing benefit.

There are pockets of the highest areas of those claiming universal credit and housing benefit within each of Whitefield’s three wards,

namely around the centre of Whitefield, which includes Besses o’ th’ Barn, and around the Rufford Drive area of Unsworth.

This table illustrates the proportion of residents claiming Job

Seekers Allowance (JSA), which was the benefit available prior to Universal Credit. The unemployment rate in Whitefield is similar

to the Bury average. However, long term unemployment is significantly lower in Whitefield when compared to the whole of Bury.

Source: DWP Stat Explore Oct 2018

Figure 24: Universal Credit & Housing Benefit Claims

Benefits (JSA, Universal Credit and Housing Benefit) & Employment

5. Employment and Income - Benefits

Source: Census 2011; Dept of Energy & Climate change 2016 Whitefield Bury

Households and their living environment

Fuel Poverty 1,487 9,354

Pensioners living alone, 2011 1,846 9,658

5. Employment and Income – Poverty and Fuel Poverty

Fuel Poverty

Whitefield is similar to the Bury and England averages for both fuel poverty and pensioners living alone.

Whitefield has the lowest level of fuel poverty out of all five neighbourhoods within Bury.

Poverty

Whitefield is heat mapped at the Middle Super Output Area level

(MSOA) to show the percentage of households in poverty, using model-based households in poverty estimates. These estimates are the percentage of households below 60% of the median income,

before housing costs.

The highest areas of poverty displayed are around the centre of

Whitefield which includes the Besses o’ th’ Barn and Oak Bank areas,

and also around the Hollins and Pilsworth areas of Unsworth.

Source: ONS [2014]

Figure 25: Percentage of housing & living environment indicators

[2011]

Community and Voluntary Sector Key Businesses

Each service within the community and voluntary sector has been

placed into the categories listed in the key to the map. Note that:

Care services includes cleaning/shopping/care homes/care at home companies;

Housing includes supported living as well as support services;

SEND services includes schools and businesses that have SEND

provision.

The map highlights by postcode where businesses are located

within Whitefield, including small to medium enterprises. The

categories note the type of company.

Source: The Bury Directory

Community Interest Company Industrial and Provident Society Limited Liability Partnership PRI/LBG/NSC1 PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC2 Private Limited Company Private Unlimited Public Limited Company 1 (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of ‘Limited’ exemption) 2 (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital)

Source: Companies House; Economic Development & European Policy

5. Employment and Income – Key Businesses and Community and Voluntary Sector

Source: Census [2011] Whitefield

One person household: Aged 65 and over 1,846

One person household: Other 2,118

One family only: All aged 65 and over 1,197

One family only: Married couple 4,409

One family only: Cohabiting couple 1,122

One family only: Lone Parent 1,488

Other household types: With dependent children 258

Other household types: All full-time students 1

Other household types: All aged 65 and over 41

Other household types: Other 361

Source: Census [2011] Whitefield

Household spaces with at least one usual resident 12,841

Household spaces with no usual residents 605

Whole house or bungalow: Detached 2,802

Whole house or bungalow: Semi-detached 5,496

Whole house or bungalow: Terraced (including end terrace) 3,223

Flat, maisonette or apartment: Purpose build flats 1,744

Flat, maisonette or apartment: Part of a converted/shared house 78

Flat, maisonette or apartment: In a commercial building 101

Caravan or other mobile/temporary structure 2

6. Housing - Tenure

Living Arrangements

A household space listed with no usual residents may still be used by short-term residents, visitors who were present on census night, or a combination of short-term residents and visitors.

Vacant household spaces and household spaces that are used as second addresses, are also classified in census results as

'household spaces with no usual residents'.

Whitefield is similar to Bury and England, however there is a higher percentage of semi-detached houses than both Bury and

England, and a higher percentage of detached houses than Bury overall.

Household Composition

In Whitefield, there are more married/civil partnership couples and

all aged 65 and over households than the Bury and England

percentages.

Figure 26: Percentage of Household

composition for Whitefield,

compared to Bury and England

Figure 27: Percentage breakdown of housing

Source: Census [2011] Whitefield Bury

All Tenure types 12,841 78,113

Owned 9,303 54,395

Shared ownership (part owned and part rented) 29 247

Social rented 1,917 11,703

Private rented 1,439 10,774

Living rent free 153 994

6. Housing – Social and Private Rented Housing

Private Rented Homes

There are nearly 13,000 households within Whitefield, with 73%

of these being either Owned or Shared Ownership.

Only 11% of tenures within the area are rented privately. Figure

28 shows how this 11% is made up, the majority of which is privately arranged.

Social Housing

This information only covers properties owned and managed by Six Town Housing and not any other Housing Associations within

the borough.

Approximately 11% of all Six Town Housing properties in Bury are located in Whitefield.

Source: Six Town Housing [2019]

Figure 28: Private Rented breakdown in Whitefield

7. Environment - Environmental Health

Commercial Noise Complaints Domestic Noise Complaints

In Whitefield, there were 76 domestic noise complaints for 2018/19, which accounts for 16% of the total across Bury. The highest reason

for the complaints in Whitefield was dogs, followed by amplified music.

There were only 9 commercial noise complaints in Whitefield for

2018/19, which accounts for just 12% of all complaints across Bury. More than half (5) of the complaints in Whitefield were regarding Machinery/Processes.

Source: Environmental Health [2018/19]

Hoarding Accumulations

There were 8 instances of hoarding recorded by Environmental

Health in 2018/19. This accounts for just 9% of all reports across Bury.

Within Whitefield, there were 79 reported accumulations during 2018/19, accounting for 13% of all those reported in Bury.

Accumulations often occur on private property and are a general accumulation of household waste and rubbish.




Fly-Tipping

There were 39 instances of fly tipping reported in Whitefield throughout 2018/19. This accounts for 15% of all reports within

Bury.

Greenspace Sites

The above map displays all types of greenspace sites within

Whitefield. This is inclusive of parks and other community land for both sports and recreation.

Source: Ordinance Survey [2018]


Source: Bury Children and Young People Health and Wellbeing Survey [2018-19]

Whitefield Bury

All Respondents 199 1,180

Car 71 416

School Bus 1 43

Bus 3 55

Taxi 2 17

Train 2 16

Bicycle 5 20

Walk 109 585

Other 6 28

7. Environment

Transport Links

The map displays the public transport links within Whitefield. The

dark green lines denote bus routes, with the light green and red lines being cycle routes. The Metrolink is displayed in yellow.

Source: TfGM [2019]

Active Travel - School and College

Whitefield had the second largest number of respondents of the survey with 199 children filling it in. This accounts for approximately 17% of

the total respondents. 90% of children in Whitefield travel to school either by walking or by car.

It is important to note that only 55% of secondary pupils who took part in the Bury Children and Young People Health and Wellbeing Survey returned a valid postcode that could be matched to a neighbourhood.

8. Crime & Safety – Crime

Reported Crime

The above map displays Middle Super Output Areas (MSOA) within Whitefield and is heat mapped to show the percentage of reported

crime.

The highest areas displayed are around the centre of Whitefield,

around the Besses o’ th’ Barn area.

Anti-Social Behaviour

Source: Home Office [2017]

The highest areas in regards to reported Anti-Social Behaviour during 2017 displayed are around the centre of Whitefield which includes the Besses o’ th’ Barn and Lily Hill areas.

Source: Home Office [2017]

8. Crime & Safety – Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS)

Base Risk Model

Taken from the GMFRS annual report the highlighted areas identify pockets of ‘at risk’ communities, and are subsequently

used to target resources.

Furthermore, as this is available at Lower Super Output Area, this

level of geography is also compatible with IMD. The risk modelling assesses the frequency of incidents and their magnitude in terms of the number of resulting casualties. The risk model is updated

on a yearly basis, with the most recent published in 2016/17.

Public and Commercial Buildings

The map illustrates the number of commercial building fires which have occurred in Whitefield between 1st April 2012 and 31st March 2015.

In general, public and commercial buildings are the places where large numbers of people are at risk. However, the rates of fires,

injuries and fatalities is relatively low as employers and owners are required to comply with fire safety legislation, and premises

are subject to a risk-based audit and inspection programme.

Source: GMFRS 2016/17 Source: GMFRS 2016/17

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