ELECTORAL DIVISION PROFILE 2017

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LARE

LECTORAL

IVISION

ROFILE

2017

ThisDivisioncomprisesCavendish,Clare,Hundon,Wickhambrookand

Withersfieldwards

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www.suffolkobservatory.info

©Crowncopyrightanddatabaserights2017OrdnanceSurvey100023395

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CONTENTS

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 DemographicProfile:Age&Ethnicity

 EconomyandLabourMarket

 Schools&NEET

 IndexofMultipleDeprivation

 Health

 CommunitySafety

 DataSources

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ELECTORALDIVISIONPROFILES:ANINTRODUCTION

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Theseprofileshavebeenproducedtosupportelectedmembers,constituentsandotherinterested

partiesinunderstandingthedemographic,economic,socialandeducationalprofileoftheir

neighbourhoods.Wehaveusedthelatestdataavailableatthetimeofpublication.

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Muchmoredataisavailablefromnationalandlocalsourcesthaniscapturedhere,butitishoped

thattheprofilewillbeausefulstartingpointfordiscussion,wherelocalknowledgeandexperience

canbeusedtofleshoutandilluminatetheinformationpresentedhere.

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Theprofilecanbeusedtohelplookatsomefundamentalquestionse.g.

 Doestheageprofileofthepopulationmatchordifferfromthenationalprofile?

 IsthereevidenceoftheageingprofileofthecountyinallthewardsintheDivisionorjustsome?

 Howdiverseisthecommunityintermsofethnicity?

 Whatistheimpactofdeprivationonfamiliesandresidents?

 Doesthereseemtobealinkbetweendeprivationandschoolperformance?

 Whatisthebreakdownofemploymentsectorsinthearea?

 Isitarelativelyhealthyareacomparedtotherestofthedistrictorcounty?

 Whatsortofcrimeisprevalentinthecommunity?

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AvastamountofadditionaldataisavailableontheSuffolkObservatory

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www.suffolkobservatory.info

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TheSuffolkObservatoryisafreeonlineresourcethatcontainsallSuffolk’svitalstatistics;itisthe

one‐stop‐shopforinformationandintelligenceaboutSuffolk.Throughdata,reportsandprofiles,the

SuffolkObservatoryprovidesacomprehensivepictureoftheCounty.Itisagreatsourceforuseful

factsandfiguresthatcanbeusedforwritingreportsandpresentations,informingstrategicand

businessplanning,preparingfundingapplicationsorsupportingacademicresearch.Dataispresented

aroundthekeythemesofeducationandskills,economyandemployment,healthandcare,

population,deprivation,housing,environment,transportandtravelandcrime.Allareasofthe

countyarecovered,rightdowntodistrict,wardandparishlevel,withinformationeasilyaccessiblein

avarietyofformats.Youcanalsobuildyourownreportsbydifferentthemesandtopics.

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TechnicalNotes:

1. WhereElectoralDivisionsdonotexactlymatchwardboundaries,wehaveadopteda“best

fit”approachtoproduceadataset.

2. District,countyandnationalleveldataisprovidedwherepossibletoprovideacontextfor

comparisons.

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DEMOGRAPHICPROFILE‐AGE

Inmid‐2015,thepopulationofClarestoodat11,597,anincreaseof1.4%sincethe2011Census.The

agestructureofthecomponentwardsandthedivisionasawholeissetoutbelow.

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ClareDivision Cavendish Clare Hundon Wickhambrook Withersfield

AllAges 11,597 2,018 2,063 3,070 2,159 2,287

0‐4 446 75 90 94 94 93

5‐9 539 102 93 116 126 102

10‐14 535 96 116 117 110 96

15‐19 507 98 87 108 112 102

20‐24 511 65 75 175 68 128

25‐29 612 65 67 254 71 155

30‐34 630 54 57 295 78 146

35‐39 577 71 91 207 98 110

40‐44 754 105 127 248 126 148

45‐49 903 147 136 242 164 214

50‐54 944 171 147 229 192 205

55‐59 806 143 114 214 168 167

60‐64 848 154 156 201 172 165

65‐69 962 206 202 196 211 147

70‐74 795 151 192 164 151 137

75‐79 524 128 114 101 93 88

80‐84 311 70 87 57 57 40

85+ 393 117 112 52 68 44

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‐10% ‐8% ‐6% ‐4% ‐2% 0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10%

0‐4

5‐9

10‐14

15‐19

20‐24

25‐29

30‐34

35‐39

40‐44

45‐49

50‐54

55‐59

60‐64

65‐69

70‐74

75‐79

80‐84

85+

UK‐females UK‐males Clare‐females Clare‐males

 TheagepyramidforClareshowsahigherthanaverageproportionofpeopleovertheageof45

 ThecommonestagegroupinClareis65‐64,followedby50‐54

 Therearemuchlowernumbersofpeopleundertheageof40thanthenationalaverage,in

particularfemalesaged20‐40

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THNICITY(%)

 Accordingtothelatestdata(2011Census),94.9%(10,851)ofthepopulationofClarearewhite

 Thereisaslightlyhigherproportion,5.1%,ofpeopleofblackorminorityethnicorigininthe

division,comparedtotheboroughofStEdmundsbury

 ThediversityprofileofClarehasmoreincommonwiththecountyasawholethantheborough

ofStEdmundsbury

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All

people

White WhiteBritish Mixed

Asianand

Asian

British

Blackand

Black

British

Other

Ethnic

Group

Blackor

Minority

EthnicTotal

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Count Count % Count % Count % Count % Count % Count % Count %

Clare 11,440 10,851 94.9 10,433 91.2 148 1.3 169 1.5 247 2.2 25 0.2 589 5.1

StEdmundsbury 111,008 106,615 96.0 101,239 91.2 1,404 1.3 1,824 1.6 902 0.8 263 0.2 4,393 4.0

Suffolk

728,163 693,195 95.2 661,458 90.8 12,472 1.7 13,131 1.8 6,854 0.9 2,511 0.3 34,968 4.8

England

&Wales

86.080.52.26.72.80.412.1

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10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

White WhiteBritish Mixed Asian&Asian

British

Black&Black

British

Otherethnic

group

BME

Clare StEdmundsbury SuffolkCounty England

ECONOMY

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Thereare3,100peopleemployedinClare.

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 ThekeyemploymentsectorsinClarearepublicadministrationanddefenceandmanufacturing

 ThesesectorsareparticularlyimportantastheyemployhighernumbersofpeopleinClarethan

thenationalaverage;almostathirdofemployeesinthedivisionworkinthesesectors

 Education,accommodationandfoodservices,wholesale,retailandmotortradesandhealthalso

accountforalmostoneintenjobsinthedivisioneach

10%

15%

20%

25%

Clare StEdmundsbury Suffolk GreatBritain

LABOURMARKET

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JOBSEEKERSALLOWANCECLAIMANTRATE

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 Clare’sJobSeekersAllowanceclaimantratehasremainedrelativelystableoverthelastthree

years,ataround0.5%oftheworkingagepopulation

 Theratehasbeenconsistentlybelowborough,countyandnationallevels

 InFebruary2017,around0.3%oftheworkingagepopulationareclaimingJSA.Thisisbelowthe

district,countyandnationalaverages

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0.0%

0.5%

1.0%

1.5%

2.0%

2.5%

Clare StEdmundsbury Suffolk UnitedKingdom

SCHOOLS

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SCHOOLINFORMATION

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SchoolsintheDivision

Averagecohortsizeat:

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Name Phase

Foundation

Stage

(age5)

KS2

(age11)

KS4

(age16)

Latest

Ofsted

LatestOfsted

Date

CavendishCEVCPSchool Primary 15 12Good 06/03/2013

ClareCPSchool Primary 25 22Good 23/02/2016

HundonCPSchool Primary 13 10Good 16/07/2015

ThurlowCEVCPSchool Primary 15 12Good 02/05/2013

WickhambrookPrimaryAcademy Primary 22 17

Notyetinspected

asanAcademy

StourValleyCommunitySchool Upper  80 Good 10/07/2013

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SchoolCatchmentoverlapswiththeDivision

Averagecohortsizeat:

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Name Phase

Foundation

Stage

(age5)

KS2

(age11)

KS4

(age16)

KS5

(age18)

Latest

Ofsted

Latest

OfstedDate

HartestCEVCP

School

Primary 11 10  Good 31/01/2013

IckworthPark

PrimarySchool

Primary 37Good 17/11/2015

HorringerCourt

MiddleSchool

Middle 89  Good 14/06/2016

SamuelWard

Academy

Upper 185 66 Outstanding 09/10/2012

CountyUpperSchool Upper 245 102 Outstanding 18/09/2013

OrmistonSudbury

Academy

Upper 141 43 Good 05/06/2014

Newmarket

Academy

Upper 115 17

Notyetinspected

asanAcademy

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SCHOOLATTAINMENT

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FoundationStageProfile(reception)

%pupilsachievingGoodLevelofDevelopment(GLD)

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 ClareCPistheonlyschooltoseeFoundationStageattainmentatorabovethecountyaveragein

eachofthelastthreeyears

 AttainmentatClareCPSchoolfellin2015,whilethatofthreeotherschools(CavendishCEVCP,

HundonCPandThurlowCEVCP)improved,leavingonlyWickhambrook

PrimaryAcademynot

achievingthecountyandnationallevel

 WickhambrookPrimaryAcademyandClarebothimprovedin2016,leavingonlytwoschools

belowthecountyaverage(HundonCPandThurlowCEVCP)

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100

2014 2015 2016

CavendishCEVCPSchool ClareCPSchool

HundonCPSchool ThurlowCEVCPSchool

WickhambrookPrimaryAcademy Suffolk

National

KeyStage2(age11)

PupilAchievementinallthreesubjects,Reading,WritingandMathematics

(2014–2015as%Level4orbetter&2016%ExpectedLevelorbetter)

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InJuly2016,therewasachangeinthewaypupilachievementismeasuredattheendofKS2.Priorto

2016,pupilsreceivedNationalCurriculumLevelgradesforEnglishandMaths,withL4beingthe

expectedlevelattheendofKeyStage2.In2016themeasurescaledscoreandshowswhetherornot

apupilhasachievedthenationalstandardforthatsubject

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 In2014,Keystage2attainmentatallfiveschoolsinClarewasabovetheSuffolkaveragelevel

 PerformanceatClareCP,HundonCP,ThurlowCEVCPandWickhambrookPrimaryAcademy

declinedin2015.CavendishCEVCP,ClareCPandHundonCPSchoolseachsawaboveaverage

performance

 AttainmentatCavendishCEVCP,ClareCPandWickhambrookPrimaryAcademywereatorabove

thecountyandnationalaveragesin2016,whileHundonCPandThurlowCEVCPSchoolssaw

belowaverageattainment

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100

2014 2015 2016

CavendishCEVCPSchool ClareCPSchool

HundonCPSchool ThurlowCEVCPSchool

WickhambrookPrimaryAcademy Suffolk

National

GCSE(KeyStage4)(age16)

%pupilsachievingfiveormoreGCSEs(orequivalent)atA*‐CincludingEnglishandMathematics

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InJuly2016,anadditionalmeasureofpupilachievementatKeyStage4wasintroducedbutforthe

purposesofthisprofileandtodemonstratechangeovertime,wehavepresentedconsistentdatafor

theperiod2014‐2016usingthe%pupilsachievingfiveormoreGCSEs(orequivalent)atA*‐C

includingEnglishandMathematics.

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 GCSEattainmentlevelsatStourValleyCommunitySchoolhaveimprovedineachofthepast

threeyears,thoughremainconsistentlybelowthecountyandnationalaverages

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2014 2015 2016

StourValleyCommunitySchool Suffolk National

NEET%(NOTINEDUCATION,EMPLOYMENTORTRAINING)

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 InJanuary2017,1.7%of16‐18yearoldsinClareclassifiedasNEET(wherecurrentactivityis

known)

 NEETlevelsinClarearegenerallybelowthedistrictandnationalaverages

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Clare StEdmundsbury Suffolk

INDEXOFMULTIPLEDEPRIVATION(IMD)2015(SEEMAPOVERLEAF)

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TheIMDcombinesanumberofindicators,chosentocoverarangeofeconomic,socialandhousing

issues,intoasingledeprivationscoreforeachsmallareainEngland.Thisallowseachareatobe

rankedrelativetooneanotheraccordingtotheirlevelofdeprivation.Smallareas(LowerSuper

OutputAreas,averagepopulation1,500)aremostusuallydescribedasbeingin1of5quintilebands.

Thebottomquintilerepresentsthe20%ofareasthatarethemostdeprivedinthecountry;theseare

shadedredonthemap.Thetopquintilerepresentstheleastdeprivedareasinthecountry,andis

shadedgreen.

TheIndexiswidelyusedtoanalysepatternsofdeprivation,identifyareasthatwouldbenefitfrom

specialinitiativesorprogrammesandasatooltodetermineeligibilityforspecificfundingstreams.

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 TheIMD2015showsthatrelativedeprivationlevelsinClarearefairlylow,withmostpartsofthe

divisionclassifiedinthemiddledeprivationquintile

 OfthefiveLowerSuperOutputAreasinClare,fourareinthemid20%,whileoneisinthenext

leastdeprivedquintile

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Mostdeprived

20%

Nextmost

deprived20%

Mid20% Nextleast

deprived20%

Leastdeprived

20%

%ofLSOAsbyquintile

Clare StEdmundsbury Suffolk England

HEALTH

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Thelocaldatausedhereisbasedonrelativelysmallnumbers.Theconfidencelimitsprovidean

indicationofthereliabilityofthedata.The95%confidenceintervalsutilisedonthechartprovidea

rangewithinwhichthereis95%chanceofthetrueresultlying.

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IFEEXPECTANCYATBIRTH

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 EstimatedlifeexpectancyatbirthformalesinClareisabovetheborough,countyandnational

averages

 Thisisalsothecaseforlifeexpectancyatbirthforfemales

 Formales,theestimatedfigureforlifeexpectancyatbirthis83.1years,whileforfemales,itis

overtwoyearslonger,at85.8

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DEATHS,UNDER75YEARS,STANDARDISEDMORTALITYRATIO

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 Thedeathratefromallcausesandcirculatoryandcoronaryheartdiseasesforunder75sinClare

isbelowborough,countyandnationalaverages

 Thedeathratefromcancerforunder75sinthedivisionisalsobelowtheboroughandnational

levels

 Thestandardisedmortalityratiodatashownheremeansthatforevery100earlydeathsfromall

causesacrosstheUKasawhole,thereareanestimated68comparabledeathsinClare

Clare StEdmundsbury Suffolk UK

Lifeexpectancyatbirthformales,2010‐2014 Lifeexpectancyatbirthforfemales,2010‐2014

100

120

140

160

180

Deathsfromallcauses Deathsfromallcancer Deathsfromcirculatory

disease

Deathsfromcoronary

heartdisease

Clare StEdmundsbury Suffolk UK

CRIME&COMMUNITYSAFETY

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 CrimeratesinClarearewellbelowthedistrictandcountylevels

 In2015,therewere40recordedcrimesper1,000residentsinClarecomparedto61inSt

Edmundsburyand59acrossthecountyasawhole

 Themostcommonlyrecordedtypeofcrimeinthedivisionisviolencewithinjury,unlikethe

boroughandSuffolk,wherethemostcommoncrimeis“othertheft”

 Violencewithoutinjuryisthesecondmostcommonlyrecordedtypeofcrime

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DDITIONALINFORMATION

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ParishesinDivision

Brockley GreatWratting Ousden

Cavendish Hargrave Poslingford

Clare Hawkedon Stansfield

Cowlinge Hundon Stoke‐by‐Clare

Denston Lidgate Stradishall

Depden LittleBradley Wickhambrook

GreatBradley LittleThurlow Withersfield

GreatThurlow LittleWratting Wixoe

Clare StEdmundsbury Suffolk

Burglary CriminalDamage DrugOffences

OtherTheft PublicDisorder SeriousSexualOffences

VehicleCrime ViolencewithInjury ViolencewithoutInjury

Other

DATASOURCES

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Category Indicator Source

Demographic

Profile

Quinarypopulationtable2015

ONS2015mid‐yearpopulation

estimates

Populationpyramid2015

ONS2015mid‐yearpopulation

estimates

Ethnicity2011 ONS2011Census

Economy Employmentbybroadindustrialsector2015

ONSBusinessRegisterand

EmploymentSurveyviaNOMIS

Labourmarket

JobSeekersAllowanceClaimantRate(%16‐64

population)2014‐2017

DWPviaNOMIS

Education

Schoolinformationandattainment2014‐2016 SuffolkCountyCouncil

%16‐18yearoldsNEET(NotinEmployment,

EducationorTraining)2013‐2017

SuffolkCountyCouncil

Deprivation IndexofMultipleDeprivation2015

DepartmentforCommunities

andLocalGovernment

Health Lifeexpectancyatbirth2010‐2014 PublicHealthEngland

Health

Standardisedmortalityratiofordeathsfromall

causes,cancer,circulatorydiseaseandcoronary

heartdisease,agedunder752010‐2014.The

standardisedmortalityratioistheratioofobserved

deathsinthestudygrouptoexpecteddeathsinthe

generalpopulation.

PublicHealthEngland

Community

Safety

Recordedcrimerateper 1,000residentpopulation

2015

SuffolkPolice

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FormoredataandinformationaboutClareElectoralDivision,seetheSuffolkObservatory

www.suffolkobservatory.info

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