CLENT INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE

STATS FOR CLENT DIVISION

Income Profile for 2007  Total Clent Area of CLENT division:

Percentage of households earning less than £10,000 per year 6.6% 7.9%

Percentage of households earning between £10,000-£20,000 per year 18.4% 20.8%

Percentage of households earning between £20,000-£30,000 per year 21.2% 22.4%

Percentage of households earning between £30,000-£50,000 per year 30.1% 29.0%

Percentage of households earning between £50,000-£75,000 per year 15.9% 13.8%

Percentage of households earning more than £75,000 per year 7.8% 6.1%

Percentage of households earning less than £20,000 per year 25.0% 28.7%

Average annual household Income (£) £37,500 £34,800

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Whole of Clent Division:Schools.

School Name Age Range Category Tel No.

Belbroughton CE Primary School 3-11 Primary 01562 730 208

Clent Pariochial Primary School 5-11 Primary 01562 730 668

Hagley Primary School 5-11 Primary 01562 883 280

St Kenelm's CE Primary School 5-11 Primary 01562 710 214

Hagley Catholic High School 11-18 Secondary 01562 883 193

Haybridge High School & 6th Form 11-18 Secondary 01562 886 213

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General Characteristics Profile

Religion - Census 2001 Number % Worcestershire England

All people 10,681

Christian 8,712 81.6% 78.7% 71.7%

Buddhist 9 0.1% 0.1% 0.3%

Hindu 23 0.2% 0.1% 1.1%

Jewish 22 0.2% 0.1% 0.5%

Muslim 33 0.3% 0.9% 3.1%

Sikh 50 0.5% 0.1% 0.7%

Other religion 31 0.3% 0.2% 0.3%

No religion 1,054 9.9% 12.6% 14.6%

Religion not stated 747 7.0% 7.1% 7.7%

Marital Status - Census 2001 Number % Worcestershire England

All people aged 16 and over 8,697 436,449 39,237,250

Single (never married) 1,791 20.6% 25.5% 30.2%

Married (first marriage) 4,605 52.9% 47.1% 43.5%

Re-married 699 8.0% 8.7% 7.4%

Seperated (but still legally married) 171 2.0% 2.1% 2.4%

Divorced 532 6.1% 8.5% 8.2%

Widowed 899 10.3% 8.1% 8.3%

Health - Census 2001 Number % Worcestershire England

All people 10,677

*People with a limiting long term illness 1,824 17.1% 16.7% 17.9%

People of working age with a limiting long term illness 617 5.8% 7.2% 13.3%

People whose health was good 7,730 72.4% 69.7% 68.8%

People whose health was fairly good 2,163 20.3% 22.3% 22.2%

People whose health was not good 784 7.3% 8.0% 9.0%

**All people who provide unpaid care 1,405 13.2% 10.5% 9.9%

People who provide unpaid care 1-19 hours per week 1,117 10.5%

People who provide unpaid care 20-49 hours per week 106 1.0%

People who provide unpaid care 50+ hours per week 182 1.7%

* Lowest percentage of people with a LLTI is in Warndon Parish (7%), highest is in Cookley, Wolverley & Wribbenhall (21%)

** Lowest percentage of people providing unpaid care is in Warndon Parish (5.9%), highest is in Clent Hills (13.2%)

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- 6.1% of people in Clent Hills aged 16 and over are divorced, lower than the Worcestershire figure of 8.5%

- Clent Hills has 17.1% of people with a limiting long-term illness, similar to the county average of 16.7%

- 13.2% of people in Clent Hills provide unpaid care, compared to the County-wide figure of 10.5%

- In Clent Hills 21.4% of people have no qualifications. The figure for the whole of Worcestershire is 28.5%

- 8.8% of households in Clent Hills have no car, lower than the average across Worcestershire of 17.6%

- The percentage of households rented from LA/HA in Clent Hills is 4.9%, lower than the county figure of 15.3%

- 3.6% of households in Clent Hills are lone parent households with dependent children, lower than the average of 5.0% for Worcestershire

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Economic Profile

Industry of employment - Census 2001 Number % Worcestershire England

All people aged 16-74 in employment 4,996

Agriculture, hunting and forestry and fishing 80 1.6% 2.1% 1.5%

Mining and Quarrying 0 0.0% 0.1% 0.3%

Manufacturing 753 15.1% 20.2% 14.8%

Electricity, gas and water supply 45 0.9% 0.8% 0.7%

Construction 324 6.5% 6.3% 6.8%

Wholesale & retail trade, repairs 721 14.4% 18.4% 16.9%

Hotels and catering 202 4.0% 4.3% 4.7%

Transport, storage & communication 208 4.2% 5.2% 7.1%

Financial Intermediation 224 4.5% 3.1% 4.8%

Real estate, renting & business activities 849 17.0% 12.3% 13.2%

Public admin & defence 239 4.8% 4.9% 5.7%

Education 547 10.9% 7.7% 7.7%

Health and social care 557 11.1% 10.4% 10.7%

Other 247 4.9% 4.2% 5.2%

Economic Activity (people aged 16-74) - Census 2001 Number % Worcestershire England

All people aged 16-74 7,581

Economically active 5,127 67.6% 70.6% 66.9%

Employed Full time 2,832 37.4% 42.9% 40.8%

Employed Part time 980 12.9% 13.3% 11.8%

Self employed 1,061 14.0% 9.5% 8.3%

*Unemployed 128 1.7% 2.6% 3.4%

Full time student 126 1.7% 2.3% 2.6%

Economically inactive 2,454 32.4% 29.4% 33.1%

**Retired 1,368 18.0% 14.1% 13.5%

Student 261 3.4% 3.2% 4.7%

Looking after home/family 440 5.8% 5.6% 6.5%

Permanently sick/disabled 225 3.0% 4.0% 5.3%

Other 160 2.1% 2.5% 3.1%

** Lowest percentage of retired people are in Warndon Parish (5.9%), highest is in Broadway (20.9%)

Qualifications (see notes at end for definition) - Census 2001 Number % Worcestershire England

All people aged 16-74 7,587

*People aged 16-74: No qualifications 1,625 21.4% 28.5% 28.9%

People aged 16-74: Level 1 Qualification 1,024 13.5% 17.3% 16.6%

People aged 16-74: Level 2 Qualification 1,673 22.1% 20.2% 19.4%

People aged 16-74: Level 3 Qualification 571 7.5% 7.3% 8.3%

People aged 16-74: Level 4 Qualifcation 2,172 28.6% 19.2% 19.9%

People aged 16-74: Other qualifications (level unknown) 522 6.9% 7.4% 6.9%

* Lowest percentage of people with no qualifications is in Warndon Parish (11.6%), highest is in Gorse Hill & Warndon (45.8%)

Travel to work - Census 2001 Number % Worcestershire England

All people aged 16-74 in employment 5,001

*Work mainly at home 699 14.0% 10.3% 9.2%

Tube, metro, light rail, tram 6 0.1% 0.0% 3.2%

Train 150 3.0% 1.6% 4.2%

Bus, Minibus or Coach 50 1.0% 3.4% 7.5%

Motorcycle, Scooter, Moped 36 0.7% 1.0% 1.1%

Driving a car or van 3,581 71.6% 64.4% 54.9%

Passenger in a car or van 202 4.0% 6.7% 6.1%

Taxi 3 0.1% 0.3% 0.5%

Bicycle 30 0.6% 2.5% 2.8%

On Foot 232 4.6% 9.4% 10.0%

Other 12 0.2% 0.3% 0.5%

* Lowest percentage of people who work from home are in Gorse Hill & Warndon (4.8%), highest is in Tenbury (20.3%)

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UPDATES ON CLENT DIVISION

Updates on the issues concerning us all in the Clent Division are here.

The flooding will continue as the Worcs County Council ignore the plight of us all being flooded out at just a light rain fall.

A complaint has gone into the LGO and we shall be getting a reply soon on why the council's are dragging their feet on important issues like flooding.

Continued complaints ill be sent in on issues like road and footpath repair and the lost Green bin service.