Chiltern Councillor Update Economic Profile of Little Chalfont Ward
Chiltern Councillor Update Economic Profile of Little Chalfont Ward
April 2014
Produced by Buckinghamshire Business First’s research department
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Introduction Little Chalfont is home to 4,820 people and provides 1,600 jobs in 59 businesses. Of these businesses, 21 (35.6 per cent) are Buckinghamshire Business First members. There were 3,289 employed people aged 16-74 living in Little Chalfont ward at the 2011 Census, 97 more than the 3,192 recorded in 2001. Over that period the working age population rose 107 to 2,829 while the total population rose 318 to 4,820. The number of households rose by 63 (3.3 per cent) to 1,982. This is a significant percentage increase and places the ward 17th out of all wards in Chiltern. Based on the increase in number of households, the ward ranks 71st out of all wards in Buckinghamshire. The largest companies in Little Chalfont include:
The Entertainer; Wilkins Kennedy LLP; G E Healthcare; The Practice PLC; Citygate Chalfont; Dr Challoners High School for Girls; and Purcon (Consultants) Ltd.
There are 39 Little Chalfont, representing 1.5 per cent of working age residents, including 20 claimants aged 25-49 and five who have been claiming for more than twelve months. Superfast broadband is expected to be available to 96 per cent of premises in the Little Chalfont ward by March 2016 with commercial providers responsible for 66 per cent. The Connected Counties project, run by BBF, deliver the remaining 30 per cent through its interventions in Little Chalfont exchange area. BBF is seeking to deliver an extended superfast footprint via additional funding, adaptation of downstream technology and contract claw-back mechanism. At the time of the 2001 Censusi, of the 2,084 employed residents, 495 people lived and worked in the ward, with the most common destinations by local authority district being:
Chiltern (992, 47.6) Westminster, City of (148, 7.1) Wycombe (97, 4.7) Three Rivers (81, 3.9) Hillingdon (65, 3.1) City of London (62, 3.0) South Buckinghamshire (49, 2.4) Watford (43, 2.1)
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Industrial structure There are 59 businesses located in Little Chalfont employing 1,600 people. Of these businesses, 49 are micro businesses, employing fewer than 10 people. Little Chalfont is over represented in the Professional, Scientific and Technical sector which accounts for 39.1 per cent of employment in the ward. As a result, the ward is ranked 46th out of all wards based on the high proportion of employment in the sector. Motor trades accounts for 3.8 per cent of employment ranking the ward 1,535 th out of all wards. Finally, Retail accounts for 13.4 per cent of employment and education accounts for 10.7 per cent of employment. Based on the proportion of employment in these sectors the ward is ranked 2,201st and 3,851st respectively. Chart 1: Industrial Structure Index, 2012 (GB=100) Construction Motor trades Wholesale Retail
Transport & storage Accommodation & food services Information & communication Financial & insurance Property Professional, scientific & technical
Business administration & support services Education Health Arts, entertainment, recreation & other services 0
100
200
300
400
500
600
Source: BRES, ONS, 2013 Little Chalfont is under-represented in a number of sectors including Financial & Insurance, Wholesale and Transport & Storage. Financial & Insurance accounts for 0.6 per cent of employment ranking the ward 3,758th out of all wards. Wholesale accounts for only 1.2 per cent of employment and Transport & Storage accounts for 1.8 per cent of employment. The ward is ranked 5,862nd and 4,469th out of all wards based on the proportion of employment in these sectors.
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The Industrial Strategy and the Plan for Growth
Plan for Growth and the Industrial Strategy set out policies to realise this objective and to rebalance the economy, which include focusing on sectors expected to deliver strong growth. Chiltern -represented in these sectors, particularly aerospace, the information economy and professional and business services. While Little Chalfont provides jobs in these sectors, the industrial strategy sector where the ward delivers the highest share of national employment is Professional & Business Services which accounts for 40.6 per cent of employment, ranking Little Chalfont at 73rd among English wards. The proportions of jobs in Little Chalfont in Industrial Strategy sectors are presented in Table 1.
Construction
PBS
Information Economy
Education
Table 1: Employment in selected industrial strategy sectors, 2012
Chiltern Buckinghamshire England
5.2 5.2 4.2
15.2 14.7 12.1
4.8 4.4 2.9
12.7 9.7 9.2
Little Chalfont
3.6
40.6
3.5
10.4
Source: BRES, ONS, 2013 At 10.4 per cent, the proportion of Little Chalfont Education sector is the th 3,926 highest of all wards in England, the proportion is above that of the country level but just below that of the district level. 3.0
Labour market At 64.9 per cent of 16-74 year olds, Little Chalfont in the country. Little Chalfont has a proportion of 40.9 per cent of its residents qualified to degree level or higher. Furthermore, 55.7 per cent work in managerial, professional or technical occupations. In Chiltern the wards most similar to Little Chalfont are Farnham Wrecclesham & Rowledge (Waverley), The Hemingfords (Huntingtonshire) and Knowle (Solihull) with 16 of the other 24 wards among the top thousand closest matches. The least similar ward in the district is Ridgeway, one of two wards in Chiltern to rank lower than the 4,000th closest match along with Vale.
Table 2: Little Chalfont
performance & nearest neighbours, 2011
Ward Name Little Chalfont Chalfont Common Austenwood Chesham Bois and Weedon Hill Penn and Coleshill
Work from Home
Self-employed
SOCs 1-3
NVQ4+
Working age
Employment rate
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6.3 6.8 9.1 8.6 9.1
13.3 14.5 15.1 14.4 17.2
55.7 60.5 70.7 72.2 66.8
40.9 42.8 53.9 57.7 50.1
58.7 58.6 58.0 55.6 59.3
64.9 64.7 64.4 63.9 65.0
Source: Census, 2011 Little Chalfont has a fairly high level of those who work from home and are self-employed. Furthermore, as stated previously, the ward has a high level of those educated to degree level or higher and those working in managerial, professional and technical roles ranking in the top quartile for both. Little Chalfont looks to have an above average employment rate but comparatively low level of working age residents. Chart 2: Little Chalfont Work from Home 100
75
Employment rate
50
Self-employed
25
0
Working age
SOCs 1-3
NVQ4+
Source: Census, 2011
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Occupational Structure Little Chalfont remunerated occupations, with 55.7 per cent of working residents employed in managerial, professional and technical occupations, ranking in the top quartile nationally for each. In contrast Little Chalfont ranks in the bottom quartile for other occupations, with only 3.2 per cent and 7.8 per cent of working residents employed in process plant & machinery operative and elementary occupations respectively. Chart 3: Little Chalfont 1. Managers, directors and senior officials 100
9. Elementary occupations
75
2. Professional occupations
50
8. Process plant and machine operatives
25
3. Associate professional and technical occupations
0
7. Sales and customer service occupations
6. Caring, leisure and other service occupations
4. Administrative and secretarial occupations
5. Skilled trades occupations
Source: Census, ONS, 2011 5.0
Deprivation Buckinghamshire has the lowest level of economic deprivation of any Local Enterprise Partnership, with Chiltern having the 13th lowest economic deprivation of all 326 local authority districts in England, behind South Bucks (10th) but ahead of Aylesbury (37th) and Wycombe (69th). Chart 4 demonstrates the concentration of Chiltern least deprived in England with 12 of the 25 wards featuring among the least deprived 10 per cent of all wards in England and only three ranking among the most deprived half of English wards, a stark contrast to the London Borough of Newham where no ward ranks above halfway, highlighting the challenge Chiltern faces to attract resources to tackle deprivation.
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Little Chalfont has the 2,276th lowest economic deprivation of the 7,707 wards in England and the 18th least economically deprived of the 25 Chiltern wards. Little Chalfont is the 75th least economically deprived among the 108 ward in Buckinghamshire. The position of Chiltern ds in England is shown in Chart 4 below, with Little Chalfont one of the three third least deprived decile. Chart 4: Relative economic deprivation of Chiltern wards by English decile, 2009 14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0 Most deprived
Least deprived
Source: DCLG, 2012 Little Chalfont ranks 6,863rd out of all wards in England based on the Index of Multiple Deprivationii; this makes it among the least deprived decile in England, above Chiltern average rank of 6532nd, demonstrating that the ward is less deprived than the district as a whole.
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Chart 5: Comparative deprivation by IMD domain in Little Chalfont IMD 100.0
75.0
Living environment
Income
50.0
25.0
Crime
Employment
0.0
Housing
Health
Education
Source: DCLG, 2010
The wards in Chiltern most closely matching Little Chalfont deprivation profile are presented in Table 3. Nationally, the closest matches are Alton Whitedown (East Hampshire), Bransgrove & Burley (New Forest) and Rowlands Castle (East Hampshire) while Hilltop & Townsend and Amersham-on-the-Hill are the most similar in Chiltern ranking as the 15th and 91st most similar of all English wards. Of the 25 Chiltern wards 15 are among the 1,000 best matches, however Vale is only the 4,119th closest match.
Income
Employment
Health
Education
Housing
Crime
Living environment
Ward Little Chalfont Hilltop and Townsend Amersham-on-the-Hill Asheridge Vale and Lowndes Prestwood and Heath End Gold Hill
IMD
Table 3: Deprivation Nearest Neighbours
12.9 6.5 21.5 32.5 9.2 8.1
11.9 6.5 47.5 44.8 15.9 5.3
3.6 8.3 27.7 31.1 10.3 4.0
13.5 8.4 20.1 29.6 19.4 21.4
48.0 15.0 17.3 28.7 21.3 15.3
72.2 73.7 37.1 45.9 45.7 79.0
23.9 37.3 52.5 70.2 26.5 40.9
4.7 3.7 34.3 18.7 10.4 6.5
Source: DCLG, 2010
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Demography At 41.6 years, Little Chalfont above the 41.3 recorded across Chiltern as well as the county average of 41.0. This makes Little Chalfont one of the older wards in England as suggested by the over-representation of 65+ year olds in Chart 6. In terms of age structure, two of the wards in Chiltern most similar to Little Chalfont are Amersham Town and Gold Hill with average ages of 41.4 and 42.0 respectively. Chart 6: Little Chalfont age profile, 2011 (Chiltern = 100) Working Age
0-15
16-24
25-44
45-64
65+
90.0
92.0
94.0
96.0
98.0
100.0
102.0
104.0
106.0
108.0
110.0
Source: Census, ONS, 2013 Little Chalfont has a lower proportion of working age residents than Chiltern at 58.7 per cent. This ranks Little Chalfont at 6,771st of all wards in England based on proportion of residents at working age. Little Chalfont has a fairly high proportion of those aged 0-15 at 20.9 per cent. This ranks Little Chalfont at 1,400th of all wards in England putting it among the top 40 per cent of all wards in England for this age bracket.
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Table 3: Chiltern
demography by ward
Chiltern
0-15 20.4
16-64 60.6
65+ 19.0
Amersham Common Amersham-on-the-Hill Amersham Town Asheridge Vale and Lowndes Ashley Green, Latimer and Chenies Austenwood Ballinger, South Heath and Chartridge Central Chalfont Common Chalfont St Giles Chesham Bois and Weedon Hill Cholesbury, The Lee and Bellingdon Gold Hill Great Missenden Hilltop and Townsend Holmer Green Little Chalfont Little Missenden Newtown Penn and Coleshill Prestwood and Heath End Ridgeway St Mary's and Waterside Seer Green Vale
21.4 21.5 20.0 21.4 18.6 21.1 19.3 16.3 20.4 21.7 22.5 19.2 21.1 18.1 18.1 18.3 20.9 21.1 24.8 19.5 19.8 23.0 18.5 22.0 22.0
64.7 59.2 61.3 61.8 62.7 58.0 61.0 67.9 58.6 57.4 55.6 59.1 58.5 54.3 63.7 59.8 58.7 57.9 65.0 59.3 60.3 60.5 63.2 61.1 65.8
13.9 19.2 18.7 16.9 18.7 20.9 19.7 15.8 21.1 20.9 21.9 21.7 20.4 27.6 18.2 21.9 20.4 21.1 10.2 21.2 19.8 16.5 18.3 16.8 12.2
Source: Census, 2011
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Educational attainment Chiltern is one of the best qualified places in the country, with only 14.8 per cent of residents aged 16 and over holding no qualifications, well below the 22.5 per cent recorded across the country as a whole, while 40.8 per cent hold degree level qualifications, well above the national level of 27.4 per cent. Little Chalfont
population has an ever so slightly higher educational attainment than the y 14.3 per cent having no qualifications and 40.9 per cent educated to degree level or higher. Only 3.0 per cent of Little Chalfont residents are schoolchildren or full-time students aged 16 to 17. This is fairly average in comparison to other wards in Chiltern. presented in Chart 7 below. Chart 7: Educational attainment in Little Chalfont, 2011 No qualifications 100
75
Schoolchildren and full-time students: Age 18 and over
Highest level of qualification: Level 1 qualifications 50
25
0 Schoolchildren and full-time students: Age 16 to 17
Highest level of qualification: Level 4 qualifications and above
Highest level of qualification: Level 2 qualifications
Highest level of qualification: Level 3 qualifications
Source, Census, 2011 Little Chalfont is most similar to Brooklands (Trafford), Bickley (Bromley) and Woodthorpe (Gedling) of all English wards with regard to educational attainment. In the district the most similar wards are Hilltop & Townsend, Chalfont Common and Seer Green, with 15 of the other 25 wards ranking inside the top 1000 matches but with Ridgeway ranking outside the top 5,000.
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Highest level of qualification: Level 1 qualifications
Highest level of qualification: Level 2 qualifications
Highest level of qualification: Level 3 qualifications
Highest level of qualification: Level 4 qualifications and above
Schoolchildren and full-time students: Age 16 to 17
Schoolchildren and full-time students: Age 18 and over
Little Chalfont Hilltop and Townsend Chalfont Common Seer Green Little Missenden Central
No qualifications
Table 4: Educational attainment nearest neighbours, 2011
14.3 16.0 13.8 11.1 12.0 14.9
10.4 11.8 10.0 8.0 9.1 10.8
15.1 14.9 15.3 14.4 14.5 16.4
11.7 11.5 11.1 11.2 10.5 11.4
40.9 36.2 42.8 48.8 47.6 38.7
3.0 3.0 3.4 2.7 3.4 2.7
2.9 2.7 2.8 2.6 2.7 2.5
Source: Census, ONS, 2011 7.1
Little Chalfont Buckinghamshire has the strongest schools performance any LEPiii, with over a quarter of and 88.0 per cent of young people in the county achieving at least NVQ level 2 by 19. Little Chalfont most recent OFSTED reports, which are summarised below.
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Little Chalfont Primary School (Key Stage 2) In 2012, 97 per cent of pupils attained Level4 or above in the Key Stage 2 English test and assessment. The result placed the school in the top 20 per cent of all schools. Of these, 97 per cent attained Level 4 or above in reading marking an increase of six per cent. This places the school in the highest 20 per cent of all schools. In writing, 97 per cent of pupils attained Level 4 or above, the result placed the school in the top 20 per cent of all schools. Finally, in maths, 91 per cent of pupils attained Level 4 or above, an increase of eight percentage points since 2011 placing the school in the top 40 per cent of all schools. In 2012, 86 per cent of pupils attained expected progress in English and 94 per cent of pupils attained expected progress in maths. For English, the result placed the school in the lowest 40 per cent of all schools and in maths, the result placed the school in the top 40 per cent of all schools. The attendance rate for the school in 2012 was 96.8 per cent placing the school in the highest 20 per cent of all schools.
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7.3 In 2012, 99 per cent of all pupils attained five GCSEs grade A*-C including English and Mathematics, a decrease of one percentage point since 2011 which placed the school in the highest 20 per cent of all schools. In the same year, 100 per cent of pupils attained Grade A*-C in English, this has not changed since 2011 and placed the school in the top 20 per cent of all schools. In maths, 99 per cent of pupils attained grade A*-C, a decrease of one percentage point on the previous year which placed the school in the top 20 per cent of all schools. Finally, in Science, 100 per cent of pupils attained grade A*-C, an increase of one percentage point, the result placed the school in the highest 20 per cent of all schools. In English, 97 per cent of pupils achieved their expected progress, a decrease of three percentage points on 2011 placing the school in the top 20 per cent. In maths, 99 per cent of pupils achieved expected progress, this remains unchanged since 2011 and places the school in the top 20 per cent. The overall attendance rate for the school was 95.4 per cent, this places the school in the top 20 per cent of all schools.
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Buckinghamshire Business First in Little Chalfont Of the 59 businesses in Little Chalfont, 21, or 35.6 per cent are Buckinghamshire Business First members. BBF members in the ward are presented in Table 5 below. Table 5: BBF members in Little Chalfont, November 2013 Business Employment Size Band The Entertainer 1001 to 2500 Wilkins Kennedy LLP 251 to 500 G E Healthcare 101 to 250 Jane Duncan Architects Ltd 11 to 25 Gsi Contract Services Ltd 6 to 10 Chiltern Cleaning Company 6 to 10 JMR Consulting UK Ltd 6 to 10 Linfields Ltd 1 to 5 T A Robertson & Son 1 to 5 Rendezvous Travel 1 to 5 Eat Inn Little Chalfont Ltd 1 to 5 Chalfont Interiors 1 to 5 Party N Cards 1 to 5 The Flower Boutique 1 to 5 Au Pair Agency Metro 1 to 5 Agile PM Limited Self only Sisu International Self only Inkpen Enterprises Ltd Self only Carys Computing Self only Astall Consulting Self only DD Equestrian Self only
£44m per annum during construction and will continue to lead on socio-economic work for Buckinghamshire as mitigation work progresses, having drafted the relevant section in the Buckinghamshire Blueprint document.
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Businesses in Chiltern The distribution of businesses in Chiltern is shown in the map below. With 59 businesses, Little Chalfont has 3.0 5.1 per cent of the
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i
Travel to work data from the 2011 Census are expected to be released in 2014. See https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/english-indices-of-deprivation-2010 iii tainment aged 19: http://www.bbf.uk.com/download/226 and http://www.bbf.uk.com/download/228 ii
April 2014
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Introduction Little Chalfont is home to 4,820 people and provides 1,600 jobs in 59 businesses. Of these businesses, 21 (35.6 per cent) are Buckinghamshire Business First members. There were 3,289 employed people aged 16-74 living in Little Chalfont ward at the 2011 Census, 97 more than the 3,192 recorded in 2001. Over that period the working age population rose 107 to 2,829 while the total population rose 318 to 4,820. The number of households rose by 63 (3.3 per cent) to 1,982. This is a significant percentage increase and places the ward 17th out of all wards in Chiltern. Based on the increase in number of households, the ward ranks 71st out of all wards in Buckinghamshire. The largest companies in Little Chalfont include:
The Entertainer; Wilkins Kennedy LLP; G E Healthcare; The Practice PLC; Citygate Chalfont; Dr Challoners High School for Girls; and Purcon (Consultants) Ltd.
There are 39 Little Chalfont, representing 1.5 per cent of working age residents, including 20 claimants aged 25-49 and five who have been claiming for more than twelve months. Superfast broadband is expected to be available to 96 per cent of premises in the Little Chalfont ward by March 2016 with commercial providers responsible for 66 per cent. The Connected Counties project, run by BBF, deliver the remaining 30 per cent through its interventions in Little Chalfont exchange area. BBF is seeking to deliver an extended superfast footprint via additional funding, adaptation of downstream technology and contract claw-back mechanism. At the time of the 2001 Censusi, of the 2,084 employed residents, 495 people lived and worked in the ward, with the most common destinations by local authority district being:
Chiltern (992, 47.6) Westminster, City of (148, 7.1) Wycombe (97, 4.7) Three Rivers (81, 3.9) Hillingdon (65, 3.1) City of London (62, 3.0) South Buckinghamshire (49, 2.4) Watford (43, 2.1)
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Industrial structure There are 59 businesses located in Little Chalfont employing 1,600 people. Of these businesses, 49 are micro businesses, employing fewer than 10 people. Little Chalfont is over represented in the Professional, Scientific and Technical sector which accounts for 39.1 per cent of employment in the ward. As a result, the ward is ranked 46th out of all wards based on the high proportion of employment in the sector. Motor trades accounts for 3.8 per cent of employment ranking the ward 1,535 th out of all wards. Finally, Retail accounts for 13.4 per cent of employment and education accounts for 10.7 per cent of employment. Based on the proportion of employment in these sectors the ward is ranked 2,201st and 3,851st respectively. Chart 1: Industrial Structure Index, 2012 (GB=100) Construction Motor trades Wholesale Retail
Transport & storage Accommodation & food services Information & communication Financial & insurance Property Professional, scientific & technical
Business administration & support services Education Health Arts, entertainment, recreation & other services 0
100
200
300
400
500
600
Source: BRES, ONS, 2013 Little Chalfont is under-represented in a number of sectors including Financial & Insurance, Wholesale and Transport & Storage. Financial & Insurance accounts for 0.6 per cent of employment ranking the ward 3,758th out of all wards. Wholesale accounts for only 1.2 per cent of employment and Transport & Storage accounts for 1.8 per cent of employment. The ward is ranked 5,862nd and 4,469th out of all wards based on the proportion of employment in these sectors.
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The Industrial Strategy and the Plan for Growth
Plan for Growth and the Industrial Strategy set out policies to realise this objective and to rebalance the economy, which include focusing on sectors expected to deliver strong growth. Chiltern -represented in these sectors, particularly aerospace, the information economy and professional and business services. While Little Chalfont provides jobs in these sectors, the industrial strategy sector where the ward delivers the highest share of national employment is Professional & Business Services which accounts for 40.6 per cent of employment, ranking Little Chalfont at 73rd among English wards. The proportions of jobs in Little Chalfont in Industrial Strategy sectors are presented in Table 1.
Construction
PBS
Information Economy
Education
Table 1: Employment in selected industrial strategy sectors, 2012
Chiltern Buckinghamshire England
5.2 5.2 4.2
15.2 14.7 12.1
4.8 4.4 2.9
12.7 9.7 9.2
Little Chalfont
3.6
40.6
3.5
10.4
Source: BRES, ONS, 2013 At 10.4 per cent, the proportion of Little Chalfont Education sector is the th 3,926 highest of all wards in England, the proportion is above that of the country level but just below that of the district level. 3.0
Labour market At 64.9 per cent of 16-74 year olds, Little Chalfont in the country. Little Chalfont has a proportion of 40.9 per cent of its residents qualified to degree level or higher. Furthermore, 55.7 per cent work in managerial, professional or technical occupations. In Chiltern the wards most similar to Little Chalfont are Farnham Wrecclesham & Rowledge (Waverley), The Hemingfords (Huntingtonshire) and Knowle (Solihull) with 16 of the other 24 wards among the top thousand closest matches. The least similar ward in the district is Ridgeway, one of two wards in Chiltern to rank lower than the 4,000th closest match along with Vale.
Table 2: Little Chalfont
performance & nearest neighbours, 2011
Ward Name Little Chalfont Chalfont Common Austenwood Chesham Bois and Weedon Hill Penn and Coleshill
Work from Home
Self-employed
SOCs 1-3
NVQ4+
Working age
Employment rate
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6.3 6.8 9.1 8.6 9.1
13.3 14.5 15.1 14.4 17.2
55.7 60.5 70.7 72.2 66.8
40.9 42.8 53.9 57.7 50.1
58.7 58.6 58.0 55.6 59.3
64.9 64.7 64.4 63.9 65.0
Source: Census, 2011 Little Chalfont has a fairly high level of those who work from home and are self-employed. Furthermore, as stated previously, the ward has a high level of those educated to degree level or higher and those working in managerial, professional and technical roles ranking in the top quartile for both. Little Chalfont looks to have an above average employment rate but comparatively low level of working age residents. Chart 2: Little Chalfont Work from Home 100
75
Employment rate
50
Self-employed
25
0
Working age
SOCs 1-3
NVQ4+
Source: Census, 2011
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Occupational Structure Little Chalfont remunerated occupations, with 55.7 per cent of working residents employed in managerial, professional and technical occupations, ranking in the top quartile nationally for each. In contrast Little Chalfont ranks in the bottom quartile for other occupations, with only 3.2 per cent and 7.8 per cent of working residents employed in process plant & machinery operative and elementary occupations respectively. Chart 3: Little Chalfont 1. Managers, directors and senior officials 100
9. Elementary occupations
75
2. Professional occupations
50
8. Process plant and machine operatives
25
3. Associate professional and technical occupations
0
7. Sales and customer service occupations
6. Caring, leisure and other service occupations
4. Administrative and secretarial occupations
5. Skilled trades occupations
Source: Census, ONS, 2011 5.0
Deprivation Buckinghamshire has the lowest level of economic deprivation of any Local Enterprise Partnership, with Chiltern having the 13th lowest economic deprivation of all 326 local authority districts in England, behind South Bucks (10th) but ahead of Aylesbury (37th) and Wycombe (69th). Chart 4 demonstrates the concentration of Chiltern least deprived in England with 12 of the 25 wards featuring among the least deprived 10 per cent of all wards in England and only three ranking among the most deprived half of English wards, a stark contrast to the London Borough of Newham where no ward ranks above halfway, highlighting the challenge Chiltern faces to attract resources to tackle deprivation.
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Little Chalfont has the 2,276th lowest economic deprivation of the 7,707 wards in England and the 18th least economically deprived of the 25 Chiltern wards. Little Chalfont is the 75th least economically deprived among the 108 ward in Buckinghamshire. The position of Chiltern ds in England is shown in Chart 4 below, with Little Chalfont one of the three third least deprived decile. Chart 4: Relative economic deprivation of Chiltern wards by English decile, 2009 14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0 Most deprived
Least deprived
Source: DCLG, 2012 Little Chalfont ranks 6,863rd out of all wards in England based on the Index of Multiple Deprivationii; this makes it among the least deprived decile in England, above Chiltern average rank of 6532nd, demonstrating that the ward is less deprived than the district as a whole.
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Chart 5: Comparative deprivation by IMD domain in Little Chalfont IMD 100.0
75.0
Living environment
Income
50.0
25.0
Crime
Employment
0.0
Housing
Health
Education
Source: DCLG, 2010
The wards in Chiltern most closely matching Little Chalfont deprivation profile are presented in Table 3. Nationally, the closest matches are Alton Whitedown (East Hampshire), Bransgrove & Burley (New Forest) and Rowlands Castle (East Hampshire) while Hilltop & Townsend and Amersham-on-the-Hill are the most similar in Chiltern ranking as the 15th and 91st most similar of all English wards. Of the 25 Chiltern wards 15 are among the 1,000 best matches, however Vale is only the 4,119th closest match.
Income
Employment
Health
Education
Housing
Crime
Living environment
Ward Little Chalfont Hilltop and Townsend Amersham-on-the-Hill Asheridge Vale and Lowndes Prestwood and Heath End Gold Hill
IMD
Table 3: Deprivation Nearest Neighbours
12.9 6.5 21.5 32.5 9.2 8.1
11.9 6.5 47.5 44.8 15.9 5.3
3.6 8.3 27.7 31.1 10.3 4.0
13.5 8.4 20.1 29.6 19.4 21.4
48.0 15.0 17.3 28.7 21.3 15.3
72.2 73.7 37.1 45.9 45.7 79.0
23.9 37.3 52.5 70.2 26.5 40.9
4.7 3.7 34.3 18.7 10.4 6.5
Source: DCLG, 2010
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Demography At 41.6 years, Little Chalfont above the 41.3 recorded across Chiltern as well as the county average of 41.0. This makes Little Chalfont one of the older wards in England as suggested by the over-representation of 65+ year olds in Chart 6. In terms of age structure, two of the wards in Chiltern most similar to Little Chalfont are Amersham Town and Gold Hill with average ages of 41.4 and 42.0 respectively. Chart 6: Little Chalfont age profile, 2011 (Chiltern = 100) Working Age
0-15
16-24
25-44
45-64
65+
90.0
92.0
94.0
96.0
98.0
100.0
102.0
104.0
106.0
108.0
110.0
Source: Census, ONS, 2013 Little Chalfont has a lower proportion of working age residents than Chiltern at 58.7 per cent. This ranks Little Chalfont at 6,771st of all wards in England based on proportion of residents at working age. Little Chalfont has a fairly high proportion of those aged 0-15 at 20.9 per cent. This ranks Little Chalfont at 1,400th of all wards in England putting it among the top 40 per cent of all wards in England for this age bracket.
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Table 3: Chiltern
demography by ward
Chiltern
0-15 20.4
16-64 60.6
65+ 19.0
Amersham Common Amersham-on-the-Hill Amersham Town Asheridge Vale and Lowndes Ashley Green, Latimer and Chenies Austenwood Ballinger, South Heath and Chartridge Central Chalfont Common Chalfont St Giles Chesham Bois and Weedon Hill Cholesbury, The Lee and Bellingdon Gold Hill Great Missenden Hilltop and Townsend Holmer Green Little Chalfont Little Missenden Newtown Penn and Coleshill Prestwood and Heath End Ridgeway St Mary's and Waterside Seer Green Vale
21.4 21.5 20.0 21.4 18.6 21.1 19.3 16.3 20.4 21.7 22.5 19.2 21.1 18.1 18.1 18.3 20.9 21.1 24.8 19.5 19.8 23.0 18.5 22.0 22.0
64.7 59.2 61.3 61.8 62.7 58.0 61.0 67.9 58.6 57.4 55.6 59.1 58.5 54.3 63.7 59.8 58.7 57.9 65.0 59.3 60.3 60.5 63.2 61.1 65.8
13.9 19.2 18.7 16.9 18.7 20.9 19.7 15.8 21.1 20.9 21.9 21.7 20.4 27.6 18.2 21.9 20.4 21.1 10.2 21.2 19.8 16.5 18.3 16.8 12.2
Source: Census, 2011
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Educational attainment Chiltern is one of the best qualified places in the country, with only 14.8 per cent of residents aged 16 and over holding no qualifications, well below the 22.5 per cent recorded across the country as a whole, while 40.8 per cent hold degree level qualifications, well above the national level of 27.4 per cent. Little Chalfont
population has an ever so slightly higher educational attainment than the y 14.3 per cent having no qualifications and 40.9 per cent educated to degree level or higher. Only 3.0 per cent of Little Chalfont residents are schoolchildren or full-time students aged 16 to 17. This is fairly average in comparison to other wards in Chiltern. presented in Chart 7 below. Chart 7: Educational attainment in Little Chalfont, 2011 No qualifications 100
75
Schoolchildren and full-time students: Age 18 and over
Highest level of qualification: Level 1 qualifications 50
25
0 Schoolchildren and full-time students: Age 16 to 17
Highest level of qualification: Level 4 qualifications and above
Highest level of qualification: Level 2 qualifications
Highest level of qualification: Level 3 qualifications
Source, Census, 2011 Little Chalfont is most similar to Brooklands (Trafford), Bickley (Bromley) and Woodthorpe (Gedling) of all English wards with regard to educational attainment. In the district the most similar wards are Hilltop & Townsend, Chalfont Common and Seer Green, with 15 of the other 25 wards ranking inside the top 1000 matches but with Ridgeway ranking outside the top 5,000.
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Highest level of qualification: Level 1 qualifications
Highest level of qualification: Level 2 qualifications
Highest level of qualification: Level 3 qualifications
Highest level of qualification: Level 4 qualifications and above
Schoolchildren and full-time students: Age 16 to 17
Schoolchildren and full-time students: Age 18 and over
Little Chalfont Hilltop and Townsend Chalfont Common Seer Green Little Missenden Central
No qualifications
Table 4: Educational attainment nearest neighbours, 2011
14.3 16.0 13.8 11.1 12.0 14.9
10.4 11.8 10.0 8.0 9.1 10.8
15.1 14.9 15.3 14.4 14.5 16.4
11.7 11.5 11.1 11.2 10.5 11.4
40.9 36.2 42.8 48.8 47.6 38.7
3.0 3.0 3.4 2.7 3.4 2.7
2.9 2.7 2.8 2.6 2.7 2.5
Source: Census, ONS, 2011 7.1
Little Chalfont Buckinghamshire has the strongest schools performance any LEPiii, with over a quarter of and 88.0 per cent of young people in the county achieving at least NVQ level 2 by 19. Little Chalfont most recent OFSTED reports, which are summarised below.
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Little Chalfont Primary School (Key Stage 2) In 2012, 97 per cent of pupils attained Level4 or above in the Key Stage 2 English test and assessment. The result placed the school in the top 20 per cent of all schools. Of these, 97 per cent attained Level 4 or above in reading marking an increase of six per cent. This places the school in the highest 20 per cent of all schools. In writing, 97 per cent of pupils attained Level 4 or above, the result placed the school in the top 20 per cent of all schools. Finally, in maths, 91 per cent of pupils attained Level 4 or above, an increase of eight percentage points since 2011 placing the school in the top 40 per cent of all schools. In 2012, 86 per cent of pupils attained expected progress in English and 94 per cent of pupils attained expected progress in maths. For English, the result placed the school in the lowest 40 per cent of all schools and in maths, the result placed the school in the top 40 per cent of all schools. The attendance rate for the school in 2012 was 96.8 per cent placing the school in the highest 20 per cent of all schools.
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7.3 In 2012, 99 per cent of all pupils attained five GCSEs grade A*-C including English and Mathematics, a decrease of one percentage point since 2011 which placed the school in the highest 20 per cent of all schools. In the same year, 100 per cent of pupils attained Grade A*-C in English, this has not changed since 2011 and placed the school in the top 20 per cent of all schools. In maths, 99 per cent of pupils attained grade A*-C, a decrease of one percentage point on the previous year which placed the school in the top 20 per cent of all schools. Finally, in Science, 100 per cent of pupils attained grade A*-C, an increase of one percentage point, the result placed the school in the highest 20 per cent of all schools. In English, 97 per cent of pupils achieved their expected progress, a decrease of three percentage points on 2011 placing the school in the top 20 per cent. In maths, 99 per cent of pupils achieved expected progress, this remains unchanged since 2011 and places the school in the top 20 per cent. The overall attendance rate for the school was 95.4 per cent, this places the school in the top 20 per cent of all schools.
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Buckinghamshire Business First in Little Chalfont Of the 59 businesses in Little Chalfont, 21, or 35.6 per cent are Buckinghamshire Business First members. BBF members in the ward are presented in Table 5 below. Table 5: BBF members in Little Chalfont, November 2013 Business Employment Size Band The Entertainer 1001 to 2500 Wilkins Kennedy LLP 251 to 500 G E Healthcare 101 to 250 Jane Duncan Architects Ltd 11 to 25 Gsi Contract Services Ltd 6 to 10 Chiltern Cleaning Company 6 to 10 JMR Consulting UK Ltd 6 to 10 Linfields Ltd 1 to 5 T A Robertson & Son 1 to 5 Rendezvous Travel 1 to 5 Eat Inn Little Chalfont Ltd 1 to 5 Chalfont Interiors 1 to 5 Party N Cards 1 to 5 The Flower Boutique 1 to 5 Au Pair Agency Metro 1 to 5 Agile PM Limited Self only Sisu International Self only Inkpen Enterprises Ltd Self only Carys Computing Self only Astall Consulting Self only DD Equestrian Self only
£44m per annum during construction and will continue to lead on socio-economic work for Buckinghamshire as mitigation work progresses, having drafted the relevant section in the Buckinghamshire Blueprint document.
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Businesses in Chiltern The distribution of businesses in Chiltern is shown in the map below. With 59 businesses, Little Chalfont has 3.0 5.1 per cent of the
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Travel to work data from the 2011 Census are expected to be released in 2014. See https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/english-indices-of-deprivation-2010 iii tainment aged 19: http://www.bbf.uk.com/download/226 and http://www.bbf.uk.com/download/228 ii
