Ward Profiles: Hatch Lane
Summary •
Hatch Lane ward has a (4.4% of the borough total).
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It is ethnically less diverse than the borough average with 34% of BAME (Black Asian and Minority Ethnic) residents compared to 55% in Waltham Forest.
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Hatch Lane has 4,600 households with around one in three households (32%) having dependent children.
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Hatch Lane is one the three wards in the borough with the smallest numbers of employee jobs (900). This is 1.7% of all the jobs in the borough (53,000).
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In June 2011, 310 people in Hatch Lane were claiming Jobseekers Allowance. This is 7.0% of resident labour force, below the borough average at 8.9%.
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30% of children in the ward are considered to live in poverty. 21% of the pupils are eligible for free school meals.
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The health profile for Hatch Lane is similar to the borough average with lower mortality rates for circulatory diseases and coronary heart disease and lower life expectancy for females.
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In terms of crime, Hatch Lane has a lower number of notifiable offences per 1,000 residents (137) than the borough average (213).
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Population •
According to the 2011 Mayhew Harper population count, Hatch Lane ward has a population of 10,953 making it the 18th largest ward in Waltham Forest by population.
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The latest GLA population projections for 2011 show that Hatch Lane has a smaller amount of its population in the 0-57 age band and tends to have a larger percentage of its population in age groups above this. Hatch Lane population (2011) vs Borough average Source: 2011 GLA population projections based on SHLAA
350 300
Persons
250 200 150 100 50 0 0
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10
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45
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55
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65
Single year of age
LBWF average
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Hatch Lane
70
75
80
85 90+
Ethnicity •
Hatch Lane has a lower proportion of BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) residents (34%) than the borough average (55%) and a higher proportion of White British and Irish (59% vs. 34%).
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The three largest ethnic minorities are Other White background (8.1%), Caribbean (5%) and African (4.9%).
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Data from the DWP shows that in 2009/10 Hatch Lane had 75 new arrivals from overseas (0.7% of the borough’s total) applying for National Insurance number. The top three countries of origin were Poland, Lithuania and those listed below. Hatch Lane - Top 5 countries of new arrivals 2009/2010
Percentage of White British & Irish vs BAME Hatch Lane and Borough Source: 2011 Mayhew Harper population count
Source: DWP, National Insurance registrations to adult overseas nationals entering the UK 2009/2010 Note: Where countries tie more or less than 5 may feature
70% 60%
59%
55%
50% 40%
34%
34%
30% 20% 7%
10%
11%
0% White British & Irish
Hatch Lane
BAME
Poland
10
Lithuania
10
Pakistan
5
Turkey
5
Romania
5
Bulgaria
5
Hungary
5
Italy
5 0
Not identifiable
Borough average
4
25
50
75
100
125
150
Family types •
Hatch Lane has a total of 4,600 households, 4.7% of all households in the borough.
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Single adult households are the most common accounting for 24% of households in Hatch Lane (compared to the borough average of 29%), followed by family households with dependent children (22%).
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In total 31% in Hatch Lane have dependent children (compared to the borough average of 32%). This includes 400 single parent households (9% of all households in the ward).
Hatch Lane Household type
Count
Family households with dependent children
Percent
Borough average Count
Percent
1,000
22%
22,500
23%
Single adult households with dependent children
400
9%
9,200
9%
Older cohabiting households
500
11%
8,200
8%
Older person living alone
500
11%
8,100
8%
Three generational households
100
2%
2,000
2%
Cohabiting adult households, no children
900
20%
18,900
19%
1,100
24%
28,400
29%
0
0%
1,400
1%
4,600
100%
98,600
100%
Single adult households, no children Other households Total
Source: 2011 Mayhew Harper population count
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Jobs in the area •
Hatch Lane is one the three wards in the borough with the smallest numbers of employee jobs (900). This is 1.7% of all the jobs in the borough (53,000). The other two wards with the same number of jobs are Grove Green and Cann Hall.
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Almost six in ten jobs in Hatch Lane are full-time jobs (58%) and the rest (42%) are part-time. This is less full-time jobs and more part-time jobs than the borough average (67% and 33% respectively).
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Hatch Lane has a higher than average share of jobs in public administration, education and health (49%) and in construction sectors (11%). Employee jobs in the area by the main sectors Source: Business Register and Employment Survey 2009 60% 50% 40%
49% 34%
30%
24% 19%
17%
20%
10%
10%
2%
7%
11% 5% 6%
6% 6%
4%
0% Public administration, education and health
Distribution, hotels and restaurants
Banking, finance and insurance
Manufacturing Other services
Hatch Lane
Waltham Forest
6
Transport and communication
Construction
Worklessness
Source: ONS and GLA estimates, June 2011 12%
JSA claimant count rate in Hatch Lane (7.0% of resident labour force) is below the borough average (8.9%).
10.2%
10% 8%
6.9%
7.4%
6.7%
5.0%
6%
Hatch Lane has the third lowest male claimant rate (6.9%) in the borough while the female claimant rate (7.4%) is slightly above the borough average.
4% 2% 0% Males
64.5% of the Hatch Lane claimants have been claiming the JSA for less than six months. 18% have claimed JSA for over a year (this is the second highest proportion of longterm claimants in the borough after William Morris ward).
London
10.0 8.0 6.0 4.0
JSA claimant rate has been increasing during the recession in Hatch Lane staying below the borough average and following similar trend to the London average.
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Waltham Forest
Jun-11
Mar-11
Dec-10
Dec-09
Sep-09
Jun-09
Mar-09
Sep-08
Jun-08
Mar-08
Hatch Lane
Dec-08
Recession
0.0 Dec-07
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Waltham Forest
JSA claimant rate (%), June 2007 - June 2011 Source: ONS via Nomis
Sep-07
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Hatch Lane has lower claimant rate for young people aged 16-24 (16.1%) than the borough average (19.1%). Young claimants (85) make up about a quarter (27%) of all claimants in Hatch Lane ward.
Females
Hatch Lane
Jun-07
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7.3%
Sep-10
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Jobseekers Allowance claimant rate by gender (% )
Jun-10
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310 people in Hatch Lane ward were claiming Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) in June 2011.
Mar-10
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London
Deprivation •
2010 Indices of Multiple Deprivation data from the DCLG shows that Waltham Forest has declined from 26th to 15th position among the most deprived local authorities in England between 2007 and 2010.
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Hatch Lane has quite diverse neighbourhoods in terms of deprivation. Four out of seven neighbourhoods are among the 20% of most deprived, while two output areas are among 50% least deprived in England (see the map).
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The total number of people claiming DWP benefits in Hatch Lane ward is 1,145 (as at November 2010). This is 18.2% of the working-age resident population (aged 15-64) in the ward, higher than the borough average of 17.6%.
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Campaign to End Child Poverty reports that 30% of children in Hatch Lane ward are living in poverty, lower than the borough average of 35%.
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According to 2011 School Census, Hatch Lane has 364 pupils eligible for free school meal. This is 21% of the pupils residing in the ward and attending a school in Waltham Forest, lower than the borough average at 25%.
Note: For Child Poverty Ward Profiles please contact
[email protected], tel. 020 8496 4729
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Health •
Hatch Lane has a similar health profile to Waltham Forest though worse than London and England.
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Mortality numbers for All Circulatory diseases and CHD are lower than the borough average though All Cancer mortality is higher.
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Life expectancy at birth is lower at 80.5 for women and higher at 76.4 for men than across the borough as a whole (80.8 and 75.8 respectively). 2003-2007 Life expectancy at birth Source: London Health Ob servatory, August 2009
2004-2008 Indirectly standardised m ortality ratio by cause Persons, All age Source: London Health Observatory, January 2011 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0
101 97 98 100
All Cancer Mortality
94
107
98 100
Circulatory Mortality
100
109
90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
96 100
CHD Mortality
76.4 75.8 77.1 77.3
Males Hatch Lane
LBWF
London
80.5 80.8 81.7 81.5
Females
England
Hatch Lane
Note: The standardised mortality ratio is defined as the ratio of the observed number of deaths in the ward to the number expected if the ward had the same age-specific rates as England. An SMR of over 100 indicates there are more deaths than expected.
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LBWF
London
England
Crime •
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The total number of notifiable offences in Hatch Lane in the 24 months to March 2011 was 1,505. The average per ward in Waltham Forest was 2,678. Hatch Lane ward has fewer than average number of offences across all main types of offences. See the figure.
Total Notifiable Offences (rolling 24 months to March 2011) Hatch Lane and Borough average Source: Metropolitan Police website Theft & Handling
390
Violence against the person
386
Using population data from the 2011 Mayhew Harper count we can establish that in the 24 months to March 2011 there were 137 offences per 1,000 residents in Hatch Lane Green. This compares to an average of 213 offences per 1,000 residents in the borough.
554
309 346
Burglary 187
Criminal Damage
The most common offences were for Theft & Handling (26%) followed by Violence against the person (26%).
949
68
Drugs
98
Robbery 47
Fraud & forgery Other Notifiable offences
11 32
Sexual offences
9 28
0
Hatch Lane
269
Borough average per ward
188 166 146
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Note: Data on the graph does not take into account ward populations so should be viewed as a record of the number of offences rather than an indicator of the likelihood of being a victim of crime.
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