Chiltern Councillor Update Economic Profile of Ballinger, South Heath ...
Chiltern Councillor Update Economic Profile of Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge Ward
April 2014
Produced by Buckinghamshire Business First’s research department
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Introduction Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge is home to 2,203 people and provides 400 jobs in 40 businesses. Of these businesses, 16 (40.0 per cent) are Buckinghamshire Business First members. There were 1,605 employed people aged 16-74 living in Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge ward at the 2011 Census, 27 fewer than the 1,632 recorded in 2001. Over that period the working age population fell 87 to 1,344 while the total population rose five to 2,203. The number of households rose by 18 (2.1 per cent) to 887. This is a significant percentage increase and places the ward 20th out of all wards in Chiltern. Based on the increase in number of households, the ward ranks 82nd out of all wards in Buckinghamshire. The largest companies in Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge include:
Chartridge Park Golf Club; Chartridge County Combined School; Jewson Ltd; South Heath Garden Centre & Nursery Ltd; Gilberts; Peter North & Partners; and North.
There are 10 Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge, representing 0.7 per cent of working age residents, including five claimants aged 18-24 and five who have been claiming for less than six months. Superfast broadband is expected to be available to 74 per cent of premises in the Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge ward by March 2016 with commercial providers responsible for the entire 74 per cent. The Connected Counties project, run by BBF, will therefore deliver none of the fibre broadband on account of ample provision through commercial providers. 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 1,127 employed residents, 319 people lived and worked in the ward, with the most common destinations by local authority district being:
Chiltern (572, 50.8 per cent) Wycombe (85, 7.5) Hillingdon (48, 4.3) Dacorum (43. 3.8) Westminster, City of (42, 3.7) Aylesbury Vale (36, 3.2) South Buckinghamshire (28, 2.5) City of London (27, 2.4)
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Industrial structure There are 40 businesses located in Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge employing 400 people. Of these businesses, 36 are micro businesses, employing fewer than 10 people. Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge is over represented in Property which accounts for 20.9 per cent of employment in the ward. This ranks the ward 20th out of all wards for proportion of employment in the sector. Other sectors which are over-represented include construction and information communication. The two sectors account for 13.3 per cent and 8.3 per cent of employment. As a result, the ward is ranked 973rd for employment in construction and 494th for employment in information communication. Chart 1: Industrial Structure Index, 2012 (GB=100) Mining, quarrying & utilities Manufacturing 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
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
Source: BRES, ONS, 2013 Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge is under-represented in a number of sectors including health, accommodation & food services and retail. Retail employs only 5.2 per cent, this is surprising as the sector usually employs a significantly higher proportion. The ward is ranked 5,580th out of all wards for employment in the sector. Accommodation and food services accounts for only 1.6 per cent of employment and as a result, the ward is ranked 7,885th out of all wards.
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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 Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge provides jobs in these sectors, the industrial strategy sector where the ward delivers the highest share of national employment is professional & business services which account for 14.2 per cent of employment, ranking Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge at 1,512th among English wards. The proportions of jobs in Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge in Industrial Strategy sectors are presented in Table 1.
Construction
Information Economy
Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge
Professional and Business Services
Chiltern Buckinghamshire England
Education
Table 1: Employment in selected industrial strategy sectors, 2012
12.7 9.3 4.6
15.2 15.0 12.9
5.2 5.5 4.6
4.8 4.4 3.0
8.3
14.2
9.7
3.6
Source: BRES, ONS, 2013 At 9.7 per cent, the proportion of Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge construction sector is the 1,620th highest of all wards in England, the proportion is below that of both the country level and the district level. 3.0
Labour market At 68.8 per cent of 16-74 year olds, Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge rate is among the highest in the country. Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge has a proportion of 42.7 per cent of its residents qualified to degree level or higher. Furthermore, 59.9 per cent work in managerial, professional or technical occupations. In Chiltern the wards most similar to Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge are Seer Green, Central and Ashley Green, Latimer & Chenies with 16 of the other 24 wards among the top thousand closest matches. The least similar ward in the district is Ridgeway, the only ward in Chiltern to rank lower than the 4,000th closest match.
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Self-employed
SOCs 1-3
NVQ4+
Working age
Employment rate
Ward Name Ballinger, South Heath and Chartridge Seer Green Central Ashley Green, Latimer and Chenies Amersham Town
Work from Home
Table 2: Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge neighbours, 2011
9.0 8.0 7.2 9.9 7.4
18.9 15.1 15.6 19.6 13.3
59.9 64.6 56.1 57.7 60.0
42.7 48.8 38.7 39.0 46.1
61.0 61.1 60.4 62.7 61.3
68.8 68.0 67.9 68.4 71.0
Source: Census, 2011 Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge has a 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. Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge looks to have a high employment rate but low level of working age residents. Chart 2: Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge 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 Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge skilled and better remunerated occupations, with 59.9 per cent of working residents employed in managerial, professional and technical occupations, ranking in the top quartile nationally for each. In contrast Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge ranks in the bottom quartile for other occupations, with only 2.8 per cent and 5.7 per cent of working residents employed in process plant & machinery operative and elementary occupations respectively. Chart 3: Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge 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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Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge has the 44h lowest economic deprivation of the 7,707 wards in England and the 3rd least economically deprived of the 25 Chiltern wards. Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge is the 4th least economically deprived among the 108 ward in Buckinghamshire. The position of Chiltern ds in England is shown in below, with Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge one of the 12 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 Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge ranks 7,432nd out of all wards in England based on the Index of Multiple Deprivationii; this makes it among the least deprived decile in England, well above Chiltern 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 Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge 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 Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge deprivation profile are presented in Table 3. Nationally, the closest matches are Ightham (Tonbridge and Malling), while Penn & Coleshill and Cholesbury, The Lee & Bellingdon are the most similar in Chiltern ranking as the 20th and 100th most similar of all English wards. Of the 25 Chiltern wards 11 are among the 1,000 best matches, however Ridgeway is only the 5,282nd closest match.
Income
Employment
Health
Education
Housing
Crime
Living environment
Ward Ballinger, South Heath and Chartridge Penn and Coleshill Cholesbury, The Lee and Bellingdon Amersham Common Chesham Bois and Weedon Hill Little Missenden
IMD
Table 3: Deprivation Nearest Neighbours
5.6 17.7 6.5 5.0 4.2 5.7
1.3 22.3 8.9 1.4 6.0 7.6
0.2 19.2 2.7 18.6 2.3 4.8
0.2 27.0 10.2 8.3 5.6 12.6
0.9 42.3 16.4 6.4 9.6 14.8
89.1 61.6 65.7 61.2 68.2 55.2
2.1 37.2 12.9 31.3 30.5 16.5
19.8 7.8 8.4 23.1 31.2 8.2
Source: DCLG, 2010
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Demography At 43.6 years, Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge below the 41.3 recorded across Chiltern as well as the county average of 41.0. This makes Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge one of the older wards in England as suggested by the overrepresentation of 45+ year olds in Chart 6. In terms of age structure, two of the wards in Chiltern most similar to Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge are Holmer Green and Cholesbury, The Lee & Bellingdon with average ages of 43.7 and 43.9 respectively. Chart 6: Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge age profile, 2011 (Chiltern = 100) Working Age
0-15
16-24
25-44
45-64
65+
75.0
80.0
85.0
90.0
95.0
100.0
105.0
110.0
115.0
120.0
125.0
Source: Census, ONS, 2013 Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge has a higher proportion of working age residents than Chiltern at 61.0 per cent. This ranks Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge at 5,521st of all wards in England based on proportion of residents at working age. Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge has a fairly high proportion of those aged 0-15 at 19.3 per cent. This ranks Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge at 2,610th 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 4: Chiltern
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. Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge 12.0 per cent having no qualifications and 42.7 per cent educated to degree level or higher. Only 2.9 per cent of Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge residents are schoolchildren or full-time students aged 16 to 17. This is fairly average in comparison to other wards in Chiltern. wards in England is presented in Chart 7 below. Chart 7: Educational attainment in Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge, 2011 No qualifications 100
Schoolchildren and fulltime students: Age 18 and over
75
Highest level of qualification: Level 1 qualifications
50
25
0
Schoolchildren and fulltime 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 Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge is most similar to Bisley (Stroud), Icknield (Wycombe) and Embsay-with-Eastby (Craven) of all English wards with regard to educational attainment. In the district the most similar wards are Amersham Common, Chalfont St Giles and Penn & Coleshill, with 15 of the other 25 wards ranking inside the top 1000 matches but with Ridgeway ranking outside the top 6,396.
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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
Ballinger, South Heath and Chartridge Amersham Common Chalfont St Giles Penn and Coleshill Cholesbury, The Lee and Bellingdon Seer Green
No qualifications
Table 5: Educational attainment nearest neighbours, 2011
12.0 10.2 12.2 10.1 13.3 11.1
10.6 9.8 9.2 8.4 9.6 8.0
15.1 13.7 15.6 14.8 16.3 14.4
11.6 11.4 10.4 10.6 11.5 11.2
42.7 47.8 45.8 50.1 43.6 48.8
2.9 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.4 2.7
1.6 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.6
Source: Census, ONS, 2011 7.1
Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge 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. Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge as demonstrated by their most recent OFSTED reports, which are summarised below.
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Chartridge Combined School (Key Stage 2) In 2012, 100 per cent of pupils attained Level 4 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. In reading, 100 per cent of pupils attained Level 4 or higher and in writing, 86 per cent of pupils attained Level 4 or higher. The results placed the school in the top 20 per cent and middle 20 per cent respectively. In maths, 100 per cent of pupils attained Level 4 or higher, this is an increase of 26 percentage points on 2011 placing the school in the top 20 per cent of all schools. In the same year, 95 per cent of pupils attained expected progress in English placing the school in the top 40 per cent of all schools. In maths, 100 per cent of pupils attained expected progress placing the school in the top 20 per cent of all school. The attendance rate for the school in this year was 96.8 per cent which marked an increase of 0.3 percentage points and placed the school in the top 20 per cent of all schools.
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Buckinghamshire Business First in Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge Of the 40 businesses in Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge, 16, or 40.0 per cent are Buckinghamshire Business First members. BBF members in the ward are presented in Table 6 below. Table 6: BBF members in Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge, November 2013 Employee Size Band Business Chiltern Marcoms Chartridge Park Golf Club 11 to 25 Gilberts 6 to 10 Peter North & Partners 6 to 10 Viso Marketing 1 to 5 C. E. Hill & Co Ltd 1 to 5 Turville Valley Wines 1 to 5 The People Animators Ltd 1 to 5 Greenaway Plastering Services 1 to 5 Stokes Building Contractors Ltd 1 to 5 Rephrase Limited 1 to 5 Chiltern Ridge 1 to 5 Right Angle Design Ltd 1 to 5 Quercus Professional Indemnity Limited Self only Minutecoach Business Coaching Self only Calixa Creative Services Ltd 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 40 businesses, Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge has 2.0 for 1.3 per cent of the
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i ii
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
19: http://www.bbf.uk.com/download/226 and http://www.bbf.uk.com/download/228
April 2014
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Introduction Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge is home to 2,203 people and provides 400 jobs in 40 businesses. Of these businesses, 16 (40.0 per cent) are Buckinghamshire Business First members. There were 1,605 employed people aged 16-74 living in Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge ward at the 2011 Census, 27 fewer than the 1,632 recorded in 2001. Over that period the working age population fell 87 to 1,344 while the total population rose five to 2,203. The number of households rose by 18 (2.1 per cent) to 887. This is a significant percentage increase and places the ward 20th out of all wards in Chiltern. Based on the increase in number of households, the ward ranks 82nd out of all wards in Buckinghamshire. The largest companies in Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge include:
Chartridge Park Golf Club; Chartridge County Combined School; Jewson Ltd; South Heath Garden Centre & Nursery Ltd; Gilberts; Peter North & Partners; and North.
There are 10 Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge, representing 0.7 per cent of working age residents, including five claimants aged 18-24 and five who have been claiming for less than six months. Superfast broadband is expected to be available to 74 per cent of premises in the Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge ward by March 2016 with commercial providers responsible for the entire 74 per cent. The Connected Counties project, run by BBF, will therefore deliver none of the fibre broadband on account of ample provision through commercial providers. 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 1,127 employed residents, 319 people lived and worked in the ward, with the most common destinations by local authority district being:
Chiltern (572, 50.8 per cent) Wycombe (85, 7.5) Hillingdon (48, 4.3) Dacorum (43. 3.8) Westminster, City of (42, 3.7) Aylesbury Vale (36, 3.2) South Buckinghamshire (28, 2.5) City of London (27, 2.4)
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Industrial structure There are 40 businesses located in Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge employing 400 people. Of these businesses, 36 are micro businesses, employing fewer than 10 people. Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge is over represented in Property which accounts for 20.9 per cent of employment in the ward. This ranks the ward 20th out of all wards for proportion of employment in the sector. Other sectors which are over-represented include construction and information communication. The two sectors account for 13.3 per cent and 8.3 per cent of employment. As a result, the ward is ranked 973rd for employment in construction and 494th for employment in information communication. Chart 1: Industrial Structure Index, 2012 (GB=100) Mining, quarrying & utilities Manufacturing 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
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
Source: BRES, ONS, 2013 Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge is under-represented in a number of sectors including health, accommodation & food services and retail. Retail employs only 5.2 per cent, this is surprising as the sector usually employs a significantly higher proportion. The ward is ranked 5,580th out of all wards for employment in the sector. Accommodation and food services accounts for only 1.6 per cent of employment and as a result, the ward is ranked 7,885th out of all wards.
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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 Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge provides jobs in these sectors, the industrial strategy sector where the ward delivers the highest share of national employment is professional & business services which account for 14.2 per cent of employment, ranking Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge at 1,512th among English wards. The proportions of jobs in Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge in Industrial Strategy sectors are presented in Table 1.
Construction
Information Economy
Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge
Professional and Business Services
Chiltern Buckinghamshire England
Education
Table 1: Employment in selected industrial strategy sectors, 2012
12.7 9.3 4.6
15.2 15.0 12.9
5.2 5.5 4.6
4.8 4.4 3.0
8.3
14.2
9.7
3.6
Source: BRES, ONS, 2013 At 9.7 per cent, the proportion of Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge construction sector is the 1,620th highest of all wards in England, the proportion is below that of both the country level and the district level. 3.0
Labour market At 68.8 per cent of 16-74 year olds, Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge rate is among the highest in the country. Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge has a proportion of 42.7 per cent of its residents qualified to degree level or higher. Furthermore, 59.9 per cent work in managerial, professional or technical occupations. In Chiltern the wards most similar to Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge are Seer Green, Central and Ashley Green, Latimer & Chenies with 16 of the other 24 wards among the top thousand closest matches. The least similar ward in the district is Ridgeway, the only ward in Chiltern to rank lower than the 4,000th closest match.
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Self-employed
SOCs 1-3
NVQ4+
Working age
Employment rate
Ward Name Ballinger, South Heath and Chartridge Seer Green Central Ashley Green, Latimer and Chenies Amersham Town
Work from Home
Table 2: Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge neighbours, 2011
9.0 8.0 7.2 9.9 7.4
18.9 15.1 15.6 19.6 13.3
59.9 64.6 56.1 57.7 60.0
42.7 48.8 38.7 39.0 46.1
61.0 61.1 60.4 62.7 61.3
68.8 68.0 67.9 68.4 71.0
Source: Census, 2011 Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge has a 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. Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge looks to have a high employment rate but low level of working age residents. Chart 2: Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge 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 Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge skilled and better remunerated occupations, with 59.9 per cent of working residents employed in managerial, professional and technical occupations, ranking in the top quartile nationally for each. In contrast Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge ranks in the bottom quartile for other occupations, with only 2.8 per cent and 5.7 per cent of working residents employed in process plant & machinery operative and elementary occupations respectively. Chart 3: Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge 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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Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge has the 44h lowest economic deprivation of the 7,707 wards in England and the 3rd least economically deprived of the 25 Chiltern wards. Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge is the 4th least economically deprived among the 108 ward in Buckinghamshire. The position of Chiltern ds in England is shown in below, with Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge one of the 12 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 Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge ranks 7,432nd out of all wards in England based on the Index of Multiple Deprivationii; this makes it among the least deprived decile in England, well above Chiltern 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 Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge 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 Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge deprivation profile are presented in Table 3. Nationally, the closest matches are Ightham (Tonbridge and Malling), while Penn & Coleshill and Cholesbury, The Lee & Bellingdon are the most similar in Chiltern ranking as the 20th and 100th most similar of all English wards. Of the 25 Chiltern wards 11 are among the 1,000 best matches, however Ridgeway is only the 5,282nd closest match.
Income
Employment
Health
Education
Housing
Crime
Living environment
Ward Ballinger, South Heath and Chartridge Penn and Coleshill Cholesbury, The Lee and Bellingdon Amersham Common Chesham Bois and Weedon Hill Little Missenden
IMD
Table 3: Deprivation Nearest Neighbours
5.6 17.7 6.5 5.0 4.2 5.7
1.3 22.3 8.9 1.4 6.0 7.6
0.2 19.2 2.7 18.6 2.3 4.8
0.2 27.0 10.2 8.3 5.6 12.6
0.9 42.3 16.4 6.4 9.6 14.8
89.1 61.6 65.7 61.2 68.2 55.2
2.1 37.2 12.9 31.3 30.5 16.5
19.8 7.8 8.4 23.1 31.2 8.2
Source: DCLG, 2010
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Demography At 43.6 years, Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge below the 41.3 recorded across Chiltern as well as the county average of 41.0. This makes Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge one of the older wards in England as suggested by the overrepresentation of 45+ year olds in Chart 6. In terms of age structure, two of the wards in Chiltern most similar to Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge are Holmer Green and Cholesbury, The Lee & Bellingdon with average ages of 43.7 and 43.9 respectively. Chart 6: Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge age profile, 2011 (Chiltern = 100) Working Age
0-15
16-24
25-44
45-64
65+
75.0
80.0
85.0
90.0
95.0
100.0
105.0
110.0
115.0
120.0
125.0
Source: Census, ONS, 2013 Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge has a higher proportion of working age residents than Chiltern at 61.0 per cent. This ranks Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge at 5,521st of all wards in England based on proportion of residents at working age. Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge has a fairly high proportion of those aged 0-15 at 19.3 per cent. This ranks Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge at 2,610th 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 4: Chiltern
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. Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge 12.0 per cent having no qualifications and 42.7 per cent educated to degree level or higher. Only 2.9 per cent of Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge residents are schoolchildren or full-time students aged 16 to 17. This is fairly average in comparison to other wards in Chiltern. wards in England is presented in Chart 7 below. Chart 7: Educational attainment in Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge, 2011 No qualifications 100
Schoolchildren and fulltime students: Age 18 and over
75
Highest level of qualification: Level 1 qualifications
50
25
0
Schoolchildren and fulltime 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 Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge is most similar to Bisley (Stroud), Icknield (Wycombe) and Embsay-with-Eastby (Craven) of all English wards with regard to educational attainment. In the district the most similar wards are Amersham Common, Chalfont St Giles and Penn & Coleshill, with 15 of the other 25 wards ranking inside the top 1000 matches but with Ridgeway ranking outside the top 6,396.
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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
Ballinger, South Heath and Chartridge Amersham Common Chalfont St Giles Penn and Coleshill Cholesbury, The Lee and Bellingdon Seer Green
No qualifications
Table 5: Educational attainment nearest neighbours, 2011
12.0 10.2 12.2 10.1 13.3 11.1
10.6 9.8 9.2 8.4 9.6 8.0
15.1 13.7 15.6 14.8 16.3 14.4
11.6 11.4 10.4 10.6 11.5 11.2
42.7 47.8 45.8 50.1 43.6 48.8
2.9 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.4 2.7
1.6 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.6
Source: Census, ONS, 2011 7.1
Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge 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. Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge as demonstrated by their most recent OFSTED reports, which are summarised below.
7.2
Chartridge Combined School (Key Stage 2) In 2012, 100 per cent of pupils attained Level 4 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. In reading, 100 per cent of pupils attained Level 4 or higher and in writing, 86 per cent of pupils attained Level 4 or higher. The results placed the school in the top 20 per cent and middle 20 per cent respectively. In maths, 100 per cent of pupils attained Level 4 or higher, this is an increase of 26 percentage points on 2011 placing the school in the top 20 per cent of all schools. In the same year, 95 per cent of pupils attained expected progress in English placing the school in the top 40 per cent of all schools. In maths, 100 per cent of pupils attained expected progress placing the school in the top 20 per cent of all school. The attendance rate for the school in this year was 96.8 per cent which marked an increase of 0.3 percentage points and placed the school in the top 20 per cent of all schools.
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Buckinghamshire Business First in Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge Of the 40 businesses in Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge, 16, or 40.0 per cent are Buckinghamshire Business First members. BBF members in the ward are presented in Table 6 below. Table 6: BBF members in Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge, November 2013 Employee Size Band Business Chiltern Marcoms Chartridge Park Golf Club 11 to 25 Gilberts 6 to 10 Peter North & Partners 6 to 10 Viso Marketing 1 to 5 C. E. Hill & Co Ltd 1 to 5 Turville Valley Wines 1 to 5 The People Animators Ltd 1 to 5 Greenaway Plastering Services 1 to 5 Stokes Building Contractors Ltd 1 to 5 Rephrase Limited 1 to 5 Chiltern Ridge 1 to 5 Right Angle Design Ltd 1 to 5 Quercus Professional Indemnity Limited Self only Minutecoach Business Coaching Self only Calixa Creative Services Ltd 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 40 businesses, Ballinger, South Heath & Chartridge has 2.0 for 1.3 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
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19: http://www.bbf.uk.com/download/226 and http://www.bbf.uk.com/download/228
