Wycombe Councillor Update Economic Profile of Flackwell Heath and
Wycombe Councillor Update Economic Profile of Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow Ward
April 2014
Produced by Buckinghamshire Business First’s research department
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Introduction Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow is home to 7,403 people and provides 1,600 jobs in 103 businesses. Of these businesses, 35 (34.0 per cent) are Buckinghamshire Business First members. There were 3,505 employed people aged 16-74 living in Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow ward at the 2011 Census, 53 more than the 3,452 recorded in 2001. Over that period the working age population fell 33 to 4,420 while the total population rose 197 to 7,403. The number of households rose by 107 (3.7 per cent) to 2,993. This is a significant percentage increase and places the ward 19th out of all wards in Wycombe. Based on the increase in number of households, the ward ranks 65th out of all wards in Buckinghamshire. The largest companies in Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow include:
Lexmark International Ltd; Carrington County Middle School; Floribunda; ; Octopus; K J Chadbone; and Connect-Tec Ltd.
There are 39 Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow, representing 0.9 per cent of working age residents, including 25 claimants aged 25-49 and 25 who have been claiming for less than six months. Superfast broadband is expected to be available to 99 per cent of premises in the Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow ward by March 2016 with commercial providers responsible for 99 per cent. The Connected Counties project, run by BBF, deliver none of the superfast broadband service following sufficient provision from 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 3,578 employed residents, 904 people lived and worked in the ward, with the most common destinations by local authority district being:
Wycombe (2,051, 57.3) Windsor and Maidenhead (265, 7.4) South Buckinghamshire (165, 4.6) Hillingdon (151, 4.2) Slough (142, 4.0) Chiltern (79, 2.2) Wokingham (59, 1.6)
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Industrial structure There are 103 businesses located in Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow employing 1,600 people. Of these businesses, 84 are micro businesses, employing fewer than 10 people. Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow is over-represented in Mining, quarrying and utilities which account for 11.0 per cent of employment in the ward. Based on this proportion of employment, the ward is ranked 177th out of all wards. The ward is also over-represented in education which accounts for 20.6 per cent of employment in the ward. Based on this proportion, the ward is ranked 1,659th out of all wards. Accommodation and food services accounts for 12.5 per cent of employment ranking the ward 1,712th out of all wards. Chart 1: Industrial Structure Index, 2012 (GB=100) Agriculture, forestry & fishing
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
Public administration & defence Education Health Arts, entertainment, recreation & other services 0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
Source: BRES, ONS, 2013 Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow is under-represented in a number of sectors including; agriculture, forestry and fishing; manufacturing; motor trades; transport and storage; financial and insurance; public administration and defence; and health. Manufacturing accounts for only 2.8 per cent of employment ranking the ward 5,165 th out of all wards. Motor trades cover only 0.5 per cent of employment ranking the ward 6,578 th out of all wards. Finally, Financial and insurance accounts for only 0.2 per cent of employment. Based on this proportion, the ward is ranked 5,071st 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. Wycombe -represented in these sectors, particularly aerospace, the information economy and professional and business services. While Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow provides jobs in these sectors, the industrial strategy sector where the ward delivers the highest share of national employment is education which accounts for 20.6 per cent of employment, ranking Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow at 1,654th among English wards. The proportions of jobs in Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow in Industrial Strategy sectors are presented in Table 1.
Construction
PBS
Information Economy
Education
Table 1: Employment in selected industrial strategy sectors, 2012
Wycombe Buckinghamshire England
5.4 5.2 4.2
12.4 14.7 12.1
6.6 4.4 2.9
8.9 9.7 9.2
Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow
3.3
9.4
3.7
20.6
Source: BRES, ONS, 2013 At 9.4 per cent, the proportion of Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow construction sector is the 2,891st 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 66.7 per cent of 16-74 year olds, Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow is among the lowest in the country. Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow has a proportion of 33.8 per cent of its residents qualified to degree level or higher. Furthermore, 52.3 per cent work in managerial, professional or technical occupations. In Wycombe the wards most similar to Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow are Bourne Endcum-Hedsor, Greater Hughenden and Hazlemere North with ten of the other 27 wards among the top thousand closest matches. The least similar ward in the district is Oakridge & Castlefield, the only ward in Wycombe to rank lower than the 7,000th closest match.
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Self-employed
SOCs 1-3
NVQ4+
Working age
Employment rate
Chiltern Rise Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow Bourne End-cum-Hedsor Greater Hughenden Hazlemere North Marlow North and West The Risboroughs
Work from Home
Table 2: Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow neighbours, 2011
6.8 7.1 7.1 5.6 6.6 5.5
14.4 13.7 14.5 12.7 13.9 12.1
52.3 57.6 54.5 50.5 57.6 48.8
33.8 37.3 37.7 32.7 41.8 33.4
59.7 60.3 60.7 58.3 58.8 57.8
66.7 66.5 68.2 67.8 68.0 65.5
Source: Census, 2011 Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow has a high level of those who work from home and those who 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. Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow looks to have a high employment rate and a low level of working age residents. Chart 2: Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow 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 Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow skilled and better remunerated occupations, with 52.3 per cent of working residents employed in managerial, professional and technical occupations, ranking in the top quartile nationally for managerial and technical occupations. In contrast Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow ranks in the bottom quartile for other occupations, with only 5.8 per cent of working residents employed in elementary occupations. Chart 3: Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow 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 Wycombe 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 Wycombe 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 Wycombe faces to attract resources to tackle deprivation.
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Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow has the 988th lowest economic deprivation of the 7,707 wards in England and the 12th least economically deprived of the 28 Wycombe wards. Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow is the 53rd least economically deprived among the 108 ward in Buckinghamshire. The position of Wycombe ds in England is shown in Chart 4 below, with Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow one of the five second least deprived decile. Chart 4: Relative economic deprivation of Wycombe wards by English decile, 2009 10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Most deprived
Least deprived
Source: DCLG, 2012 Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow ranks 6,895th out of all wards in England based on the Index of Multiple Deprivationii; this makes it among the fifth least deprived decile in England, above Wycombe 5,471st, 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 Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow 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 Wycombe most closely matching Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow deprivation profile are presented in Table 3. Nationally, the closest matches are Bisham & Cookham (Windsor & Maidenhead), Old Windsor (Windsor & Maidenhead) and Chilworth, Nursling & Rownhams (Test Valley) while Bourne End-cum-Hedsor and Tylers Green & Loudwater are the most similar in Wycombe ranking as the third and 12th most similar of all English wards. Of the 25 Wycombe wards 11 are among the 1,000 best matches, however Micklefield is only the 5,962nd closest match.
Income
Employment
Health
Education
Housing
Crime
Living environment
Ward Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow Bourne End-cum-Hedsor Tylers Green and Loudwater Marlow North and West Hazlemere South
IMD
Table 3: Deprivation Nearest Neighbours
12.6 13.1 8.2 8.8 3.3
11.6 16.3 7.1 17.1 11.9
9.4 13.7 3.9 7.4 2.3
11.8 19.9 9.9 14.7 11.8
14.4 12.9 22.6 11 16.2
42 42.8 37.5 40 32
70.9 65.5 70.1 52.4 59.2
25.5 25.8 10.1 9.5 4.9
Source: DCLG, 2010
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Demography At 43.1 years, Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow above the 39.4 recorded across Wycombe as well as the county average of 41.0. This makes Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow one of the older wards in England as suggested by the over-representation of 45+ year olds in Chart 6. In terms of age structure, two of the wards in Wycombe most similar to Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow are Marlow North & West and Greater Hughenden with average ages of 43.1 and 42.9 respectively. Chart 6: Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow age profile, 2011 (Wycombe = 100) Working Age
0-15
16-24
25-44
45-64
65+
75.0
85.0
95.0
105.0
115.0
125.0
135.0
Source: Census, ONS, 2013 Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow has a lower proportion of working age residents than Wycombe at 59.7 per cent. This ranks Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow at 6,320th of all wards in England based on proportion of residents at working age. Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow has a fairly high proportion of those aged 65+ at 21.5 per cent. This ranks Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow at 2,131st 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: Wycombe
Wycombe
0-15 20.1
16-64 63.5
65+ 16.4
Abbey Bledlow and Bradenham Booker and Cressex Bourne End-cum-Hedsor Bowerdean Chiltern Rise Disraeli Downley and Plomer Hill Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow Greater Hughenden Greater Marlow Hambleden Valley Hazlemere North Hazlemere South Icknield Lacey Green, Speen and the Hampdens Marlow North and West Marlow South East Micklefield Oakridge and Castlefield Ryemead Sands Stokenchurch and Radnage Terriers and Amersham Hill Totteridge The Risboroughs The Wooburns Tylers Green and Loudwater
16.6 18.2 16.3 16.3 24.1 20.6 20.9 22.0 18.7 18.7 23.7 19.9 20.1 21.4 18.5 22.6 18.9 19.3 24.4 25.5 20.1 21.7 18.7 19.3 20.1 16.9 19.5 19.7
72.5 64.9 62.1 60.3 67.6 63.4 69.2 61.6 59.7 60.7 59.8 60.7 58.3 61.4 58.6 60.1 58.8 63.6 64.5 67.1 70.2 68.9 64.4 68.6 63.1 57.8 65.5 65.6
10.9 16.9 21.6 23.4 8.4 16.0 9.9 16.5 21.5 20.6 16.4 19.4 21.6 17.2 22.9 17.2 22.3 17.1 11.1 7.5 9.6 9.4 16.9 12.1 16.8 25.2 15.0 14.8
Source: Census, 2011
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Educational attainment Wycombe is one of the best qualified places in the country, with only 17.0 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 34.2 per cent hold degree level qualifications, well above the national level of 27.4 per cent. Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow 16.9 per cent having no qualifications. However, only 33.8 per cent educated to degree level or higher, this is slightly lower than the district average. There is a total of 3.5 per cent of Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow residents who are schoolchildren or full-time students aged 16 to 17. This is high in comparison to other wards in Wycombe as well as other wards across England. compared to all wards in England is presented in Chart 7 below. Chart 7: Educational attainment in Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow, 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 Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow is most similar to Bedgrove (Aylesbury Vale), Welwyn West (Welwyn Hatfield) and Steyning (Harsham) of all English wards with regard to educational attainment. In the district the most similar wards are Hazlemere North, Stokenchurch & Radnage and Chiltern Rise with seven of the other 25 wards ranking inside the top 1000 matches but with Ryemead ranking outside the top 6,000.
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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
Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow Hazlemere North Stokenchurch and Radnage Chiltern Rise Hazlemere South Downley and Plomer Hill
No qualifications
Table 5: Educational attainment nearest neighbours, 2011
16.9 16.5 19.6 18.5 14.6 16.7
12.7 13.5 14.8 13.3 13.9 10.9
16.5 16.8 15.9 16.3 17.3 16.3
10.9 11.1 10.9 12.3 12.4 13.0
33.8 32.7 30.4 31.4 33.6 34.3
3.5 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2
2.5 2.3 2.0 2.0 2.6 2.5
Source: Census, ONS, 2011 7.1
Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow 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. Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow as demonstrated by their most recent OFSTED reports, which are summarised below.
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Buckinghamshire Business First in Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow Of the 103 businesses in Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow, 35, or 34.0 per cent are Buckinghamshire Business First members. BBF members in the ward are presented in Table 6 below. Table 6: BBF members in Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow, November 2013 Business Employee Size Band Marketing Matters Chepping 16 Plus Young Drivers Saucy Horse Digital Marketing Ltd Monkton Barn Galleries Ltd Darwin IP Our Time Children's Services Ltd 11 to 25 Project 4 11 to 25 Cosy Cosy Ltd 6 to 10 HOC in Business - Chiltern Valley 1 to 5 Kingsmead Testing Services Ltd 1 to 5 Sands & Son Plumbing 1 to 5 Buchanans Solicitors 1 to 5 Copiae Consultancy Ltd. 1 to 5 Crowthers 1 to 5 Paul Isaac Human Resources 1 to 5 MP Electrical Services 1 to 5 Chapel Dental Practice 1 to 5 WKD Business Solutions Limited 1 to 5 Forget-Me-Not-Photography 1 to 5 Janet Systems Ltd 1 to 5 Thames Valley Equine Clinic 1 to 5 Active Engineering GB Ltd 1 to 5 Blanche Morrissey 1 to 5 Crew Associates Limited 1 to 5 Stonehouse Consultants 1 to 5 Le Duc Document Consultancy Ltd 1 to 5 TM Design Self only Giggles Party Shop Self only Filmplane Ltd Self only The Driving Instructor Self only J Wilkinson Ltd Self only Beauty & Soul Self only Chris Stops and Associates Self only Paul Gunn None Wyatt HR None
£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 Wycombe The distribution of businesses in Wycombe is shown in the map below. With 103 businesses, Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow has 2.9 providing work for 2.0
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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
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Introduction Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow is home to 7,403 people and provides 1,600 jobs in 103 businesses. Of these businesses, 35 (34.0 per cent) are Buckinghamshire Business First members. There were 3,505 employed people aged 16-74 living in Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow ward at the 2011 Census, 53 more than the 3,452 recorded in 2001. Over that period the working age population fell 33 to 4,420 while the total population rose 197 to 7,403. The number of households rose by 107 (3.7 per cent) to 2,993. This is a significant percentage increase and places the ward 19th out of all wards in Wycombe. Based on the increase in number of households, the ward ranks 65th out of all wards in Buckinghamshire. The largest companies in Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow include:
Lexmark International Ltd; Carrington County Middle School; Floribunda; ; Octopus; K J Chadbone; and Connect-Tec Ltd.
There are 39 Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow, representing 0.9 per cent of working age residents, including 25 claimants aged 25-49 and 25 who have been claiming for less than six months. Superfast broadband is expected to be available to 99 per cent of premises in the Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow ward by March 2016 with commercial providers responsible for 99 per cent. The Connected Counties project, run by BBF, deliver none of the superfast broadband service following sufficient provision from 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 3,578 employed residents, 904 people lived and worked in the ward, with the most common destinations by local authority district being:
Wycombe (2,051, 57.3) Windsor and Maidenhead (265, 7.4) South Buckinghamshire (165, 4.6) Hillingdon (151, 4.2) Slough (142, 4.0) Chiltern (79, 2.2) Wokingham (59, 1.6)
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Industrial structure There are 103 businesses located in Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow employing 1,600 people. Of these businesses, 84 are micro businesses, employing fewer than 10 people. Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow is over-represented in Mining, quarrying and utilities which account for 11.0 per cent of employment in the ward. Based on this proportion of employment, the ward is ranked 177th out of all wards. The ward is also over-represented in education which accounts for 20.6 per cent of employment in the ward. Based on this proportion, the ward is ranked 1,659th out of all wards. Accommodation and food services accounts for 12.5 per cent of employment ranking the ward 1,712th out of all wards. Chart 1: Industrial Structure Index, 2012 (GB=100) Agriculture, forestry & fishing
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
Public administration & defence Education Health Arts, entertainment, recreation & other services 0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
Source: BRES, ONS, 2013 Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow is under-represented in a number of sectors including; agriculture, forestry and fishing; manufacturing; motor trades; transport and storage; financial and insurance; public administration and defence; and health. Manufacturing accounts for only 2.8 per cent of employment ranking the ward 5,165 th out of all wards. Motor trades cover only 0.5 per cent of employment ranking the ward 6,578 th out of all wards. Finally, Financial and insurance accounts for only 0.2 per cent of employment. Based on this proportion, the ward is ranked 5,071st 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. Wycombe -represented in these sectors, particularly aerospace, the information economy and professional and business services. While Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow provides jobs in these sectors, the industrial strategy sector where the ward delivers the highest share of national employment is education which accounts for 20.6 per cent of employment, ranking Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow at 1,654th among English wards. The proportions of jobs in Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow in Industrial Strategy sectors are presented in Table 1.
Construction
PBS
Information Economy
Education
Table 1: Employment in selected industrial strategy sectors, 2012
Wycombe Buckinghamshire England
5.4 5.2 4.2
12.4 14.7 12.1
6.6 4.4 2.9
8.9 9.7 9.2
Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow
3.3
9.4
3.7
20.6
Source: BRES, ONS, 2013 At 9.4 per cent, the proportion of Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow construction sector is the 2,891st 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 66.7 per cent of 16-74 year olds, Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow is among the lowest in the country. Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow has a proportion of 33.8 per cent of its residents qualified to degree level or higher. Furthermore, 52.3 per cent work in managerial, professional or technical occupations. In Wycombe the wards most similar to Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow are Bourne Endcum-Hedsor, Greater Hughenden and Hazlemere North with ten of the other 27 wards among the top thousand closest matches. The least similar ward in the district is Oakridge & Castlefield, the only ward in Wycombe to rank lower than the 7,000th closest match.
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Self-employed
SOCs 1-3
NVQ4+
Working age
Employment rate
Chiltern Rise Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow Bourne End-cum-Hedsor Greater Hughenden Hazlemere North Marlow North and West The Risboroughs
Work from Home
Table 2: Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow neighbours, 2011
6.8 7.1 7.1 5.6 6.6 5.5
14.4 13.7 14.5 12.7 13.9 12.1
52.3 57.6 54.5 50.5 57.6 48.8
33.8 37.3 37.7 32.7 41.8 33.4
59.7 60.3 60.7 58.3 58.8 57.8
66.7 66.5 68.2 67.8 68.0 65.5
Source: Census, 2011 Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow has a high level of those who work from home and those who 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. Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow looks to have a high employment rate and a low level of working age residents. Chart 2: Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow 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 Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow skilled and better remunerated occupations, with 52.3 per cent of working residents employed in managerial, professional and technical occupations, ranking in the top quartile nationally for managerial and technical occupations. In contrast Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow ranks in the bottom quartile for other occupations, with only 5.8 per cent of working residents employed in elementary occupations. Chart 3: Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow 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 Wycombe 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 Wycombe 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 Wycombe faces to attract resources to tackle deprivation.
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Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow has the 988th lowest economic deprivation of the 7,707 wards in England and the 12th least economically deprived of the 28 Wycombe wards. Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow is the 53rd least economically deprived among the 108 ward in Buckinghamshire. The position of Wycombe ds in England is shown in Chart 4 below, with Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow one of the five second least deprived decile. Chart 4: Relative economic deprivation of Wycombe wards by English decile, 2009 10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Most deprived
Least deprived
Source: DCLG, 2012 Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow ranks 6,895th out of all wards in England based on the Index of Multiple Deprivationii; this makes it among the fifth least deprived decile in England, above Wycombe 5,471st, 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 Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow 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 Wycombe most closely matching Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow deprivation profile are presented in Table 3. Nationally, the closest matches are Bisham & Cookham (Windsor & Maidenhead), Old Windsor (Windsor & Maidenhead) and Chilworth, Nursling & Rownhams (Test Valley) while Bourne End-cum-Hedsor and Tylers Green & Loudwater are the most similar in Wycombe ranking as the third and 12th most similar of all English wards. Of the 25 Wycombe wards 11 are among the 1,000 best matches, however Micklefield is only the 5,962nd closest match.
Income
Employment
Health
Education
Housing
Crime
Living environment
Ward Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow Bourne End-cum-Hedsor Tylers Green and Loudwater Marlow North and West Hazlemere South
IMD
Table 3: Deprivation Nearest Neighbours
12.6 13.1 8.2 8.8 3.3
11.6 16.3 7.1 17.1 11.9
9.4 13.7 3.9 7.4 2.3
11.8 19.9 9.9 14.7 11.8
14.4 12.9 22.6 11 16.2
42 42.8 37.5 40 32
70.9 65.5 70.1 52.4 59.2
25.5 25.8 10.1 9.5 4.9
Source: DCLG, 2010
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Demography At 43.1 years, Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow above the 39.4 recorded across Wycombe as well as the county average of 41.0. This makes Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow one of the older wards in England as suggested by the over-representation of 45+ year olds in Chart 6. In terms of age structure, two of the wards in Wycombe most similar to Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow are Marlow North & West and Greater Hughenden with average ages of 43.1 and 42.9 respectively. Chart 6: Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow age profile, 2011 (Wycombe = 100) Working Age
0-15
16-24
25-44
45-64
65+
75.0
85.0
95.0
105.0
115.0
125.0
135.0
Source: Census, ONS, 2013 Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow has a lower proportion of working age residents than Wycombe at 59.7 per cent. This ranks Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow at 6,320th of all wards in England based on proportion of residents at working age. Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow has a fairly high proportion of those aged 65+ at 21.5 per cent. This ranks Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow at 2,131st 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: Wycombe
Wycombe
0-15 20.1
16-64 63.5
65+ 16.4
Abbey Bledlow and Bradenham Booker and Cressex Bourne End-cum-Hedsor Bowerdean Chiltern Rise Disraeli Downley and Plomer Hill Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow Greater Hughenden Greater Marlow Hambleden Valley Hazlemere North Hazlemere South Icknield Lacey Green, Speen and the Hampdens Marlow North and West Marlow South East Micklefield Oakridge and Castlefield Ryemead Sands Stokenchurch and Radnage Terriers and Amersham Hill Totteridge The Risboroughs The Wooburns Tylers Green and Loudwater
16.6 18.2 16.3 16.3 24.1 20.6 20.9 22.0 18.7 18.7 23.7 19.9 20.1 21.4 18.5 22.6 18.9 19.3 24.4 25.5 20.1 21.7 18.7 19.3 20.1 16.9 19.5 19.7
72.5 64.9 62.1 60.3 67.6 63.4 69.2 61.6 59.7 60.7 59.8 60.7 58.3 61.4 58.6 60.1 58.8 63.6 64.5 67.1 70.2 68.9 64.4 68.6 63.1 57.8 65.5 65.6
10.9 16.9 21.6 23.4 8.4 16.0 9.9 16.5 21.5 20.6 16.4 19.4 21.6 17.2 22.9 17.2 22.3 17.1 11.1 7.5 9.6 9.4 16.9 12.1 16.8 25.2 15.0 14.8
Source: Census, 2011
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Educational attainment Wycombe is one of the best qualified places in the country, with only 17.0 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 34.2 per cent hold degree level qualifications, well above the national level of 27.4 per cent. Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow 16.9 per cent having no qualifications. However, only 33.8 per cent educated to degree level or higher, this is slightly lower than the district average. There is a total of 3.5 per cent of Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow residents who are schoolchildren or full-time students aged 16 to 17. This is high in comparison to other wards in Wycombe as well as other wards across England. compared to all wards in England is presented in Chart 7 below. Chart 7: Educational attainment in Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow, 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 Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow is most similar to Bedgrove (Aylesbury Vale), Welwyn West (Welwyn Hatfield) and Steyning (Harsham) of all English wards with regard to educational attainment. In the district the most similar wards are Hazlemere North, Stokenchurch & Radnage and Chiltern Rise with seven of the other 25 wards ranking inside the top 1000 matches but with Ryemead ranking outside the top 6,000.
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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
Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow Hazlemere North Stokenchurch and Radnage Chiltern Rise Hazlemere South Downley and Plomer Hill
No qualifications
Table 5: Educational attainment nearest neighbours, 2011
16.9 16.5 19.6 18.5 14.6 16.7
12.7 13.5 14.8 13.3 13.9 10.9
16.5 16.8 15.9 16.3 17.3 16.3
10.9 11.1 10.9 12.3 12.4 13.0
33.8 32.7 30.4 31.4 33.6 34.3
3.5 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2
2.5 2.3 2.0 2.0 2.6 2.5
Source: Census, ONS, 2011 7.1
Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow 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. Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow as demonstrated by their most recent OFSTED reports, which are summarised below.
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Buckinghamshire Business First in Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow Of the 103 businesses in Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow, 35, or 34.0 per cent are Buckinghamshire Business First members. BBF members in the ward are presented in Table 6 below. Table 6: BBF members in Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow, November 2013 Business Employee Size Band Marketing Matters Chepping 16 Plus Young Drivers Saucy Horse Digital Marketing Ltd Monkton Barn Galleries Ltd Darwin IP Our Time Children's Services Ltd 11 to 25 Project 4 11 to 25 Cosy Cosy Ltd 6 to 10 HOC in Business - Chiltern Valley 1 to 5 Kingsmead Testing Services Ltd 1 to 5 Sands & Son Plumbing 1 to 5 Buchanans Solicitors 1 to 5 Copiae Consultancy Ltd. 1 to 5 Crowthers 1 to 5 Paul Isaac Human Resources 1 to 5 MP Electrical Services 1 to 5 Chapel Dental Practice 1 to 5 WKD Business Solutions Limited 1 to 5 Forget-Me-Not-Photography 1 to 5 Janet Systems Ltd 1 to 5 Thames Valley Equine Clinic 1 to 5 Active Engineering GB Ltd 1 to 5 Blanche Morrissey 1 to 5 Crew Associates Limited 1 to 5 Stonehouse Consultants 1 to 5 Le Duc Document Consultancy Ltd 1 to 5 TM Design Self only Giggles Party Shop Self only Filmplane Ltd Self only The Driving Instructor Self only J Wilkinson Ltd Self only Beauty & Soul Self only Chris Stops and Associates Self only Paul Gunn None Wyatt HR None
£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 Wycombe The distribution of businesses in Wycombe is shown in the map below. With 103 businesses, Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow has 2.9 providing work for 2.0
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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
