Wycombe Councillor Update Economic Profile of Oakridge and ...
Wycombe Councillor Update Economic Profile of Oakridge and Castlefield Ward
April 2014
Produced by Buckinghamshire Business First’s research department
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Introduction Oakridge and Castlefield is home to 9,406 people and provides 2,400 jobs in 193 businesses. Of these businesses, 56 (29.0 per cent) are Buckinghamshire Business First members. There were 3,748 employed people aged 16-74 living in Oakridge and Castlefield ward at the 2011 Census, 646 more than the 3,102 recorded in 2001. Over that period the working age population rose 711 to 6,307 while the total population rose 721 to 9,406. The number of households rose by 210 (7.3 per cent) to 3,075. This is a fairly significant percentage increase and places the ward ninth out of all wards in Wycombe. Based on the increase in number of households, the ward ranks 30th out of all wards in Buckinghamshire. The largest companies in Oakridge and Castlefield include:
The Guinness Partnership; 5 G Communications Ltd; Quality Heating Services Ltd; Ceradon Ltd; Cineworld Ltd; Guinness Trust; and Oakridge Dental Clinic.
There are 228 Oakridge and Castlefield, representing 3.8 per cent of working age residents, including 140 claimants aged 25-49 and 125 who have been claiming for less than six months. Superfast broadband is expected to be available to 99 per cent of premises in the Oakridge and Castlefield ward by March 2016 with commercial providers responsible for 98 per cent. The Connected Counties project, run by BBF, deliver the remaining 1 per cent through its interventions in High Wycombe 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 3,470 employed residents, 650 people lived and worked in the ward, with the most common destinations by local authority district being:
Wycombe (2,517, 72.5) Chiltern (131, 3.8) South Buckinghamshire (121, 3.5) Slough (75, 2.2) Windsor and Maidenhead (75, 2.2) Hillingdon (52, 1.5) Aylesbury Vale (52, 1.5)
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Industrial structure There are 193 businesses located in Oakridge and Castlefield employing 2,400 people. Of these businesses, 142 are micro businesses, employing fewer than 10 people. Oakridge and Castlefield is over-represented in Motor Trades which account for 5.3 per cent of employment ranking the ward 827th out of all wards. The ward is also wellrepresented in manufacturing which covers 22.7 per cent of employment ranking the ward 964th out of all wards. There is notably high proportion of employment in the construction sector in Oakridge and Castlefield. This sector covers 8.7 per cent of employment ranking the ward 2,217th out of all wards. Two sectors -represented but still have higher employment than the national average are information & communication and health. The two sectors account for 5.2 per cent of employment and 19.4 per cent of employment respectively. Chart 1: Industrial Structure Index, 2012 (GB=100) 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
50
100
150
200
250
300
Source: BRES, ONS, 2013 Oakridge and Castlefield is under-represented in a number of sectors including; retail; transport & storage; financial & insurance; business administration & support; education; and arts, entertainment & other services. Financial & Insurance covers just 0.1 per cent of employment ranking the ward 5,998th out of all wards. Business administration & support services covers just 1.8 per cent of employment ranking the ward 6,730 th out of all wards. Finally, retail covers just 4.3 per cent of employment ranking the ward 6,179 th 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 Oakridge and Castlefield provides jobs in these sectors, the industrial strategy sector where the ward delivers the highest share of national employment is construction which accounts for 8.5 per cent of employment, ranking Oakridge and Castlefield at 1,848th among English wards. The proportions of jobs in Oakridge and Castlefield 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
Oakridge and Castlefield
8.5
8.2 5.1 4.1 Source: BRES, ONS, 2013
At 8.2 per cent, the proportion of Oakridge and Castlefield professional st business services sector is the 3,481 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 56.1 per cent of 16-74 year olds, Oakridge and Castlefield the lowest in the country. Oakridge and Castlefield has a proportion of 20.4 per cent of its residents qualified to degree level or higher. Furthermore, 27.3 per cent work in managerial, professional or technical occupations. In Wycombe the wards most similar to Oakridge and Castlefield are Disraeli, Micklefield and Bowerdean with only two of the other 27 wards among the top thousand closest matches. The least similar ward in the district is Hambledon Valley, one of two wards in Wycombe to rank lower than the 8,500th closest match along with Lacey Green, Speen & The Hampdens.
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Self-employed
SOCs 1-3
NVQ4+
Working age
Employment rate
Chiltern Rise Oakridge and Castlefield Disraeli Micklefield Bowerdean Totteridge Booker and Cressex
Work from Home
Table 2: Oakridge and Castlefield 2011
1.8 2.6 1.8 2.8 2.9 3.4
9.1 8.5 8.6 9.6 9.1 8.6
27.3 37.9 32.3 39.5 40.9 40.2
20.4 25.1 21.5 27.1 27.2 24.1
67.1 69.2 64.5 67.6 63.9 62.1
56.1 61.4 64.5 60.3 65.8 64.1
Source: Census, 2011 Oakridge and Castlefield has a low level of those who work from home and a low level of those who are self-employed. Furthermore, as stated previously, the ward has a low 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. Oakridge and Castlefield looks to have a low employment rate and a high level of working age residents. Chart 2: Oakridge and Castlefield 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 Oakridge and Castlefield better remunerated occupations, with 27.3 per cent of working residents employed in managerial, professional and technical occupations, ranking in the bottom quartile nationally for each. In contrast Oakridge and Castlefield ranks in the top quartile for other occupations, with 16.3 per cent of working residents employed in elementary occupations. Chart 3: Oakridge and Castlefield 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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Oakridge and Castlefield has the 6,286th lowest economic deprivation of the 7,707 wards in England and is the second most economically deprived of the 28 Wycombe wards. Oakridge and Castlefield is the third most economically deprived among the 108 ward in Buckinghamshire. The position of Wycombe ds in England is shown in Chart 4 below, with Oakridge and Castlefield one of the two second most 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 Oakridge and Castlefield ranks 1,753th out of all wards in England based on the Index of Multiple Deprivationii; this makes it among the more deprived wards in England, below Wycombe 5,471st, demonstrating that the ward is more deprived than the district as a whole.
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Chart 5: Comparative deprivation by IMD domain in Oakridge and Castlefield 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 Oakridge and Castlefield deprivation profile are presented in Table 3. Nationally, the closest matches are (Sevenoaks), Lewsey (Luton), Leagrave (Luton), while Micklefield and Bowerdean are the most similar in Wycombe ranking as the second and 201st most similar of all English wards. Of the 25 Wycombe wards sixe are among the 1,000 best matches, however Lacey Green, Speen & the Hampdens is only the 7,646th closest match.
Income
Employment
Health
Education
Housing
Crime
Living environment
Ward Oakridge and Castlefield Micklefield Bowerdean Disraeli Totteridge
IMD
Table 3: Deprivation Nearest Neighbours
79.9 81.8 65.5 62.3 62.1
89.2 89.1 82.3 69.7 77.5
72 74.2 52.2 58.1 45.3
70.5 67.5 50.8 49.3 56.6
85 85.3 72.5 72.5 64.5
62.9 70.1 71.5 61.8 65.9
83.4 90.4 68.5 83.1 84.3
37.6 34.4 36.2 23.9 17.1
Source: DCLG, 2010
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Demography At 30.5 years, Oakridge and Castlefield below the 39.4 recorded across Wycombe as well as the county average of 41.0. This makes Oakridge and Castlefield one of the younger wards in England as suggested by the over-representation of 0-44 year olds in Chart 6. In terms of age structure, two of the wards in Wycombe most similar to Oakridge and Castlefield are Bowerdean and Disraeli with average ages of 32.6 and 34.0 respectively. Chart 6: Oakridge and Castlefield age profile, 2011 (Wycombe = 100) Working Age
0-15
16-24
25-44
45-64
65+
20.0
40.0
60.0
80.0
100.0
120.0
140.0
160.0
180.0
Source: Census, ONS, 2013 Oakridge and Castlefield has a higher proportion of working age residents than Wycombe at 67.1 per cent. This ranks Oakridge and Castlefield at 1,302nd of all wards in England based on proportion of residents at working age. Oakridge and Castlefield has a fairly high proportion of those aged 0-15 at 25.5 per cent. This ranks Oakridge and Castlefield at 202nd of all wards in England putting it among the upper quintile 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. Oakridge and Castlefield lower educational attainment than the 26.8 per cent having no qualifications and only 20.4 per cent educated to degree level or higher. There is a total of 3.4 per cent of Oakridge and Castlefield 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. Chart 7 below. Chart 7: Educational attainment in Oakridge and Castlefield, 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 Oakridge and Castlefield is most similar to Stonebridge (Brent), Ponders End (Enfield) and Botwell (Hillingdon) of all English wards with regard to educational attainment. In the district the most similar wards are Micklefield, Bowerdean and Totteridge with five of the other 25 wards ranking inside the top 1000 matches but with Hambledon Valley ranking outside the top 8,000 along with Bledlow & Bradenham.
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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
Oakridge and Castlefield Micklefield Bowerdean Totteridge Booker and Cressex Sands
No qualifications
Table 5: Educational attainment nearest neighbours, 2011
26.8 26.0 19.6 22.5 27.6 18.5
15.4 16.8 14.2 13.7 14.8 15.2
12.4 15.5 14.7 15.1 13.1 14.7
11.2 10.7 11.8 11.5 10.7 12.7
20.4 21.5 27.1 27.2 24.1 26.7
3.4 3.4 4.0 2.8 2.4 2.7
10.6 3.4 8.8 5.0 3.2 4.6
Source: Census, ONS, 2011 7.1
Oakridge and Castlefield 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. Oakridge and Castlefield demonstrated by their most recent OFSTED reports, which are summarised below.
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Castlefield School (Key Stage 2) In 2012, 89 per cent of pupils attained Level 4 or higher placing the school in the middle 20 per cent of all schools. In reading, 86 per cent of pupils attained Level 4 or higher in the Key Stage 2 test and assessment, this was an increase of eight percentage points on the previous year placing the school in the lowest 40 per cent of all schools. In writing, 89 per cent of pupils attained Level 4 or above in the Key Stage 2 test and assessment placing the school in the top 40 per cent of all schools. In maths, 84 per cent of pupils attained Level 4 or higher, an increase of three percentage points on the previous year placing the school in the middle 20 per cent of all schools. In English, 100 per cent of pupils attained expected progress placing the school in the highest 20 per cent of all schools. In maths, the same proportion attained expected progress, an increase of three percentage points on the previous year placing the school in the highest 20 per cent of all schools. The overall attendance in 2012 was 94.1 per cent. This has increase by 0.1 percentage points since 2011 placing the school in the lowest 20 per cent of all schools.
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Buckinghamshire Business First in Oakridge and Castlefield Of the 193 businesses in Oakridge and Castlefield, 56, or 29.0 per cent are Buckinghamshire Business First members. BBF members in the ward are presented in Table 6 below. Table 6: BBF members in Oakridge and Castlefield, November 2013 Business Highway Productions MacColl Media 5 G Communications Ltd Quality Heating Services Ltd Combined Services (GB) Ltd H G Rant Ltd SystemHOST Coeliac UK Stewart Linford Chair Maker Ltd Wycombe Islamic Mission and Mosque Trust Ltd Auriga SB Ltd Your Print Solution All Kids Active Ltd Physical Co Ltd Auditel Rental and Service Limited Shahid Aziz Dashwoods Limited Chauffeur Drive Logistics Ltd A A P Glassworks Agile Computers Ltd Motor Parts Direct Ltd AMB Inns Limited White Pubs Limited Maximus UK Ltd Virtek Systems Limited Jubilee Greenwood Press Spectrum Hose Ltd Beta Valve Systems Ltd
Employee Size Band
101 to 250 51 to 100 11 to 25 11 to 25 11 to 25 11 to 25 11 to 25 11 to 25 11 to 25 11 to 25 11 to 25 11 to 25 11 to 25 11 to 25 11 to 25 11 to 25 6 to 10 6 to 10 6 to 10 6 to 10 6 to 10 6 to 10 6 to 10 6 to 10 6 to 10 6 to 10
Business Just Tyres Central Turning Services Ltd ALJ Assembly Ltd Ison Products Instant Office Space Ltd Supplies Web Ltd Cycle Care Ltd Shaw Trust Travel Management The Chununga Tree Trevor Beynon Photography The MOT Centre Vernon Brown Motor Services Fidget Ltd Constituency Office of Steve Baker Excel Office Supplies Recycled Business Furniture Thames Graphics The Club Fitness Centre Bucks Oral Design Studio Ltd Kryfos Sorchar Limited Bucks Signposting & Advocacy Lambda Mediation Trevor Benyon Photography James Clarke Garden Design Sabka Cleaning EAN Life Coaching, Counselling and Training Norma Allison
Employee Size Band 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 Self only Self only Self only Self only None 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 193 businesses, Oakridge and Castlefield has 5.5 for 3.0
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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
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Introduction Oakridge and Castlefield is home to 9,406 people and provides 2,400 jobs in 193 businesses. Of these businesses, 56 (29.0 per cent) are Buckinghamshire Business First members. There were 3,748 employed people aged 16-74 living in Oakridge and Castlefield ward at the 2011 Census, 646 more than the 3,102 recorded in 2001. Over that period the working age population rose 711 to 6,307 while the total population rose 721 to 9,406. The number of households rose by 210 (7.3 per cent) to 3,075. This is a fairly significant percentage increase and places the ward ninth out of all wards in Wycombe. Based on the increase in number of households, the ward ranks 30th out of all wards in Buckinghamshire. The largest companies in Oakridge and Castlefield include:
The Guinness Partnership; 5 G Communications Ltd; Quality Heating Services Ltd; Ceradon Ltd; Cineworld Ltd; Guinness Trust; and Oakridge Dental Clinic.
There are 228 Oakridge and Castlefield, representing 3.8 per cent of working age residents, including 140 claimants aged 25-49 and 125 who have been claiming for less than six months. Superfast broadband is expected to be available to 99 per cent of premises in the Oakridge and Castlefield ward by March 2016 with commercial providers responsible for 98 per cent. The Connected Counties project, run by BBF, deliver the remaining 1 per cent through its interventions in High Wycombe 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 3,470 employed residents, 650 people lived and worked in the ward, with the most common destinations by local authority district being:
Wycombe (2,517, 72.5) Chiltern (131, 3.8) South Buckinghamshire (121, 3.5) Slough (75, 2.2) Windsor and Maidenhead (75, 2.2) Hillingdon (52, 1.5) Aylesbury Vale (52, 1.5)
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Industrial structure There are 193 businesses located in Oakridge and Castlefield employing 2,400 people. Of these businesses, 142 are micro businesses, employing fewer than 10 people. Oakridge and Castlefield is over-represented in Motor Trades which account for 5.3 per cent of employment ranking the ward 827th out of all wards. The ward is also wellrepresented in manufacturing which covers 22.7 per cent of employment ranking the ward 964th out of all wards. There is notably high proportion of employment in the construction sector in Oakridge and Castlefield. This sector covers 8.7 per cent of employment ranking the ward 2,217th out of all wards. Two sectors -represented but still have higher employment than the national average are information & communication and health. The two sectors account for 5.2 per cent of employment and 19.4 per cent of employment respectively. Chart 1: Industrial Structure Index, 2012 (GB=100) 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
50
100
150
200
250
300
Source: BRES, ONS, 2013 Oakridge and Castlefield is under-represented in a number of sectors including; retail; transport & storage; financial & insurance; business administration & support; education; and arts, entertainment & other services. Financial & Insurance covers just 0.1 per cent of employment ranking the ward 5,998th out of all wards. Business administration & support services covers just 1.8 per cent of employment ranking the ward 6,730 th out of all wards. Finally, retail covers just 4.3 per cent of employment ranking the ward 6,179 th 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 Oakridge and Castlefield provides jobs in these sectors, the industrial strategy sector where the ward delivers the highest share of national employment is construction which accounts for 8.5 per cent of employment, ranking Oakridge and Castlefield at 1,848th among English wards. The proportions of jobs in Oakridge and Castlefield 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
Oakridge and Castlefield
8.5
8.2 5.1 4.1 Source: BRES, ONS, 2013
At 8.2 per cent, the proportion of Oakridge and Castlefield professional st business services sector is the 3,481 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 56.1 per cent of 16-74 year olds, Oakridge and Castlefield the lowest in the country. Oakridge and Castlefield has a proportion of 20.4 per cent of its residents qualified to degree level or higher. Furthermore, 27.3 per cent work in managerial, professional or technical occupations. In Wycombe the wards most similar to Oakridge and Castlefield are Disraeli, Micklefield and Bowerdean with only two of the other 27 wards among the top thousand closest matches. The least similar ward in the district is Hambledon Valley, one of two wards in Wycombe to rank lower than the 8,500th closest match along with Lacey Green, Speen & The Hampdens.
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Self-employed
SOCs 1-3
NVQ4+
Working age
Employment rate
Chiltern Rise Oakridge and Castlefield Disraeli Micklefield Bowerdean Totteridge Booker and Cressex
Work from Home
Table 2: Oakridge and Castlefield 2011
1.8 2.6 1.8 2.8 2.9 3.4
9.1 8.5 8.6 9.6 9.1 8.6
27.3 37.9 32.3 39.5 40.9 40.2
20.4 25.1 21.5 27.1 27.2 24.1
67.1 69.2 64.5 67.6 63.9 62.1
56.1 61.4 64.5 60.3 65.8 64.1
Source: Census, 2011 Oakridge and Castlefield has a low level of those who work from home and a low level of those who are self-employed. Furthermore, as stated previously, the ward has a low 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. Oakridge and Castlefield looks to have a low employment rate and a high level of working age residents. Chart 2: Oakridge and Castlefield 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 Oakridge and Castlefield better remunerated occupations, with 27.3 per cent of working residents employed in managerial, professional and technical occupations, ranking in the bottom quartile nationally for each. In contrast Oakridge and Castlefield ranks in the top quartile for other occupations, with 16.3 per cent of working residents employed in elementary occupations. Chart 3: Oakridge and Castlefield 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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Oakridge and Castlefield has the 6,286th lowest economic deprivation of the 7,707 wards in England and is the second most economically deprived of the 28 Wycombe wards. Oakridge and Castlefield is the third most economically deprived among the 108 ward in Buckinghamshire. The position of Wycombe ds in England is shown in Chart 4 below, with Oakridge and Castlefield one of the two second most 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 Oakridge and Castlefield ranks 1,753th out of all wards in England based on the Index of Multiple Deprivationii; this makes it among the more deprived wards in England, below Wycombe 5,471st, demonstrating that the ward is more deprived than the district as a whole.
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Chart 5: Comparative deprivation by IMD domain in Oakridge and Castlefield 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 Oakridge and Castlefield deprivation profile are presented in Table 3. Nationally, the closest matches are (Sevenoaks), Lewsey (Luton), Leagrave (Luton), while Micklefield and Bowerdean are the most similar in Wycombe ranking as the second and 201st most similar of all English wards. Of the 25 Wycombe wards sixe are among the 1,000 best matches, however Lacey Green, Speen & the Hampdens is only the 7,646th closest match.
Income
Employment
Health
Education
Housing
Crime
Living environment
Ward Oakridge and Castlefield Micklefield Bowerdean Disraeli Totteridge
IMD
Table 3: Deprivation Nearest Neighbours
79.9 81.8 65.5 62.3 62.1
89.2 89.1 82.3 69.7 77.5
72 74.2 52.2 58.1 45.3
70.5 67.5 50.8 49.3 56.6
85 85.3 72.5 72.5 64.5
62.9 70.1 71.5 61.8 65.9
83.4 90.4 68.5 83.1 84.3
37.6 34.4 36.2 23.9 17.1
Source: DCLG, 2010
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Demography At 30.5 years, Oakridge and Castlefield below the 39.4 recorded across Wycombe as well as the county average of 41.0. This makes Oakridge and Castlefield one of the younger wards in England as suggested by the over-representation of 0-44 year olds in Chart 6. In terms of age structure, two of the wards in Wycombe most similar to Oakridge and Castlefield are Bowerdean and Disraeli with average ages of 32.6 and 34.0 respectively. Chart 6: Oakridge and Castlefield age profile, 2011 (Wycombe = 100) Working Age
0-15
16-24
25-44
45-64
65+
20.0
40.0
60.0
80.0
100.0
120.0
140.0
160.0
180.0
Source: Census, ONS, 2013 Oakridge and Castlefield has a higher proportion of working age residents than Wycombe at 67.1 per cent. This ranks Oakridge and Castlefield at 1,302nd of all wards in England based on proportion of residents at working age. Oakridge and Castlefield has a fairly high proportion of those aged 0-15 at 25.5 per cent. This ranks Oakridge and Castlefield at 202nd of all wards in England putting it among the upper quintile 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. Oakridge and Castlefield lower educational attainment than the 26.8 per cent having no qualifications and only 20.4 per cent educated to degree level or higher. There is a total of 3.4 per cent of Oakridge and Castlefield 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. Chart 7 below. Chart 7: Educational attainment in Oakridge and Castlefield, 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 Oakridge and Castlefield is most similar to Stonebridge (Brent), Ponders End (Enfield) and Botwell (Hillingdon) of all English wards with regard to educational attainment. In the district the most similar wards are Micklefield, Bowerdean and Totteridge with five of the other 25 wards ranking inside the top 1000 matches but with Hambledon Valley ranking outside the top 8,000 along with Bledlow & Bradenham.
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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
Oakridge and Castlefield Micklefield Bowerdean Totteridge Booker and Cressex Sands
No qualifications
Table 5: Educational attainment nearest neighbours, 2011
26.8 26.0 19.6 22.5 27.6 18.5
15.4 16.8 14.2 13.7 14.8 15.2
12.4 15.5 14.7 15.1 13.1 14.7
11.2 10.7 11.8 11.5 10.7 12.7
20.4 21.5 27.1 27.2 24.1 26.7
3.4 3.4 4.0 2.8 2.4 2.7
10.6 3.4 8.8 5.0 3.2 4.6
Source: Census, ONS, 2011 7.1
Oakridge and Castlefield 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. Oakridge and Castlefield demonstrated by their most recent OFSTED reports, which are summarised below.
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Castlefield School (Key Stage 2) In 2012, 89 per cent of pupils attained Level 4 or higher placing the school in the middle 20 per cent of all schools. In reading, 86 per cent of pupils attained Level 4 or higher in the Key Stage 2 test and assessment, this was an increase of eight percentage points on the previous year placing the school in the lowest 40 per cent of all schools. In writing, 89 per cent of pupils attained Level 4 or above in the Key Stage 2 test and assessment placing the school in the top 40 per cent of all schools. In maths, 84 per cent of pupils attained Level 4 or higher, an increase of three percentage points on the previous year placing the school in the middle 20 per cent of all schools. In English, 100 per cent of pupils attained expected progress placing the school in the highest 20 per cent of all schools. In maths, the same proportion attained expected progress, an increase of three percentage points on the previous year placing the school in the highest 20 per cent of all schools. The overall attendance in 2012 was 94.1 per cent. This has increase by 0.1 percentage points since 2011 placing the school in the lowest 20 per cent of all schools.
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Buckinghamshire Business First in Oakridge and Castlefield Of the 193 businesses in Oakridge and Castlefield, 56, or 29.0 per cent are Buckinghamshire Business First members. BBF members in the ward are presented in Table 6 below. Table 6: BBF members in Oakridge and Castlefield, November 2013 Business Highway Productions MacColl Media 5 G Communications Ltd Quality Heating Services Ltd Combined Services (GB) Ltd H G Rant Ltd SystemHOST Coeliac UK Stewart Linford Chair Maker Ltd Wycombe Islamic Mission and Mosque Trust Ltd Auriga SB Ltd Your Print Solution All Kids Active Ltd Physical Co Ltd Auditel Rental and Service Limited Shahid Aziz Dashwoods Limited Chauffeur Drive Logistics Ltd A A P Glassworks Agile Computers Ltd Motor Parts Direct Ltd AMB Inns Limited White Pubs Limited Maximus UK Ltd Virtek Systems Limited Jubilee Greenwood Press Spectrum Hose Ltd Beta Valve Systems Ltd
Employee Size Band
101 to 250 51 to 100 11 to 25 11 to 25 11 to 25 11 to 25 11 to 25 11 to 25 11 to 25 11 to 25 11 to 25 11 to 25 11 to 25 11 to 25 11 to 25 11 to 25 6 to 10 6 to 10 6 to 10 6 to 10 6 to 10 6 to 10 6 to 10 6 to 10 6 to 10 6 to 10
Business Just Tyres Central Turning Services Ltd ALJ Assembly Ltd Ison Products Instant Office Space Ltd Supplies Web Ltd Cycle Care Ltd Shaw Trust Travel Management The Chununga Tree Trevor Beynon Photography The MOT Centre Vernon Brown Motor Services Fidget Ltd Constituency Office of Steve Baker Excel Office Supplies Recycled Business Furniture Thames Graphics The Club Fitness Centre Bucks Oral Design Studio Ltd Kryfos Sorchar Limited Bucks Signposting & Advocacy Lambda Mediation Trevor Benyon Photography James Clarke Garden Design Sabka Cleaning EAN Life Coaching, Counselling and Training Norma Allison
Employee Size Band 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 Self only Self only Self only Self only None 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 193 businesses, Oakridge and Castlefield has 5.5 for 3.0
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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
19: http://www.bbf.uk.com/download/226 and http://www.bbf.uk.com/download/228
