Sumners and Kingsmoor - Harlow Council
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<strong>Harlow</strong> Community Ward Profiles - 2006<br />
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<strong>Harlow</strong> Community Ward Profiles - 2006<br />
Ward Profile<br />
10. <strong>Sumners</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Kingsmoor</strong><br />
Ward Categories<br />
1. Population<br />
2. Gender<br />
3. Ethnicity<br />
4. Housing<br />
5. Living Arrangements<br />
6. Tenure<br />
7. Qualifications<br />
8. Resident Workforce<br />
9. Occupations<br />
10. Unemployment<br />
11. Indices of Deprivation<br />
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<strong>Sumners</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Kingsmoor</strong> - Summary of Statistics<br />
Source(s): 2001 Census, St<strong>and</strong>ard Tables<br />
Nomisweb, 2005 Statistics<br />
Population: (M) 3,754 (F) 3,691. Total = 7,445<br />
The ward of <strong>Sumners</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Kingsmoor</strong> is predominantly white in its ethnic<br />
make-up, with people classified as White-British making up for 92% of the<br />
population. The largest ethnic minority groups in the <strong>Sumners</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>Kingsmoor</strong> area are Black, or Black British, <strong>and</strong> Chinese or other ethnic<br />
groups accounting for 1.3% each.<br />
<strong>Sumners</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Kingsmoor</strong> has 2,954 inhabited households<br />
o 27% are classified as single person households<br />
o 46% are one family household’s<br />
o 1,224 households are married couple households (41%)<br />
Of the sixteen year old <strong>and</strong> over population of <strong>Sumners</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Kingsmoor</strong>, 62%<br />
are classified as ‘living in a couple’, of that figure; 49% are either married or<br />
re-married.<br />
Nearly 64% of <strong>Sumners</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Kingsmoor</strong>’s accommodation is classified<br />
as being owner occupied. The majority of these owner-occupied premises<br />
77% (the second highest in <strong>Harlow</strong>) are mortgaged with the remainder being<br />
owned outright <strong>and</strong> under shared ownership.<br />
The ward covering <strong>Sumners</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Kingsmoor</strong> falls into the bottom half of<br />
<strong>Harlow</strong>’s rankings for education <strong>and</strong> qualification based attainment, for<br />
employed <strong>and</strong> unemployed people. In the field for ‘all people’, however,<br />
<strong>Sumners</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Kingsmoor</strong> scores relatively highly, <strong>and</strong> ranks second in<br />
<strong>Harlow</strong> for its attainment of lower level qualifications in this field.<br />
4,281 people in <strong>Sumners</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Kingsmoor</strong> (76.1% of the 16-74 population)<br />
are economically active with 3,928 people (92%) in work. Of those<br />
employed, 82% of people work full-time with the remaining 18% working<br />
part-time.<br />
The largest type of occupation for <strong>Sumners</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Kingsmoor</strong> residents is<br />
administrative <strong>and</strong> secretarial which accounts for 15% of jobs for the<br />
ward’s employed residents. Elementary occupations account for the next<br />
highest category of employment accounting for approximately 15%.<br />
The unemployment rate in the <strong>Sumners</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Kingsmoor</strong> area has<br />
consistently been higher than the average unemployment rate in <strong>Harlow</strong> as<br />
a whole. This problem was particularly pronounced during the period<br />
February 05 to May 05 when unemployment rose to an average of 121<br />
people per month.<br />
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1. Population<br />
The ward of <strong>Sumners</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Kingsmoor</strong> is situated to the south west of the Town<br />
Centre <strong>and</strong> has a population of 7,445. The ward has a relatively young<br />
population with people aged sixty <strong>and</strong> above only accounting for 11% of the<br />
population.<br />
Age group Number Percent<br />
All people 7,445 100<br />
Age 0 – 4 505 6.8<br />
Age 5 – 7 265 3.6<br />
Age 8 – 9 180 2.4<br />
Age 10 – 14 554 7.4<br />
Age 15 123 1.7<br />
Age 16 – 17 260 3.5<br />
Age 18 – 19 248 3.3<br />
Age 20 – 24 607 8.2<br />
Age 25 – 29 563 7.6<br />
Age 30 – 44 1832 24.6<br />
Age 45 – 59 1483 19.9<br />
Age 60 – 64 275 3.7<br />
Age 65 – 74 357 4.8<br />
Age 75 – 84 151 2.0<br />
Age 85 – 89 36 0.5<br />
Age 90+ 6 0.1<br />
Source: 2001 Census, St<strong>and</strong>ard Tables<br />
<strong>Sumners</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Kingsmoor</strong>, Age Profile<br />
140<br />
120<br />
People (Numbers)<br />
100<br />
80<br />
60<br />
40<br />
7<br />
11<br />
15<br />
19<br />
23<br />
27<br />
31<br />
35<br />
39<br />
43<br />
47<br />
20<br />
0<br />
3<br />
51<br />
55<br />
59<br />
63<br />
67<br />
71<br />
75<br />
79<br />
Age Group<br />
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2. Gender<br />
The gender rate in <strong>Sumners</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Kingsmoor</strong> is split evenly although there are<br />
slightly more males than females within the ward.<br />
Ward Male Number (%) Female Number (%)<br />
Bush Fair 3578 (48) 3905 (52)<br />
Church Langley 3809 (50) 3841 (50)<br />
Great Parndon 3334 (49) 3443 (51)<br />
<strong>Harlow</strong> Common 3607 (48) 3843 (52)<br />
Little Parndon & Hare St 3595 (48) 3890 (52)<br />
Mark Hall 3333 (48) 3646 (52)<br />
Netteswell 3401 (48) 3635 (52)<br />
Old <strong>Harlow</strong> 2805 (48) 3049 (52)<br />
Staple Tye 3562 (48) 3794 (52)<br />
<strong>Sumners</strong> & <strong>Kingsmoor</strong> 3,754 (50%) 3,691 (50%)<br />
Toddbrook 3436 (48) 3776 (52)<br />
Source: 2001 Census, St<strong>and</strong>ard Tables<br />
3. Ethnicity<br />
The ward of <strong>Sumners</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Kingsmoor</strong> is predominantly white in its ethnic makeup,<br />
with people classified as White-British making up for 92% of the population.<br />
People classified as White-Other account for 2.1% of the wards population. The<br />
largest non-white ethnic minority groups are ‘Black, or Black British’, <strong>and</strong><br />
‘Chinese or Other’ whom each account for 1.3% of the wards population.<br />
Ethnic group Number Group Overall<br />
Percentage Percent<br />
White 7092 100 95.2<br />
- British 6887 97 92.4<br />
- Irish 69 1 0.9<br />
- Other 136 2 1.8<br />
Mixed 94 100 1.3<br />
- White & Black Caribbean 47 50 0.6<br />
- White & Black African 9 10 0.1<br />
- White & Asian 18 19 0.2<br />
- Other 20 29 0.3<br />
Asian or Asian British 77 100 1.0<br />
- Indian 35 45 0.5<br />
- Pakistani 21 27 0.3<br />
- Bangladeshi 7 9 0.1<br />
- Other 14 18 0.2<br />
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Black or Black British 71 100 1.0<br />
- Caribbean 34 48 0.5<br />
- African 34 48 0.5<br />
- Other 3 4 0.0<br />
Chinese or other Ethnic group 118 100 1.6<br />
- Chinese 97 82 1.3<br />
- Other 21 18 0.3<br />
Source: 2001 Census, St<strong>and</strong>ard Tables<br />
4. Housing<br />
The ward of <strong>Sumners</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Kingsmoor</strong> is estimated to have 2,954 inhabited<br />
households. 27% of households in the area are classified as single person<br />
households, whereas 46% are one family household’s. Of the total <strong>Sumners</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>Kingsmoor</strong> inhabited households, 1224 are married couple households (41%).<br />
Type Number Percent<br />
(Group %)<br />
All households (inhabited) 2954 100<br />
One person 785 26.6<br />
- Pensioner 221 7.5<br />
- Other 564 19.1<br />
One family 1367 46.3<br />
- All pensioners 143 4.8<br />
- Married couple households 1224 41.4<br />
- No children 397 13.4<br />
- With Dependent Children 576 19.5<br />
- Non-dependent children 251 8.5<br />
- Co-habiting 347 11.7<br />
- No children 179 6.1<br />
- With Dependent Children 152 5.1<br />
- non-dependent children 16 0.5<br />
- Lone parent 317 10.7<br />
- With Dependent Children 211 7.1<br />
- non-dependent children 106 3.6<br />
Other households 138 4.7<br />
- With Dependent Children 51 1.7<br />
- All Student 0 0.0<br />
- All Pensioner 3 0.1<br />
- Other 84 2.8<br />
Source: 2001 Census, St<strong>and</strong>ard Tables<br />
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5. Living Arrangements<br />
Of the sixteen year old <strong>and</strong> over population of <strong>Sumners</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Kingsmoor</strong>, 62% are<br />
classified as ‘living in a couple’, of that figure; 49% are either married or re-married.<br />
Those not in a couple make up the remaining 38% of the sixteen plus population,<br />
with ‘never been married’ accounting for the majority of those.<br />
<strong>Sumners</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Kingsmoor</strong> Male Female M/F Total Total<br />
Percent<br />
Ages Sixteen + 2886 2925 5811 100<br />
Living in a couple > 60%<br />
- Married or Re-married 1415 1419 2834 48.8<br />
- Cohabiting 373 372 745 12.8<br />
Not living in a couple < 40%<br />
- Single (never married) 822 631 1453 25.0<br />
- Married or re-married 13 22 35 0.6<br />
- Separated (but legally married) 55 60 115 2.0<br />
- Divorced 152 246 398 6.8<br />
- Widowed 56 175 231 4.0<br />
Source: 2001 Census, St<strong>and</strong>ard Tables<br />
6. Tenure<br />
Nearly 64% of <strong>Sumners</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Kingsmoor</strong>’s accommodation is classified as<br />
being owner occupied. The majority of these owner-occupied premises 77% (the<br />
second highest in <strong>Harlow</strong>) are mortgaged with the remainder being owned outright<br />
<strong>and</strong> under shared ownership. Of the 6% that privately rent their homes, 91% rent<br />
from private l<strong>and</strong>lords.<br />
Type Number Percent<br />
All 2959 100<br />
Owned 1881 63.6<br />
- Outright 411 21.9<br />
- With mortgage 1449 77.0<br />
- Shared ownership 21 1.1<br />
Social Rented 877 29.6<br />
- From <strong>Council</strong> 858 97.8<br />
- Other social rented 19 2.2<br />
Private Rented 184 6.2<br />
- Private l<strong>and</strong>lord 168 91.3<br />
- Employee of household member 0 0.0<br />
- Friend / Relative of household member 13 7.1<br />
- Other 3 1.6<br />
Living rent free 17 0.6<br />
Source: 2001 Census, St<strong>and</strong>ard Tables<br />
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7. Qualifications<br />
The ward covering <strong>Sumners</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Kingsmoor</strong> falls into the bottom half of <strong>Harlow</strong>’s<br />
rankings for education <strong>and</strong> qualification based attainment, for employed <strong>and</strong><br />
unemployed people. In the field for ‘all people’, however, <strong>Sumners</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>Kingsmoor</strong> scores relatively highly, <strong>and</strong> ranks second in <strong>Harlow</strong> for its attainment<br />
of lower level qualifications in this field.<br />
<strong>Sumners</strong> &<br />
<strong>Kingsmoor</strong><br />
(numbers)<br />
<strong>Sumners</strong> &<br />
<strong>Kingsmoor</strong><br />
(%)<br />
<strong>Harlow</strong><br />
(%)<br />
GB<br />
(%)<br />
Rank<br />
All people<br />
No qualifications or level unknown 2,110 37.5 39.1 35.8 8<br />
Lower level qualifications 2,903 51.5 49.1 43.9 2<br />
Higher level qualifications 619 11 11.8 20.4 5<br />
In employment<br />
No qualifications or level unknown 1,226 31.1 29.1 25.6 5<br />
Lower level qualifications 2,215 56.2 56.6 48.9 8<br />
Higher level qualifications 501 12.7 14.3 25.5 6<br />
Unemployed<br />
No qualifications or level unknown 91 44.6 42.9 38.4 5<br />
Lower level qualifications 103 50.5 50.7 47.2 6<br />
Higher Level Qualifications 10 4.9 6.5 14.5 9<br />
Source: Nomis – Official Labour Market Statistics<br />
8. Resident Workforce<br />
4,281 people in <strong>Sumners</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Kingsmoor</strong> (76.1% of the 16-74 population) are<br />
economically active with 3,928 people (92%) in work. Of those employed, 82%<br />
of people work full-time with the remaining 18% working part-time.<br />
All People 16 - 74<br />
Number(s) Percentage<br />
Economically Active Total 4281 76.1%<br />
Employee 3558 83.1<br />
Part-time 650 18.3<br />
Full-time 2908 81.7<br />
Self-employed 370 8.6<br />
Part-time 67 18.1<br />
Full-time 303 81.9<br />
Unemployed 207 4.8<br />
Full time student 146 3.4<br />
Economically Inactive Total 1346 23.9%<br />
Retired 441 32.8<br />
Student 137 10.2<br />
Looking after family/home 402 29.9<br />
Permanently sick or disabled 251 18.6<br />
Other 115 8.5<br />
Source: 2001 Census, St<strong>and</strong>ard Tables<br />
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9. Occupations<br />
The largest type of occupation for <strong>Sumners</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Kingsmoor</strong> residents is<br />
administrative <strong>and</strong> secretarial which accounts for 15% of jobs for the ward’s<br />
employed residents. Elementary occupations account for the next highest<br />
category of employment; approximately 15%.<br />
<strong>Sumners</strong> &<br />
<strong>Kingsmoor</strong><br />
(numbers)<br />
<strong>Sumners</strong> &<br />
<strong>Kingsmoor</strong><br />
(%)<br />
<strong>Harlow</strong><br />
(%)<br />
GB<br />
(%)<br />
1 Managers <strong>and</strong> senior officials 464 11.5 12.8 14.9<br />
2 Professional 327 8.1 8.2 11.2<br />
3 Associate professional & technical 473 11.8 12.8 13.9<br />
4 Administrative & secretarial 599 14.9 14.8 13.2<br />
5 Skilled trades 515 12.8 12.5 11.8<br />
6 Personal services 275 6.8 6.5 6.9<br />
7 Sales <strong>and</strong> customer services 335 8.3 8 7.7<br />
8 Process plant <strong>and</strong> machineoperatives 436 10.8 10.3 8.7<br />
9 Elementary occupations 595 14.8 14.2 11.8<br />
Source: Nomis – Official Labour Market Statistics<br />
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10. Unemployment<br />
The unemployment rate in the <strong>Sumners</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Kingsmoor</strong> area has consistently<br />
been higher than the average unemployment rate in <strong>Harlow</strong> as a whole. This<br />
problem was particularly pronounced during the period February 05 to May 05<br />
when unemployment rose to an average of 121 people per month.<br />
<strong>Sumners</strong> &<br />
<strong>Kingsmoor</strong><br />
Date range<br />
Mean Average<br />
Unemployment<br />
Mean Average<br />
Unemployment in<br />
<strong>Harlow</strong> (Numbers)<br />
<strong>Sumners</strong> &<br />
<strong>Kingsmoor</strong> %<br />
Unemployed<br />
Rank<br />
Feb 04 - May 04 105 1055.8 9.9 5<br />
Jun 04 - Sep 04 108 1029.3 10.5 4<br />
Oct 04 - Jan 05 106 1022.3 10.4 5<br />
Feb 05 - May 05 121 1137.8 10.7 5<br />
Source: Nomisweb 2005<br />
130<br />
125<br />
Numbers / Average Numbers<br />
120<br />
115<br />
110<br />
105<br />
100<br />
95<br />
90<br />
85<br />
80<br />
Feb-04<br />
Mar-04<br />
Apr-04<br />
May-04<br />
Jun-04<br />
Jul-04<br />
Aug-04<br />
Sep-04<br />
Oct-04<br />
Month<br />
Nov-04<br />
Dec-04<br />
Jan-05<br />
Feb-05<br />
Mar-05<br />
Apr-05<br />
May-05<br />
<strong>Sumners</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>Kingsmoor</strong><br />
Unemployment<br />
(Numbers)<br />
<strong>Harlow</strong> (Mean<br />
Av. of Unemp.<br />
Per Ward)<br />
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11. Indices of Deprivation<br />
For further information, a full document regarding the 2004 Indices of Deprivation for <strong>Harlow</strong> is available online at www.harlow.gov.uk<br />
The 2004 Index of Deprivation has seven domains measured at lower level Super Output Area level (SOA) <strong>and</strong> Borough level. Lower<br />
level Super Output Areas are consistent small areas within wards containing between 1,000 <strong>and</strong> 3,000 people. There are 54 SOA's in<br />
<strong>Harlow</strong> <strong>and</strong> 32,482 in Engl<strong>and</strong>.<br />
The Indices represent measures of deprivation at local authority <strong>and</strong> small area level throughout Engl<strong>and</strong>. Further information regarding<br />
the Indices of Deprivation for can be found at www.communities.gov.uk/Indices<br />
Number of Sumner’s & <strong>Kingsmoor</strong>’s 5 SOA’s falling into Top 10% most deprived SOA’s<br />
<strong>Sumners</strong> &<br />
<strong>Kingsmoor</strong><br />
OVERALL<br />
IMD<br />
Income Employment Health<br />
Deprivation<br />
& Disability<br />
Education<br />
Skills &<br />
Training<br />
Barriers to<br />
Housing &<br />
Services<br />
Crime &<br />
Disorder<br />
Essex 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0<br />
East of Engl<strong>and</strong> 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 0<br />
Engl<strong>and</strong> 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0<br />
Living<br />
Environment<br />
Number of Sumner’s & <strong>Kingsmoor</strong>’s 5 SOA’s falling into Top 20% most deprived SOA’s<br />
<strong>Sumners</strong> &<br />
<strong>Kingsmoor</strong><br />
OVERALL<br />
IMD<br />
Income Employment Health<br />
Deprivation<br />
& Disability<br />
Education<br />
Skills &<br />
Training<br />
Barriers to<br />
Housing &<br />
Services<br />
Crime &<br />
Disorder<br />
Essex 2 1 1 4 3 5 3 0<br />
East of Engl<strong>and</strong> 2 2 1 4 3 5 3 0<br />
Engl<strong>and</strong> 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 0<br />
Living<br />
Environment<br />
Key: Areas of note, or significant levels of deprivation are highlighted<br />
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