A Profile of Hyndburn - 2004 - Hyndburn Borough Council

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Several important pieces of research have recently been undertaken inHyndburn and East Lancashire that provide up to date and robust housingneeds information to underpin the Housing Strategy.A housing needs survey of the entire Hyndburn Borough was undertaken byDavid Couttie Associates during summer 2003, and a borough-wide housecondition survey as part of an East Lancashire wide survey has just beenfinished (Autumn 2004) by consultants David Adamson. GVA GrimleyConsultants produced a comprehensive Strategic Development Frameworkfor Hyndburn in support of the submission to the Office of the Deputy PrimeMinister (ODPM) for the East Lancashire Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder‘Elevate East Lancashire’ in December 2003.Other council strategies and plans and those of our partner agencies withinHyndburn and across East Lancashire have also informed this profiledocument e.g. East Lancashire Housing Strategy, ‘Towards a Black andMinority Housing Strategy for East Lancashire’, Hyndburn’s CommunityStrategy 2003-2008 and Hyndburn’s Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy 2002-2008.Other key sources of information include the following. A comprehensive listof sources is identified at Appendix 1.• Census 2001• CURS – ‘Changing housing markets in Cheshire, Cumbria and Lancashire’2003• HM Land Registry• Lancashire Structure Plan 1991 – 2006• Joint Lancashire Structure Plan 2001 – 2016 (deposit edition)• Hyndburn Local Plan 1991 – 2006• DCA Housing Needs Survey 2003• DCA Supply / Demand Analysis 2003• LCC District Commissioning Plan for Hyndburn 20023
2. THE ECONOMYKEY TRENDS / THEMES• Unemployment is lower than the national average, however higher than theregional average• High % of unemployment in the 16 to 24 year age group• Low proportion of students and a high proportion of permanently sick / disabled• Decline in numbers employed in manufacturing, education, agriculture, forestry,fishing and mining• Increase in numbers employed in the construction and business sector• Average earnings below the national and regional average• 4 wards in the 10% most deprived wards in EnglandEconomic activity / InactivityEconomic activity rates measure the percentage of resident population aged16-74 in paid employment, unemployed people actively seeking employmentand full-time students. The rate in Hyndburn is higher than the regionalaverage and higher than other East Lancs districts, although slightly lowerthan the national average as the following table shows.Economic Activity Rates (Census 2001)LocalAuthorityAll peopleaged 16 -74(number)EconomicActivity Rate(%)%Economicallyactive:Employees(Part-time)%Economicallyactive:Employees(Full-time)%%Economicallyactive: SelfemployedEconomicallyactive:Unemployed%Economicallyactive: FulltimestudentBlackburn 94,322 61.33 11.77 36.79 6.5 4.13 2.14with DarwenBurnley 62,617 64.27 12.34 40.5 6.18 3.14 2.11Hyndburn 56,957 64.52 11.42 41.14 6.66 3.22 2.08Pendle 62,344 63.34 11.47 38.05 8.17 3.56 2.09Ribble Valley 39,005 69.49 12.83 39.96 12.75 1.61 2.34Rossendale 46,644 67.13 11.51 42.27 8.57 2.85 1.93East361,889 65.01 11.89 39.79 8.14 3.09 2.12LancashireNorth West 4,839,669 63.91 11.87 38.77 7.1 3.63 2.54England66.87 11.81 40.81 8.32 3.35 2.5835,532,091Source:- ONS Census of Population 2001Economic inactivity comprises those who are retired, permanently sick ordisabled, looking after home and family and part-time students. Hyndburn incommon with other East Lancs districts has a low proportion of students and ahigh proportion of permanently sick or disabled – in fact the highest in thearea.4
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In the working age population 18.3%
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particularly at further and higher
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over the summer holidays and Christ
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22. Hyndburn Private Sector Housing
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