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Winter 2012/13SOCIAL, ECONOMIC & HOUSING INTELLIGENCE REPORT2013.EthnicityReligionCensus 2011A second tranche of findings for England & Wales hasbeen released from the 2011 Census. Below are someof the key findings of the Office for National Statisticssurvey. More information will be released throughThe „White‟ population in Hyndburn (Including White British,White Irish, White Gypsy & Traveller and White Other) hasfallen from 91.7% in 2001 down to 87.6% in 2011. Thisincludes White Other and Gypsy and Travellers that could bedescribed as minority ethnic.Nationally 85.5% of the population describe themselves as„White‟, falling down from 90.9% back in 2001.The proportion of „Asian‟ population has grown from 7.6% in2001 upto 11% in 2011. This compares slightly higher than thenational figure of 7.7% - rising from 5% in 2001. The largest religious belief in Hyndburn is „Christian‟ with 66.4%(falling 9.9% since 2001), followed by „Muslim‟ with 10.3%(rising 3.1% since 2001). The biggest increase has been withthose stating „No religion‟ rising from 9.2% in 2001 upto 17% in2011.Those who stated „No religion‟ nationally rose from 14.6% in2001 upto 24.7% in 2011.Property TypeTenureThe proportion of „detached‟ properties and flats has slightlyincreased in the borough from 10.6% in 2001 upto 11.7% in2011. The proportion of „purpose built flats‟ has also increasedfrom 6.7% upto 7.5%. The borough is still significantlydominated by terraced housing with 52.6% in comparison with24.5% nationally.Hyndburn‟s „Private Rented stock‟ has risen from 7.9% upto18.1% in 2011 (ranked 76 th in the country out of 348 localauthorities). Across Lancashire private rented stock stands at15.1%, England & Wales it stands at 16.7%, 13.7% in theRibble Valley and 19.3% in Burnley.The proportion of people who „own a property with a mortgage‟has fallen from 48.3% in 2001 down to 34.3% in 2011, with theproportion of people „who own outright‟ staying the same overthe past decade.Central Heating5.2% of households in Hyndburn „do not have Central Heating‟(1,786 households) – this is the third highest in Lancashirebehind Pendle with 6% and Blackpool 5.5%. Hyndburn isranked 19 th highest in the country.Nationally 59.4% of the population would describe theirreligious beliefs as „Christian‟, falling down from 71.7% in 2001.13