Ward
Population
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Health
Employment
Households and Housing
The local authority ward at the time of the 2001 Census.
New Ward
From 10 June 2004, Newcastle City Council has a new ward structure. The current outer boundary of the City is retained and there are still 26 wards. These new wards have been designed so that, taking into account intended and expected changes, there would be in 2006, reasonable electoral equality.
As noted, above, the 2001 Census was based on the wards at the time of the Census; there was also lower level, sub-ward, ‘output area’ data, covering 120 or so households within each of the wards. [These output areas are based on putting together, within each census ward, groups of full postcode areas (e.g. NE1 2AZ).]
To produce Census 2001 profiles for the new wards we have grouped together output areas and parts of output areas.
For those output areas which are in more than one new ward, we have split the results in proportion to the number of properties in the output area in each of the two (or three) wards.
We have then aggregated the data with the whole and partial output area data to provide figures for each of the new wards. We have to use the actual figures to produce the numbers in the new wards. We can then produce percentages (e.g. the percentage owner occupiers, percentage from an ethnic minority) in the usual way.
Output area census results are not produced in the same way as the ward data, we have not been able to exactly produce the same sets of figures, as for the previous ward data. Less data is available by output area than the standard ward tables. We have produced socio-economic and demographic profiles based on the output area demographic data.
The Office for National Statistics (O.N.S.) will produce, possibly later this year, a definitive set of new ward results. In order to prevent inadvertent disclosure of personal data, it will be necessary for O.N.S. to produce the results simply aggregating the best fit output areas.
It follows that their results will be marginally different to the results produced here which should be treated as provisional before O.N.S. produce their new ward results.
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All people who live or who normally live in the ward.
Age
Age at the date of the 2001 Census - 29 April 2001.
Family
A family comprises a group of people consisting of a married or cohabiting couple with or without children, or a lone parent with children. It also includes a married or cohabiting couple with their grandchildren or a lone grandparent with their grandchildren.
Dependent child
A dependent child is a person aged 0-15 in a household or aged 16-18 in full-time education and living in a family with parent(s).
Household Population
People who live in private households, excludes those who live in institutions.
Average Household Size
The average number of people who live in each household in the area. This is generally around 2 people per household.
Rooms
All rooms available to the household excluding bathrooms, halls/landings, garage(s) and toilets in any house. It also excludes rooms which can only be used for storage.
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Ethnicity : Note that the question is self-determined. Further information about this can be obtained from the ONS Website.
White
Includes everyone who said that they were from a 'White' ethnicity. It will include those who are asylum seekers of White ethnicity, predominantly from mainland Europe.
Ethnic minority
Everyone else, including those who are of mixed descent.
Afro-Caribbean
Those who are Black/Black British from the Caribbean or Africa or other Black background.
South Asian
Those who are Asian/Asian British with descent from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh or similar Asian background.
Chinese
Those of Chinese descent.
Other/mixed
All remaining people.
Religion
The religion question in the 2001 Census was voluntary, this explains the 'unspecified'. Other religions include all those who gave any other religion.
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Limiting long-term illness
Those people who have a long-term illness, health problem or disability which limits their daily activities or work they can do.
Poor Health
Those whose health over the last 12 months, has on the whole, not been good.
Carers
Those who give unpaid help/support to family or friends who have health needs, possibly arising from old age.
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Economic Activity : This question and subsequent related questions about unemployment, types of job were to be answered by all those aged 16 to 74.
Economically Active
Those in a job, seeking work, self- employed or on a Government sponsored training scheme. This can include those who would be full-time students.
In Work
Includes those off work through temporarily sickness/ maternity leave/on holiday or temporarily laid off, as well as those working.
Unemployed
A person is defined as unemployed if he or she is not in employment, is available to start work in the next 2 weeks and has either looked for work in the last 4 weeks or is waiting to start a new job. This is consistent with the International Labour Office (ILO) standard classification. The ‘unemployed %’ shows the percentage, of the economically active, in the area who are unemployed. This is 8.0% for the City as a whole. There has been some debate about whether the 'other category' should be included or discarded when it comes to calculating the unemployment rate. This is the reason it is separated out from the rest of the results.
Socio-economic classification : (Applies to everyone aged 16 to 74) It includes those who have ever worked at all, and, where appropriate, for those not working, relates to their last job.
Occupations :
Managerial & Professional - e.g. doctors, managers
Intermediate occupations - e.g. clerical and administrative
Small employers - e.g. those running small businesses
Lower supervisory (technical occupations) - e.g. supervisors and general engineers
Semi-routine occupations - e.g. caretakers, receptionists and sales assistants
Routine occupations - e.g. labourers
Long-term unemployed
A person is long term unemployed at Census if the year they last worked was 1999 or earlier, i.e. they had been unemployed for at least 15 months.
Other
Not in work at this time, the older people in this group will be of retirement age. The youngest in this group will still be in school.
Industry of employment : Applies to everyone aged 16 to 74 - in work only
Standard Industrial Classification
There are 17 different categories of industries, as described in the Standard Industrial Classification of economic activities 1992 - UK SIC(92) [ISBN 0 11 620550 4], modified. We have aggregated them into a few categories to make comparisons easier.
- Agriculture; Hunting; Forestry, Fishing, Mining & Quarrying, Electricity; Gas and Water supply.
- Manufacturing.
- Construction.
- Wholesale & retail trade; repair of motor vehicles.
- Hotels and catering, Transport, storage and communication.
- Financial intermediation, Real estate; renting and business activities.
- Public administration and defence, Education, Health and social work.
- Other
Journey to work
The form of transport normally used to get to work. Where someone uses more than one form the response would be the longest by distance.
Public transport - Includes those who use the Bus, the Metro or Train.
Other - Includes taxi and other forms of transport.
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Household
A household comprises one person living alone, or a group of people (not necessarily related) living at the same address with common housekeeping - that is, sharing either a living room or sitting room or at least one meal a day.
Household spaces
A household space is the accommodation occupied by an individual household or, if unoccupied, available for an individual household. In most cases a household space is the same as a dwelling. It is not always easy to determine if a household space is occupied or unoccupied.
Dwelling types :
Flats
Include maisonettes and apartments. The dwelling could have originally been a part of a house which has subsequently been converted into a number of flats.
Tenure :
- Housing Association / Registered Social Landlord
Includes accommodation that is rented from a Housing Association, Housing Co-operative, Charitable Trust, Non-profit housing company or Registered Social Landlord. - Other
Includes the employer of a household member and relative or friend of a household member and living rent-free. May also include those who, mistakenly, have said that they live 'Rent free' because their total actual rent is paid through housing benefit.
Household composition :
- Lone parent family
One parent or grandparent living with a dependent child or children. - All Households with Children
The total number of households with dependent children. - Other households with adults (at least 1 non pensioner)
The total number of other households with adults (ie two or more adults, at least one of which is a non pensioner). This will include so called 'student-households'.
Household types :
- With Dependent Children
Households containing dependent children i.e. lone parents and other households with children. - Households with no adult in work (households with dependent children only)
Households with children where no one is in work.