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RESIDENT POPULATION % % MALE % FEMALE
6468   46 54
AVERAGE AGE.      
47.7 years      
Under 16 years. 16.6    
16 to 19 years. 3.6    
20 to 29 years. 6.7    
30 to 59 years. 34.2    
60 to 74 years. 23.1    
75 years and over. 15.8    
       
MARITAL STATUS. % Resident population aged 16 and over.
Single (never married). 18.6    
Married or remarried. 57.5    
Separated. 1.8    
Divorced. 7.4    
Widowed. 14.8    
       
HOUSING & HOUSEHOLDS. %    
                          2,993
98% lived in households,the remainder of the resident population lived in communal establishments.
Owner Occupied. 75.5    
Rented from Council. 9.6    
Rented from Housing Association or Registered Social Landlord.
2.7
   
Private rented or lived rent free. 12.1    
One person households. 33.6    
Pensioners living alone. 24.0    
Other All Pensioner households. 19.5    
Contained dependent children. 20.6    
Lone parent households with dependent children. 4.8    
Without central heating. 14.4    
Without sole use of bath, shower, or toilet. 0.1    
Have no car or van. 31.5    
Have 2 or more cars or vans. 15.2    
  No.    
Average household size (people). 2.1    
Average number of rooms per household. 5.1    
       
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. % Resident population aged 16 to 74.
Employed. 48.2    
Unemployed. 3.1    
Economically active full-time students. 1.2    
Retired. 28.2    
Economically inactive students. 2.2    
Looking after home/family. 6.4    
Permanently sick or disabled. 8.0    
Other economically inactive. 2.9    
       
STUDENTS.   Students and schoolchildren
aged 16 to 74.
Total number of full-time students and schoolchildren aged 16 to 74. 147    
Percentage of total resident population. 2.3    
Total number aged 16 to 17. 97    
Total number aged 18 to 74. 50    

Census Day = 29th April 2001

N.B. The above information is Crown Copyright material, reproduced here under licence.


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