Statistics Newsletter
Issue 2 Winter 08
The Index of Multiple Deprivation 2007
The IMD 2007 is a Lower ayer Super Ouput Area (LSOA) level
measure of multiple deprivation, which is made up of 7 LSOA level
domain indices.
The main indices include:
- Income (22.5%)
- Employment (22,5%)
- Health and Disability (13.5%)
- Education, Skills and Training (13.5%)
- Barriers to Housing Services (9.3%)
- Living Environment (9.3%)
- Crime (9.3%)
There are also two supplementary indices:
- Income Deprivation Affecting Children
- Income Deprivation Affecting Older People
These two indices represent the proportion of children aged
between 0 to 15 and people aged 60 and over that are living in
income deprived households.
Incapacity Benefit and Severe Disablement Allowance
Claimants
There is a total of 4305 incapacity benefits and severe
disablement allowance claimants in Havant. 13% of claimants are
recieving severe disablement allowance.
The majority of these claimants are recieving incapacity
benefits.
Age Structure of Claimants
| Ages
of all Claimants |
Count:
Havant |
Havant % |
South East
% |
England % |
| 16 - 24 |
310 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
| 25 - 49 |
2070 |
48 |
49 |
48 |
| 50 - 59 |
1365 |
32 |
32 |
33 |
| 60 + |
560 |
13 |
12 |
13 |
Source: National Statistics 2007
The age structure of incapacity benefit and severe disablement
claimants is relatively consistant with the age structure of the
region and the whole of England. The majority of benefit
claimants are aged between twenty-five and fifty and just over half
are female.
18.3% of Havant's residents are suffering with a long-term
limiting illness.
9% of claimants are recieving carer's allowance and 2% are
bereaved.
17.15% of claimants are lone parents.
Claim Duration
73.4% of the claims are short-term lasting between 6
to 12 months. Only 10.6% of the claims made last over a year.
The high level of claims lasting up to six months corresponds
with the number of claimants recieving incapacity benefits while
being abscent from work for short periods.
Only a minority of benefit claims last over a year. This
figure is backed by lower numbers of people that are likely to make
long term claims, i.e. lone parents and disabled people.
Education and Skills
NVQ Levels
Source: Local Knowledge, 2006
Havant has the lowest number of residents with NVQ 4’s and
NVQ2's in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Interestingly, Havant has one of the highest
proportions of residents with NVQ 1 qualifications in Hampshire.
Despite this, Havant’s level of NVQ1’s is 4.8% below the South
East.
GCSE's
The number of people obtaining GCSE grades A* to C is relatively
low in Havant borough compared to Fareham and East Hampshire,
however Havant out-performs Portsmouth and Gosport.
The latest figures state that 93.1% of resident female students
and 91.9% of resident male students in Havant gain GCSE grades
A* to G.
Only 1.8% of resident students in Havant gain no GCSE
qualifications.
No Qualifications
|
Area |
Hampshire Rank |
National Rank |
% |
| Havant |
1 |
70 |
17.69 |
| Gosport |
2 |
125 |
15.01 |
| Portsmouth |
3 |
174 |
13.47 |
| Fareham |
8 |
334 |
8.63 |
| East
Hampshire |
13 |
394 |
5.6 |
Source: Local Knowledge
Havant has the highest number of people with no qualifications
in the Hampshire and Isle of Wight sub-region.
As we can see from the table above, there are some
significant differences between Havant borough and its
closest neighbouring local authority areas in Hampshire.
Although Gosport is second in Hampshire's ranking, there is a much
greater step between Havant and Gosport's national ranking.
Havant is 324 ranks below East Hampshire, which has the second
lowest ranking in Hampshire after winchester, which sits at 404 in
the national rankings.
Transport and Communications
Travel to work
The minority of Havant's labour force walk or cycle to work.
This figure corresponds with the high level of people commuting out
of the borough to work.
Compared to other local areas excluding Portsmouth city, Havant
has a relatively high proportion of people travelling to work
by taxi.
Havant also has a relatively high level of people driving to
work. In contrast, Portsmouth city has a very low level of workers
travelling by car. The transport trends in Portsmouth city reflect
its connectivity to other areas via public transport.
Connectivity scores (GB=100, 2005)
The connectivity index is based on proximity to and presence of
airports; number of rail stations (excluding the underground);
ports and motorway junctions. The resulting figure provides a
indication of the areas connectivity, with figures over 100
indicating a higher than average level of connectivity.
|
Place |
GB=100 |
Hampshire rank |
National rank |
| Portsmouth |
328.1 |
1 |
22 |
| Gosport |
294.29 |
2 |
29 |
| Havant |
224.15 |
4 |
42 |
| Fareham |
126.29 |
7 |
82 |
| East
hampshire |
19.34 |
11 |
247 |
Source: Local knowledge, AA
Placed at 42 on the national ranking, Havant has a
relatively high connectivity score. Havant has a good public
transport system with rail access and an ample bus service.
The borough is also located close to the motorway, with good links
to Portsmouth and London.
Portsmouth and Gosport's connectivity scores may be higher due
to their access to ferry ports and a greater number
of rail stations.