Prescot South Ward Profile
Ma y 2016
This profile has been produced by Polic y and Partnerships, Know sley Council
Contact: Policy and Partnerships (0151 443 2620)
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The data used in this profile
No official data is available yet for
Knowsley’s 15 new wards as they
only came into effect for the local
Council elections in May 2016. As
an alternative, this profile has
been compiled using data for
Lower Super Output Areas
(LSOAs). These are smaller
geographic areas that cover
broadly similar numbers of
residents and households. They
are used by the Office for National
Statistics (ONS) to report census
and other Government statistics.
Data for several LSOAs is
combined to provide figures for
each ward. The boundaries of
wards and LSOAs don’t always
match, so the total ward figures
are estimates. In the following
map, the new Prescot South ward
is highlighted in blue, other ward
boundaries are in red, and the
LSOA boundaries that cover
Prescot South are black.
All data is from the 2011 Census unless stated otherwise.
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Population of Prescot South and change over time
The LSOAs covering the Prescot South ward have a total estimated population of 9,351. As illustrated in the following chart,
between 2004 and 2014, the population of Prescot South increased by 1%. This compares with a 2% fall in Knowsley as a whole
and an 8% increase nationally.
120%
115%
110%
Population
Knowsley
Prescot South
England
2004
2014
149,216
146,407
9,274
9,351
59,950,364 64,596,752
108%
104%
105%
101%
100%
101%
99%
98%
95%
90%
85%
80%
2004
Source: ONS mid-year estimates
2005
2006
England
2007
2008
Knowsley
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Prescot South
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Changes in the population by age
The following pie charts show the changes in population proportions by age between 2004 and 2014. Compared with the Borough,
Prescot South has lower proportions of population in the 0-4 (Pre-school age), 16-64 (Working age) group and 65+ age groups.
However the proportion of the population within the 5-15 (School age) group in Prescot South exceeds the Knowsley figure by
1.7%.
Prescot South
Knowsley
England
5.9%
6.0%
6.3%
14.3%
15.3%
15.9%
16.0%
15.6%
14.0%
2004
63.4%
0-4
5-15
65.0%
63.2%
16-64
65+
0-4
Prescot South
5-15
16-64
65+
0-4
14.6%
16-64
Knowsley
England
6.4%
6.3%
6.2%
15.5%
5-15
16.6%
17.6%
12.9%
65+
12.7%
2014
63.7%
0-4
5-15
63.5%
64.0%
16-64
65+
0-4
5-15
16-64
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65+
0-4
5-15
16-64
65+
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Changes in the population by age
Between 2004 and 2014, the numbers of residents within the 0-4 age group in Prescot South fell, against the overall Borough trend.
The 5-15 age group also decreased, but by a significantly lower percentage than in Knowsley overall. In contrast, Prescot South’s
65+ population grew faster than the Borough average.
Age Band
0-4 (Pre-School)
5-15 (School Age)
16-64 (Working Age
65+ (Older Residents)
Prescot South (No.)
% Change
2004
2014
588
584
-1
1,477
1,366
-7
5,880
5,954
1
1,328
1,447
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Knowsley (No.)
% Change
2004
2014
8,858
9,428
6
23,334
18,947
-19
94,239
93,667
-1
22,785
24,365
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Population Ethnicity
Population Gender
According to the 2011 Census, 94.1% of Prescot South residents
identified themselves as White British. This compares to 96.1% in
Knowsley as a whole and 79.8% Nationally. However 5.9% of Prescot
South residents identify as not White British. This is greater than the
Knowsley figure of 3.9%, but less than the national figure of 20.2%.
48.2% of Prescot South residents are male. This compares
to 47.5% in Knowsley as a whole and 49.3% nationally.
51.8% of Prescot South residents are female.
This
compares to 52.5% in the Borough and 50.7% nationally.
Knowsley
White: British
White: Other
Mixed/multiple
Asian/Asian British
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British
Other
Prescot South (%)
94.1
1.0
1.3
3.0
0.4
0.3
Knowsley (%)
96.1
1.2
1.3
1.0
0.3
0.1
52.5%
47.5%
Prescot South
51.8%
Male
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48.2%
England
50.7%
Female
49.3%
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Halewood North
Household Composition
5%
There are around 3,706 households in Prescot South, with an overall average household size of 2.4 people. This matches both the
Borough as a whole and the national figure.
Prescot South has a lower proportion of families with no dependent children and one dependent child than the Borough. Prescot
South has a higher proportion of families with two or more dependent children than the Borough.
18%
24%
8%
53%
Knowsley
Prescot South
7%
7%
16%
16%
17%
52%
53%
20%
24%
23%
No dependent children
Two dependent children
England
57%
One dependent child
Three or more dependent children
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Indices of Deprivation 2015
The latest Index of Multiple
Deprivation 2015 ranks every
LSOA in England based on
several different indicators
covering
Health,
Income,
Employment,
Crime,
Education, Barriers to Housing
and Services and Living
Environment.
The map shows the deprivation
rank of each of the LSOAs that
this profile has allocated for the
Prescot South ward.
The first number is the rank out
of 32,844 LSOAs in England.
The number in brackets is the
rank out of Knowsley’s 98
LSOAs.
The lower the number the more
deprived the area is.
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LSOAs have been allocated to each new ward based on which ward the majority of the LSOAs households are located in. The
following table shows that of the 98 LSOAs in the Borough, 45 fall within the most 10% deprived in the country. Three of those
LSOA areas fall within the Prescot South ward boundary.
4 of the 6 LSOA’s assigned to Prescot South fall within the most deprived 50%, whereas in Knowsley as a whole 84 of the 98
LSOA areas fall under the most deprived 50%.
5 of the 6 LSOAs in Prescot have seen their ranks worsening over the five year period, although the remaining 1 LSOAs has seen
improvements in its ranking position.
UK Ranking
Prescot South LSOA's
Knowsley
Top 10% Most
Deprived
3
45
20%
0
15
30%
0
6
40%
1
6
50%
0
12
60%
1
8
70%
1
4
80%
0
2
90%
0
0
Top 10% Least
Deprived
0
0
Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB)
Historically, Prescot South has been an area that has seen relatively steady levels of both crime and ASB compared to other areas
in the Borough. Data in the 12 months leading up to April 2016 shows that Prescot South recorded 627 crimes, which equates to a
crime rate of 67 crimes per 1,000 population. This is slightly higher than the Borough rate of 64 crimes per 1,000 population (9,332
recorded crimes).
Prescot South recorded 381 ASB incidents, which equates to a rate of 41 incidents per 1,000 population. Again this is slightly
higher than the Borough rate of 40 ASB incidents per 1,000 population ( 5,821 ASB incidents).
Per 1,000 Population
Knowsley
Prescot South
Crime
64
67
ASB
40
41
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Qualifications
The percentage of residents (aged 16+), with all types of qualifications above Level 2 (GCSE equivalent) is higher in Prescot South
than across the Borough. 31% of Prescot South residents have no qualifications, compared with almost 35% in the Borough as a
whole.
Percentage of residents aged 16 and over
40
35
35
31
30
25
27
22
20
18
15 15
15
15
16 16
16
13
12 12
13
10
6
5
4
3
3
3
3
0
No Qualifications
Level 1
qualifications
(eg. less than 5
GCSE's)
Due to rounding, some figures may not total 100
Source: Census 2011 Data
Level 2
qualifications
(eg. 5 or more
GCSE's)
England
Apprenticeship
Knowsley
Level 3
Level 4
qualifications
qualifications
(eg. 2 or more A and above (eg.
Levels)
HND, Degree)
Other
qualifications
(eg. Foreign
qualifications)
Prescot South
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Economic Status
The following chart shows that the proportion of residents in the 16-74 age group, who are Economically Active, is higher in Prescot
South than in the Borough as a whole. Within the category of Economically Inactive, Prescot South has a lower proportion of retired
people, and lower proportions of residents who are either looking after home or family, long-term sick or disabled.
Percentage of residents aged 16-74
80
70
70
66
67
60
50
40
30
20
14
14
13
9
10
6
5
5
4
5
4
8
4
2
3
2
0
Economically active
Retired
Due to rounding, some figures may not total 100
Source: Census 2011 Data
Student (including full- Looking after home or
time students)
family
England
Knowsley
Long-term sick or
disabled
Other
Prescot South
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General Health
The following chart shows that the proportions of Prescot South residents who identify as being in either very good or good health
are higher than those in Knowsley overall. However the proportions of Prescot South residents who identify themselves as being in
fair health or bad health are lower than those in Knowsley.
Percentage of residents
60
50
47 46 48
40
34
30 30
30
20
13
15 14
10
7
4
6
1
2
2
0
Very good health
Good health
Due to rounding, some figures may not total 100
England
Source: Census 2011 Data
Fair health
Knowsley
Bad health
Very bad health
Prescot South
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Long term Health
Residents who have identified themselves as having a long term health problem were asked how these problems affect their day–
to-day activities.
78% of Prescot South residents said their day-to-day activities were not limited by their long term health problems. This exceeds
the Knowsley figure of 75%. 12% of Prescot South residents said their day-to-day activities were limited a lot by long term health
problems, compared to 14% in the Borough as a whole.
Percentage of residents
90
82
80
75
78
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
14
12
9
8
10
10
0
Day-to-day activities limited a lot
Due to rounding, some figures
may not total 100
Day-to-day activities limited a little
England
Knowsley
Day-to-day activities not limited
Prescot South
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