Huncoat Ward Profile
Deprivation
Contents
Population
Schools
1.
HUNCOAT PROFILE
Education
Background
2. Overview
3. Summary Chart
Skills
4. Population & Ethnicity
Employment
5. Deprivation
6. Education
7. Employment
Income
8. Health
Housing
Ethnicity
Huncoat
Population:
9. Housing
Crime
4,418
Housing Stock: 1,931
Households:
1,881
LSOAs:
E01025051
E01025052
E01025053
10. Crime
11. Maps
Health
NEETS
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1.
Background of the area
Huncoat is situated to the north east of Accrington, on the Hyndburn border, just below Altham and situated above Barnfield. Huncoat Village can trace it’s
origins back to the survey of England produced by William The Conqueror in 1086 that became known as the Domesday Book , when it was just a small hamlet
with scattering of farms and cottages. The name is of Anglo-Saxon origin where Hun, or Hunna was a family name and Cotte is an Old English name for a shelter
for small animals. Early settlement seems most likely to have been during Saxon times when East Lancashire formed part of Northumbria under King Oswald (700
AD). It was a sparsely populated area of peatmoss and woodland, the haunt of wild boar and wolves.
The area is renown for Accrington Bricks called ‘NORI’, iron named backwards. Accrington bricks, or NORIs were a type of iron hard engineering brick, produced in
Huncoat, Accrington, Lancashire, England from 1887 to 2008. They were famed for their strength, and were used for the foundations of the Blackpool Tower and
the Empire State Building.
NORI was first produced at a brickworks adjacent to the quarry in Whinney Hill, Huncoat by the Accrington Brick and Tile Company Ltd. The clay there produced
bricks of the highest strength and hardness. These bricks were acid resistant, so could be used for the lining of flues and chimneys. There were four brickyards,
producing engineering bricks (Enfields, Whinney Hills) and specials. Specials were hand thrown into plaster of paris moulds. They could be extremely decorative.
These bricks were used for specialised engineering projects such as in furnaces and for powerstations. The site had its own branch railway joining the East
Lancashire Line at Huncoat Station, and was close to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
The area consists of plenty of open spaces such as The Coppice and Peel park, heritage from the past in the form of Arden Hall, Huncoat train station, old quarries,
brickworks and collierys, whilst providing the present with the regeneration of Within Grove, new housing developments (Bluebell Way) and Accrington
Cemetary.
The ward has two district councillors Dave Parkins (Independent) and Bernard Dawson (Labour).
District Councillor Dave Parkins (Independent)
[email protected]
District Councillor Bernard Dawson (Labour)
[email protected]
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2.
Summary Chart
Population
Huncoat’s ward population in 2011 stood at 4,418. Back in 2001 the number of people who lived in the ward was 4,321.
Huncoat has seen an increase in population age bands except with the under 15s where the area has experienced an
11.6% decline. Huncoat has a pre-dominant White British population with 96% of the ward population, above the
Hyndburn average of 85.3%.
Deprivation
Huncoat IMD scoring has improved in two of the three LSOAs between 2007 and 2010 period, whilst declined in the
one neighbourhood. One of the LSOAs (neighbourhoods) is in the most deprived 20% nationally this area is known as
Within Grove, that is currently in the process of having some regeneration work by the local housing association.
Education
In the Huncoat ward there are two primary schools these being ‘Peel Park Primary School’ and ‘Huncoat Primary
School’. 23.7% of residents in Huncoat have no qualifications; this is lower than the Hyndburn average of 27.9%, North
West average of 24%. 21.2% of residents in Huncoat have achieved a ‘Level 4 Qualification and above’ this is above the
Hyndburn rate of 18.9%, whilst lower than the North West level of 24.4%, and national figure of 27.4%.
Employment
According to the latest findings from the 2011 Census over 69.9% of working age people (16-74) in Huncoat are
classed as economically active, similar to the Hyndburn figure of 67%, whilst slightly higher than the last Census in
2001 where 66.9% identified themselves as economically active. In 2012 Huncoat had the fourth highest household
income in Hyndburn approximately £35,000 compared to just over £30,000 across Hyndburn.
Health
Huncoat has the fourth highest CVD mortality rate in Hyndburn with 145 cases per 100,000 of the population
compared with 104 across Hyndburn between 2004-2008, and again the fourth highest rate of CHD with 88.6 cases
per 100,000. Just under one in fifthteen (6.9%) reception age (4 to 5 years old) are classed as ‘obese’ in Huncoat. This
figure is below the national average (9.6%) and the Hyndburn average (10.2%). This ranks Huncoat 3rd lowest ward in
Hyndburn.
Housing
The housing stock in Huncoat consists of 1931 properties and 1,881 households. The number of dwellings in Huncoat
has increased by 8 between the 2001 and 2011 Census, and the number of households has increased by 130 over the
past decade. The largest proportion of property type in Huncoat is semi-detached with 38.4%, followed by terraced
properties with 27.3%, detached with 23.1% and 11.1% of properties are flats and apartments.
Crime
Recorded crime in Huncoat is 38.3 per 1,000 of the population. In 2011/12 there was 1325 Police Incidents in Huncoat
with 238 Anti-Social Behaviour police incidents. There were 27 violent crimes with 22 against the person. In 2011/12
there was 10 traffic accidents reported with 11 casualties and 20 vehicle crimes.
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3.
Overview
The summary table below compares Huncoat performance with the rest of Hyndburn, Lancashire, North West and Nationally.
Performance Summary:
Ward performed better than District average
Ward performed the same as District average
Ward performed worse than District average
Category
Indicator
Huncoat
Population
% Population Change 2001-2011
2.2%
Deprivation
IMD 2010 - % of Area in Most Deprived 20%
Nationally
Education
Employment
Health
Housing
Crime
Hyndburn
Lancashire
North West
National
-0.9
3.2%
4.8%
7.8%
33%
34.0%
27.9%
31.9%
20%
% No Qualifications
23.7%
27.9%
23.6%
24.0%
22.0%
% Level 4 and above
21.2%
18.9%
25.0%
24.4%
27.4%
Economically Active
69.9%
67.0%
68.1%
67.8%
69.9%
% Job Seekers Allowance
3.0%
3.8%
3.1%
4.4%
3.8%
% Key Out of Works Benefits
14.8%
16.1%
11.9%
14.4%
11.8%
NEETS 16-18
6.5%
7.6%
6.3%
7.1%
6.1%
CVD mortality rate per 100,000
145
104
73.6
82.7
79.6
% Smoking adults
32.5%
22.8%
20.9%
22.8%
20.7%
% Vacant Dwellings 2013
5.5%
7.1%
4.6%
4.2%
3.3%
% Owner occupiers
73.4%
65.4%
71.0%
64.5%
63.3%
Recorded crime per 1,000 population
38.3
64
76
75
64
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4.
Population & Ethnicity

Huncoat’s ward population in 2011 stood at 4,418. Back in 2001 the number
of people who lived in the ward was 4,321. Over this period the ward has
seen an increase of 97 people (2.2% population increase). The increase in
population has partially been to the number of new housing developments.

Over the same period 2001 to 2011 Hyndburn’s population has declined by
just less than 1% going down from 81,496 people down to 80,734.

Huncoat has seen an increase in population age bands except with the under
15s where the area has experienced an 11.6% decline. The knock on effect
will be demand for school places in the area.

The working age population has seen a 4.6% increase over the past decade,
whilst the over 65s have seen a 13.6% increase. The rise in older people will
put a demand on services and a need for older people style accommodation.

Huncoat has a pre-dominant White British population with 96% of the ward population, above the Hyndburn average of 85.3%. The next largest
ethnic group is White Other with 2.1% in comparison with 2.4% across Hyndburn. The Black and Minority Ethnic population stands at 4% in
comparison with 14.7% across Hyndburn.
ETHNICITY
White British
White Irish / Other
Mixed
Asian / Asian British
Black / Black British
Huncoat – Percentage (%)
Numbers
96.0%
2.1%
0.8%
1.0%
0.1%
4148
91
35
43
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Hyndburn – Percentage (%) Numbers
85.3%
2.4%
0.9%
11.2%
0.1%
68,834
1,944
696
9,007
106
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5.
Deprivation
The Index of Multiple Deprivation 2010 (IMD) measures deprivation down to Lower Super
Output Area (LSOA) level – areas containing around 1500 people. 32,482 LSOAs (nationally)
make up the IMD with each area being scored across 8 domains (see below) then ranked from
most to least deprived, with the 326 English districts also being ranked. Hyndburn is made up
of 53 LSOAs.
Huncoat IMD scoring has improved in two of the three LSOAs between 2007 and 2010 period,
whilst declined in the one neighbourhood. One of the LSOAs (neighbourhoods) is in the most
deprived 20% nationally this area is known as Within Grove, that is currently in the process of
having some regeneration work by the local housing association.
Housing
Crime & Living
&
Disorder env’t
services
E01025051
13%
20%
5%
2%
30%
37%
71%
40%
HUNCOAT
E01025052 66%
81%
50%
39%
67%
76%
49%
50%
E01025053 41%
52%
31%
36%
38%
33%
58%
39%
Black - LSOA most deprived 1%; Red most deprived 10%; Orange most deprived 20%; Green least deprived 20%
Ward
LSOA
IMD
Income Employment
Health
Education
& Skills
The table above shows the eight IMD domains split by LSOA and ranks all LSOAs nationwide
(32,482). Those areas the most deprived are ranked in the top 10% (1% to 10%) and the least
deprived areas are the high percentages. As can be seen Huncoat only scores poorly is one the
neighbourhoods (E01025051), whilst in the other two areas scores in the mid-range nationally
for most domains.
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6.
Education
 In the Huncoat ward there are two primary schools these being ‘Peel Park
Huncoat Highest Level Qualification (Census 2011)
Primary School’ and ‘Huncoat Primary School’. The table below shows the
Ofsted ratings for both schools, number of pupils, proportion of children with
special educational needs. It also shows the percentage of pupils with English not
as a first language and proportion achieving key stage 2 at both Maths and
English.

23.7% of residents in Huncoat have no qualifications; this is lower than the
Hyndburn average of 27.9%, North West average of 24% but above the national
average of 22%.

21.2% of residents in Huncoat have achieved a ‘Level 4 Qualification and above’
this is above the Hyndburn rate of 18.9%, whilst lower than the North West level
of 24.4%, and national figure of 27.4%.

All usual residents aged 16
and over
No qualifications
Level 1 Qualification
Level 2 Qualification
Apprenticeship
Level 3 Qualification
Level 4 Qualification and
above
Other Qualification
Huncoat
Hyndburn
3,577
64,092
849 (23.7%)
475 (13.3%)
638 (17.8%)
206 (5.7%)
497 (13.9%)
759 (21.2%)
17,942 (27.9%)
8,868 (13.8%)
10,400 (16.2%)
3,547 (5.5%)
8,043 (12.5%)
12,132 (18.9%)
153 (4.3%)
3,160 (4.9%)
Level 4 and above qualifications cover: Degree (BA, BSc), Higher Degree (MA, PhD,
PGCE), NVQ Level 4-5, HNC, HND, RSA Higher Diploma, BTEC Higher level,
Professional Qualifications (Teaching, Nursing, Accountancy).
Ofsted (grading may
Key Stage2
English &
Maths
2012
2011
2010
2009
% making
expected
progress
English
% making
Percentage of
Number Percentage
expected
pupils with
of pupils of pupils
progress
English not as a
on roll with SEN
Maths
first language
not of been carried out
in 2012 – every few
years)
School type
Peel Park
Outstanding
Foundation
School
95%
72%
73%
84%
99%
100%
587
6.5%
13.0%
Huncoat
Satisfactory
Community
School
85%
75%
84%
59%
100%
100%
185
9.7%
0.0%
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7.
Employment / Unemployment
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According to the latest findings from the 2011 Census over 69.9% of working age people (1674) in Huncoat are classed as economically active, similar to the Hyndburn figure of 67%, whilst
slightly higher than the last Census in 2001 where 66.9% identified themselves as economically
active.
Huncoat Employment Findings
Huncoat
Hyndburn
2311
(69.9%)
39,118
(67.0%)
2011)
996
(30.1%)
19,238
(33.0%)
Part time worker (Census 2011)
24.4%
27.0%
Full time worker (Census 2011)
75.6%
73.0%
Unemployed (Census 2011)
121
(5.2%)
2,688
(6.9%)
The total proportion of DWP benefit claimants in Huncoat was 18% (November 2012), whilst
18.8% in Hyndburn and 14.1% nationally. The proportion of people who claim key out of works
benefits was 14.8% in Huncoat, 15.7% in Hyndburn and 11.6% across the country.
Job seekers allowance (DWP)
3.0%
3.8%
Total benefit claimants (DWP)
18.0%
18.8%
Key out of work benefits (DWP)
14.8%
15.7%
In 2012 Huncoat had the fourth highest household income in Hyndburn approximately £35,000
compared to just over £30,000 across Hyndburn.
NEETS per thousand 16-19
The Census 2011 identified 5% of people in Huncoat that are unemployed compared with 6.9%
across Hyndburn and 24.4% of people in employment working part time with 75.6% working
full time in Huncoat.
Department of Works and Pensions (DWP) data is more upto date than Census findings,
however only a few indicators are published at ward level. One of these indicators is the
proportion of people on Job Seekers Allowance where there is 3% (April 2013) of economically
active people in Huncoat claim, in-comparison with 3.8% in Hyndburn and nationally.
Economically Active (Census
2011)
Economically Inactive (Census
42
Sources:
Nomis (DWP data)
Neighbourhood Statistics (Census 2011 findings)
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8.
Health

In the 2011 Census 78.9% of respondents in Huncoat indicated their day to day activities are not limited due to health or a disability, this a similar
rate across Hyndburn with 78%. 10.6% in Huncoat indicated they were limited a lot (Hyndburn 11.3%), and 10.5% said they were limited a little
similar to the Hyndburn figure.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cardio heart disease (CHD) has fallen over the past few years, however in Hyndburn the rate is still above the
national average. These diseases are higher in more deprived areas where more people drink alcohol, smoke and have a poorer diet. Huncoat has
the fourth highest CVD mortality rate in Hyndburn with 145 cases per 100,000 of the population compared with 104 across Hyndburn between
2004-2008, and again the fourth highest rate of CHD with 88.6 cases per 100,000.

Smoking is the primary cause of preventable morbidity and premature death and a major cause of inequalities in death rates between deprived and
more affluent communities. Most recent estimates of the prevalence of smoking suggest that 32.5% (Lifestyle Indicators 2001) of Huncoat adults
are current smokers, compared to 22% across East Lancashire; there is wide variation between districts and groups within East Lancashire, with
estimated smoking prevalence among adults: ranging from 14.7% in Ribble Valley to 22.8% in Hyndburn.

In Huncoat ‘Alcohol Related Hospital Admissions’ Directly Standardised Rates (2008/09) stands at 21.3, same as the Hyndburn rate, Rossendale and
Pendle rate with Burnley’s average rate being slightly higher with 25.1.

The adjacent chart shows Screening and Immunisation rates in Huncoat in comparison with East Lancs PCT. As can be seen Huncoat has similar
rates to the the average East Lancs PCT rate besides MMR take up.
Huncoat / East Lancs PCT Immunisation and Screening

The National Child Measurement programme carried
Rate
out a BMI (Body Mass Index) study on children
attending state maintained schools in England. Just
under one in fifthteen (6.9%) reception age (4 to 5
years old) are classed as ‘obese’ in Huncoat. This figure
is below the national average (9.6%) and the Hyndburn
average (10.2%). This ranks Huncoat 3rd lowest ward
in Hyndburn. (Children with a BMI greater than or
equal to the 95th centile of the British 1990 growth
reference have been classed as obese). Those children in year 6 (age 10-11) have a higher figure of obesity with 10.9% in Huncoat, this ranks the
ward the lowest ward in Hyndburn and shows only a small four per cent increase between reception aged children and year 6.
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9.
Housing & Tenure
The housing stock in Huncoat consists of 1,931 properties and 1,881 households. The number of
dwellings in Huncoat has increased by 8 between the 2001 and 2011 Census, and the number of
households has increased by 130 over the past decade.
Lighter coloured areas indicate
areas with higher property values
Just under three quarters of households in Huncoat are owner occupiers (73.4%), above the
Hyndburn average figure (65.4%). The rented sector consists of 26.6% of households in Huncoat
with 14.9% of social housing households within the ward. The ward has the fifth highest property
values in Hyndburn with the average price being around £109,000 with the lower quartile (25th
percentile) set around
£70,000 which is
slightly above than the
Hyndburn figure.
The largest household
type in Huncoat is
‘Married with no
children’. This accounts
for 29.6% of all
households, followed
by ‘One person
households’ with
29.2%. ‘Married with dependent children’ accounts for 14.7% of households in Huncoat with
‘Lone parents with dependent children’ accounting for 8.4% in comparison with 9.7% across
Hyndburn.
The largest proportion of property type in Huncoat is semi-detached with 38.4%, followed by
terraced properties with 27.3%, detached with 23.1% and 11.1% of properties are flats and
apartments.
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10.
Crime

Reported crime in Huncoat has declined over the past eight years. Over those years
the total number of reported crimes in Huncoat has fallen from 238 reported crimes
in 2004/05 down to 175 reported crimes in 2012/13. The adjacent table shows
comparison findings for 2011/12 findings.
Huncoat Police Incidents 2011/12
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
Huncoat
Hyndburn
All Police Incidents
1325
37,417
Recorded crime in Huncoat is 38 per 1,000 of the population, in comparison with 64
across the district and the county.
ASB Police Incidents
238
6715
All reported crime
175
5355
In 2011/12 there was 1323 Police Incidents in Huncoat with 238 Anti-Social Behaviour
police incidents. There were 27 violent crimes with 22 against the person. In 2011/12
there was 10 traffic accidents reported with 11 casualties and 20 vehicle crimes.
All violent crime
27
1,194
Violence against the
person
22
1,096
All vehicle crime
20
445
Traffic Total Accidents
10
206
Traffic Total Casualties*
11
356
The chart below show the significant reduction in recorded crimes over the past eight
years.
Source:
http://www.saferlancashire.co.uk/
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Area maps
Mosaic description:
Mosaic provides a detailed and accurate understanding of each
citizen's location, their demographics, lifestyles and behaviours
Huncoat is split into three types of neighbourhoods

Older families in low value housing in traditional
industrial areas

Vulnerable young parents needing substantial state
support

Comfortably off industrial workers owning their own
homes.
For more information contact the Corporate Policy Team, Scaitcliffe House,
Ormerod Street, Accrington, Lancashire. BB5 0PF. Tel: 01254 380695
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