Basic facts about West End Ward
This report provides a summary of the latest available information on the demographic and
socio-economic make-up of the West End Ward within Surrey Heath. It looks at the population structure
and provides information on the economic, housing and educational achievement of the Ward.
West End is one of the 16 Wards of Surrey Heath. It has an area of 1,452 hectares which represents
15.27% of the total area of Surrey Heath District.
Residents
West End has a resident population of 4,693 which represents 5.45% of the total Surrey Heath resident
population of 86,144.
West End's resident population is 50.5% female and 49.5% male.
Age
The mean age of the West End Ward population is 38 years compared to a mean age of 40 years for
residents in the whole of Surrey Heath. The predominant age band in West End Ward is Age 45 to 59
which represents 23.70% of the population.
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Ethnicity
The largest ethnic group is 'Number of usual residents who are White' with 94.4% of the Ward's
population. That compares with a figure of 90.2% for the District as a whole, 90.4% for the Surrey
County and 90.7% for all of South East.
The second largest ethnic group is 'Number of usual residents who are Asian/Asian British' with 2.6% of
the Ward's population. That compares with 6.3% for the District as a whole, 5.2% for the Surrey
County and 7.8% for all of South East.
The ethnic split of West End 's residents is shown below.
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Households
West End Ward has 1,688 households, which represents 5.03% of Surrey Heath's 33,546 households.
The household split by tenure is shown below.
The largest number of households lives in 'Number of all households - Owned with a mortgage or loan'
accommodation with 47.2% of the Ward's households. That compares with 42.0% for the District as a
whole, 38.1% for Surrey County and 33.5% for the whole of South East.
The second largest number of households lives in 'Percentage of all households - Owned outright'
accommodation with 39.4% of the Ward's households. That compares with 34.8% for the District as a
whole, 34.8% for Surrey County and 31.0% for the whole of South East.
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The Ward has 193 households with dependent children aged 0 to 4. That represents 11.40% of the
Ward's households.
647 households in the Ward have 'Dependent children in household: All ages'. That represents 38.30%
of the Ward's households.
Employment
The following chart provides a breakdown of the West End Ward by socio-economic classification for all
residents aged 16 – 74.
The National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC) provides an indication of
socio-economic position based on occupation. It is an Office for National Statistics standard
classification. To assign a person aged 16 to 74 to an NS-SEC category their occupation title is
combined with information about their employment status, whether they are employed or
self-employed, and whether or not they supervise other employees. Full-time students are recorded in
the' full-time students' category regardless of whether they are economically active or not.
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The largest group is 'National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification - 2. Lower managerial,
administrative and professional occupations' representing 27.30% of the Ward's population.
Education
36.40% of West End 's residents have achieved level 4 qualifications and above compared to 29.90%
in South East as a whole and 13.30% of West End 's residents have no qualifications compared to
19.10% in South East .
Health
West End has 82 (1.8% ) residents that report being in bad health and 18 (0.4% ) residents that report
being in very bad health.
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Its ranking for the number of residents in very bad health is 1 (out of 16 Wards) within Surrey Heath.
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References
Metrics used in this report are as follows:
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