Corporate Research
WOODLANDS WARD
The Census has been held every ten years
since 1801 in an attempt to collect a
complete dataset of people and households
that can provide a detailed picture of the
population.
The latest Census was held on 27th March
2011 where everyone in England and Wales
answered the same questions to allow for
comparability between geographical areas
and over time.
This profile shows the results from the 16,476
people living in Woodlands Ward at the time
of the Census.
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Woodlands Ward ranks the highest of all of the Wards for the proportion of residents that say
they are in the White ethnic group (93.4%) and were born in the UK (92.6%).
The majority of residents in Woodlands say they are Christian (65.3% - the highest proportion
of all of the Wards) and nearly a quarter of residents say that they have no religion (24.8%).
The top 3 occupational groups in Woodlands Ward are lower
managerial/administrative/professional (19.8%), intermediate (16.9% - ranking the highest of all
of the wards) and semi-routine (15.4%) occupations.
Only 3.4% of residents in Woodlands ward are full time students – the lowest proportion in the
City. The City average is 11.5%.
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WOODLANDS WARD
Indicator
Ward
City
Wide
Figure
Demography
Marital & Civil Partnership status
Married
49.0%
41.8%
Deprived households*
% of households not deprived
43.8%
38.4%
White
Rank
Ethnicity, Identity, Religion & Language
Ethnic Group
93.4%
73.8%
Mixed/multiple ethnic groups
1.4%
2.6%
Asian/Asian British
2.6%
16.3%
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British
2.1%
5.6%
Other ethnic group
UK
Country of Birth
Passports Held
Household Language
EU Accession countries**
1.0%
3.3%
4.0%
14.7%
UK passports
80.3%
70.4%
All people have English as main language
95.8%
84.6%
No people have English as main language
2.5%
8.7%
65.3%
53.7%
0.5%
3.5%
Christian
Muslim
1.0%
7.5%
Sikh
1.0%
5.0%
24.8%
23.0%
0.7%
3.9%
No religion
Length of Residence in the UK
1.7%
78.8%
Other countries
Hindu
Religion
0.4%
92.6%
Less than 2 years
Health
Health & provision of unpaid care
Day to day activities limited a lot
8.5%
8.7%
Provide 20+ hours of unpaid care per week
4.0%
4.0%
Owned outright
36.7%
29.3%
Social rented
16.3%
17.0%
Private rented
10.1%
20.6%
1 car or van in household
43.9%
42.1%
No qualifications
22.4%
23.9%
Highest qualification: Level 4 and above
23.5%
23.0%
3.4%
11.5%
10.2%
7.5%
19.8%
16.1%
Housing & Accommodation
Tenure
Car or Van availability
Qualifications
Qualifications & Students
Full-time students: Age 18 & over
Employment
1. Higher managerial, administrative &
professional occupations
2. Lower managerial, administrative &
professional occupations
3. Intermediate occupations
National Statistics Socio-economic
Classification (NS-SeC) based on occupation
16.9%
12.2%
4. Small employers & own account workers
6.8%
6.4%
5. Lower supervisory & technical occupations
8.7%
6.9%
6. Semi-routine occupations
15.4%
14.7%
7. Routine occupations
11.2%
13.2%
4.6%
7.4%
8. Never worked and long-term unemployed
*The Census supplies data on deprived households which it measures in 4 ways - lack of employment, low educational attainment, paucity of health and inadequacy of
housing. The rank here is from 1 (highest % of non deprived households) to 18 (lowest % of non deprived households).
**EU Accession Countries are those that became members of the EU between April 2001 and March 2011 as part of the EU enlargement process.
For further information, visit Neighbourhood Statistics, NOMIS or the ONS websites or visit our spreadsheet containing all Census 2011 data by
ward http://tinyurl.com/chej36x
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