New statistics, which provide a detailed insight into the characteristics of each Ward in York, have been published by the Council.
The “Ward Profiles” give local details of;
- the age group of residents
- Religion
- Employment groups
- Housing tenure
- Benefit claims
- Unemployment
- Poverty
- Health
- Crime
- Resident satisfaction with the local area
The profiles for each ward can be accessed by clicking here
Taking the Westfield Ward as an example we can see that:
- The largest section of the community is aged between 25 and 34
- 32% are married
- 94% are white British
- 59.2% are Christian
- Most work in the retail/wholesale trade (18%) or in health/social care (15%)
- 57% own their own home (31.8% with a mortgage)
- 32% live alone
- 1155 live on benefits – a significant fall since 2013. There are now only 70 claiming Job Seekers Allowance
- Technically, Westfield is the most “deprived” ward in York although it is steadily becoming more prosperous
- 18% of children are obese while 79% of resident regard themselves as being in “good or very good” health
- Anti-social behaviour is above the York average
- 83% were satisfied with their local area as a place in which to live.
- 46% said that they could influence decisions in their area (much higher than for the rest of York)
- 55% were satisfied with the way that the Council runs things (slightly less than the City average) but an above average number (50%) felt the Council was doing well to improve the quality of street /public spaces
