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Ward overview

Rastrick ward is located in the south-east of the district between the M62 motorway and Brighouse town centre. It is mainly residential with open country to the south and east. It includes the neighbourhoods of Woodhouse, Toothill, Carr Green, Field Lane and Longroyde and a local centre in Church Street. There is an industrial area along Birds Royd Lane and Brighouse railway station is on the northern edge of the ward.

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Population

Area and population summary

Rastrick occupies an area of 448 hectares, or 1.7 square miles. The total population, from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) mid-year estimate for 2007, is 11,525. This is made up of 49.4% males and 50.6% females. The population density is 25.7 persons per hectare, and the number of electors in the ward in December 2009 was 8,573.

Population structure

The ward has an older age profile than the district as a whole, and the population aged 60 and over has increased since 2001.

The table and chart below show the age-structure of the population.

Source: ONS 2007 mid-year estimates

Ethnicity

The ethnic group of the population, at the 2001 census, was 97% white, considerably higher than the district as a whole.

Source: 2001 Census

Country of birth

Of the 5% of the population born outside the UK, the largest number originate in Western Europe, then Asia.

Source: CACI Country of Birth files

The chart illustrates the country of birth of the 6% of the population who originate outside the UK.

Health

Life expectancy in Rastrick is nearly three years higher for men, and one for women, than the district as a whole. Men's life expectancy has risen significantly in recent years.

Mortality rates (age standardised) are considerably lower than district and national rates.

Sources: Long term illness: 2001 census, all other indicators: NHS Calderdale

^*SMR (Standardised Mortality Rate) is the ratio of the observed to the expected level of mortality and takes account of the area's age profile. 100 is the national average, so numbers above 100 are worse, below 100 better, than average.

The table and chart below show the change in life expectancy for males and females in Rastrick Ward between 2001-2003 and 2006-2008,

Source: NHS Calderdale

Households

There are a total of 4,836 households in the ward, estimated from the number of occupied dwellings. The average household size is 2.4 persons.

Council Tax banding

Council Tax banding shows lower numbers in Rastrick in Bands A and B, and higher numbers in Bands C and D.

Source: Calderdale Council Chargeable dwellings 2009 (occupied dwellings)

Household incomes

The distribution of household income closely mirrors the district picture.

Source: CACI Paycheck 2009

The following three tables are all taken from 2001 census data and cannot currently be updated. They show that the main ways in which Rastrick Ward differs from Calderdale overall are:

• somewhat low proportions of lone parent and one person households
• slightly higher than average rates of owner occupation and somewhat lower rates  of private renting
• car ownership rates above the district average and fewer households without central heating

Source: 2001 census

Deprivation

Rates of benefit claiming households, fuel poverty, and Pension Credit are all close to the Calderdale average.

None of the ward's eight areas is in the worst 10% nationally on the Index of Multiple Deprivation. 1 area is within the worst 11-20%, which is around Field Lane.

Sources: CMBC Safer and Stronger Communities, Benefits Service, English Housing Conditions Survey, Department of Work and Pensions.

*Percentage is of 60+ population

Employment and unemployment

Unemployment

In Rastrick Ward, the number unemployed and claiming benefits rose from 148 in January 2006 to 350 in January 2010. As a proportion of the working-age population, unemployment was 2.1% in 2006 ( compared with 2.5% nationally and 2.6% in Calderdale) and 5.0% in 2010 (compared with 5.1% in Calderdale and 4.3% nationally. Thus the position of the ward had worsened in relation to both the district and national picture.

Source: Department of Works and Pensions

The 2008 - 2009 Annual Population Survey showed that 6.7% of the economically active population were unable to find jobs,compared with 7.6% in the district and 6.9% nationally.

Employment

The data on this page is about employment at workplaces in Rastrick Ward. Almost 75% of the workforce live outside the Brighouse and Rastrick area.

Over one third work in the Public sector and a quarter in Manufacturing, but the profile is similar to the district's. There was little change in the total between 2006 and 2008.

Source: Annual Business Inquiry 2008

Looking in more detail at the change from 2006 to 2008 in employment by sector, as illustrated in the chart below, Manufacturing, and  Distribution, Hotels & Restaurants, have both stayed about the same, numbers employed in Construction and Utilities and in Banking, Finance & Insurance fell by 100 in each, but there were gains of 100 in Other Services including Transport, and 200 in Public Services, giving an overall gain of 100 jobs.

Contact details

For further information contact the Research and Consultation Team:

• Email:
• researchandinfo@calderdale.gov.uk
• Telephone:
• 01422 393129.