Councillor Linda CluskeySt Oswald during the period were from European countries. The top two countries of registration from European countries in the ward are Poland (32%) and Romania

Last Updated: 04/10/2017 - Final

Ward Profile

St Oswald

Released: October 2017

Collated by Gemma Monaghan Commissioning Support & Business Intelligence Service Data, Insight, Business Intelligence, & Performance

Councillor Linda Cluskey

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V2 04/10/2017 Final

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Author Gemma Monaghan

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Wayne Leatherbarrow

Service Manager – Performance & intelligence.

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Contents

Highlights ................................................................................ 4

Sefton Comparative Position .................................................. 5

National Comparative Position ............................................... 5

LCR Comparative Position ....................................................... 6

North West Comparative Position .......................................... 6

Overview ................................................................................. 7

Implications for Service Delivery ............................................ 7

Demographics ......................................................................... 8

2015 Ward Population Distribution by Age Band & Gender .......................................................................... 9

2015 Ward Population Distribution Comparisons......... 9

Population Change by Core Age Groups ....................... 9

NINo Registrations 2012-2016 ...................................... 9

NINo Registrations - European Countries ..................... 9

Top 2 NINo Registration Request European Countries . 9

Service Demand ............................................................ 9

Deprivation ........................................................................... 10

Children in Low Income Families (2014) ..................... 10

Overall IMD Score by LSOA (2015) .............................. 11

IDAOPI Score by LSOA (2015) ...................................... 11

IDACI Score by LSOA (2015) ........................................ 11

Housing & Households .......................................................... 12

Household Composition .............................................. 12

Time Void / Vacant ...................................................... 13

Average House Prices .................................................. 13

Barriers to Housing & Services IMD Score by LSOA (2015) .......................................................................... 14

Economy & Business ............................................................. 15

Economically Active .................................................... 15

Economically Inactive .................................................. 15

Unemployed ................................................................ 15

Index of Multiple Deprivation - Employment .............. 15

Benefits & Support ............................................................... 16

Benefit Claimants ........................................................ 17

Job Seekers Allowance ................................................ 17

Universal Credit ........................................................... 17

Housing Benefit ........................................................... 17

Council Tax Reduction ................................................. 17

Emergency Limited Assistance Scheme (ELAS) Applications................................................................. 18

Education .............................................................................. 19

Nursery Settings .......................................................... 19

Early Years Foundation Stage ...................................... 19

Primary Settings .......................................................... 20

Key Stage 1 (KS1) ......................................................... 20

Key Stage 2 (KS2) ......................................................... 21

High School Settings .................................................... 21

Key Stage 4 (KS4) ......................................................... 21

Not in Employment Education or Training (NEET) ....... 22

Community Safety ................................................................. 23

Crime ........................................................................... 23

Anti-social Behaviour (ASB) ......................................... 23

Index of Multiple Deprivation - Crime ......................... 24

Deliberate Fires ........................................................... 24

Health .................................................................................... 25

Hospital Admissions .................................................... 25

Index of Multiple Deprivation – Health & Disability .... 27

2011 Census Flows – Migration ............................................ 28

2011 Census Flows – Travel to Work .................................... 29

Service Demand & Delivery in Ward ..................................... 30

Children’s Social Care .................................................. 30

Early Help .................................................................... 30

Factors at Assessment – Domestic Violence / Substance Misuse ......................................................................... 30

Children Centres .......................................................... 30

YOT (Youth Offending Team) ....................................... 30

Adult Social Care - Personal Care at Home .................. 31

Adult Social Care - Long Term Residential and Nursing Homes ......................................................................... 31

Adult Social Care - Contacts......................................... 31

Libraries ....................................................................... 32

Domestic Waste Collection ......................................... 32

Calls for Service – Environmental Issues ..................... 32

MOSAIC Profile ...................................................................... 33

Overview .......................................................................... 33

Generic MOSAIC Characteristics ...................................... 34

Notes on Data & Methodology ............................................. 36

Acronyms and Abbreviations ................................................ 38

Sources .................................................................................. 39



Highlights

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Life Expectancy

St Oswald Sefton England

75 79 78 83 79 83

Average Age at Death (2015)

Free School Meals

St Oswald Sefton England

30% 18% 16%

Proportion of children taking Free School Meals

Children on a Social Care Plan

Numbers per 1,000 of 0-17 year olds (16/17).

Benefits Claimants

Percent of working age population claiming benefits

Educational Attainment

Percentage of Children NOT Achieving a Good Level of Development or Attaining Standard (15/16).

Emergency Limited Assistance Scheme

Percentage of residents aged 18+ making application (16/17)

Rate of Reported Crimes

St Oswald Sefton 83 61

Numbers of crimes reported per 1,000 population (2016)

St Oswald Sefton

72 50

Sefton England

15% 11%

St Oswald

22%

St Oswald Sefton 6% 4%



Sefton Comparative Position

This table shows the relative position of the ward compared to all other wards in Sefton. Low values are to the left, high to the right.

National Comparative Position

This table shows the relative position of the ward compared to Wards in England. Low values are to the left, high to the right.



LCR Comparative Position

This table shows the relative position of the ward compared to all other wards in the Liverpool City Region (LCR). Low values are to the left, high to the right.

North West Comparative Position

This table shows the relative position of the ward compared to Wards across the Northwest. Low values are to the left, high to the right.



Overview

Sefton is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England and its local authority is Sefton Council. Sefton was formed, following the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974.

St Oswald is one of the 22 wards that make up Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council. It is located in the south of the borough and covers part of the Netherton area. St Oswald is bordered by Manor to the North West, Park to the North East, Netherton & Orrell to the South East, and Ford to the South West.

In the ward there are:

Four Primary Schools One main Children Centre One satellite Children Centre One Library One Leisure Centre Two General Practitioner (GP) Surgeries (as

of 2014)

Implications for Service Delivery

Due to the demographic makeup, high levels of poverty and poor health seen across St Oswald, coupled with changes in the welfare system demands on services in the ward will be greater than compared to other wards and Sefton as a whole which may increase in the foreseeable future. Key service demands could include:

▪ Nursery and Infant school places will be in required as 0 – 4 year olds and 5 to 9 year olds make up two of the higher population bands.

▪ 64% of the population are of working age meaning demands for jobs may be high, if these are not met demands for various types of benefits will increase.

▪ High levels of all deprivation types, which goes hand in hand with large demands on services covering all ages, but especially the younger and older age groups in St Oswald.

▪ There is a high level of lone parents in the ward, which coupled with higher than average levels of child deprivation could lead to service demands (such as children social care, children centres and schools) being high and increasing.

▪ Given the direct link between deprivation, child poverty, and attainment, overall St Oswald has a higher proportion of children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) and a lower rate of attainment across all areas than the Sefton average placing additional demand on school and education services.

▪ Due to high demands and reduced budgets Merseyside Police and Merseyside Fire and Rescue may see an increase in demands for services, leading to increased costs within the ward. This is likely to affect how residents of the ward feel in terms satisfaction and well-being; and reduced attractiveness to encourage businesses and job creators to locate in the area.

▪ Changes made in the Welfare Reform Act may see increased levels of vulnerable households, leading to demands on services such as Food Banks, Emergency Limited Assistance Scheme, Housing Benefits, and Homeless Services.



Proportion of PopulationAged 0-17

Proportion of Population Aged 65+

Black, Asian, or Minority Ethnic Background

Overseas NINO Registrations Last 5 Years

Demographics

The latest 2015 population estimates indicate there are approximately 11,600 people living in St Oswald.

Overall the people of the ward tend to be younger than the Sefton and Liverpool City Region averages. With 21% of the population is aged 0-17 compared to 19% across the Borough.

There will be a higher demand on education services within the ward than compared to the borough as a whole, meaning places within local schools may be limited and people have to travel further afield to attend nurseries, schools, and colleges. It likely there will be specific demand around nursery and infant school places as St Oswald’s population pyramid indicates those aged 0 to 4 and 5 to 9 now make up two of the higher age bands within the ward.

Some 64% of the population are of “working age” (16 – 65) meaning demand for jobs in the area will be slightly higher than across the Borough, or for those out of work increase demand for benefit

support.

The overall population in the ward has seen an 8% reduction over the last decade, compared to a 1% increase across the Sefton.

Over the last decade the number of young people in the ward has fallen by 19%, possibly leading to an overall reduction in the demand in school places. The number of residents aged 85 and over has seen an increase of 46% in St Oswald’s; this may lead to increased demands on Adult Social care in the ward

In the last Census (2011) 98% of the population was born in the United Kingdom. With just 1% of the ward population

having an ethnicity recorded as Mixed Heritage, Black, Asian, or Minority Ethnic background. The England average is approximately 15%.

Identification of international migration trends between the decennial Censuses is difficult as accurate data covering the whole population is not available. However, the National Insurance Number (NINo) registrations of adult overseas nationals entering the UK can be used to create a picture of economically active migration (see methodology section for interpretation of this data).

There have been a total of approximately 51 NINo registrations made within St Oswald by overseas nationals between July 2012 and June 2016. Assuming none of those applicants moved out of the ward during the period this equates to 7 per 1,000 16 to 65 year olds living in St Oswald. This is considerably lower than the rate seen across Sefton as a whole (21 per 1,000) the Liverpool City Region (36), and the North West (43), but is lower than the rates seen across England (77).

82% of the overseas national registrations within St Oswald during the period were from European countries. The top two countries of registration from European countries in the ward are Poland (32%) and Romania (17%).

The overall numbers of European registrations in St Oswald’s have fluctuated over the time period (July 2012 to June 2016) with most quarters having no registrations and the highest having seven. There has been a clear increase towards the end of the time period (from October 2014 onwards).



2015 Ward Population Distribution by Age Band & Gender

2015 Ward Population Distribution Comparisons

Population Change by Core Age Groups

NINo Registrations 2012-2016

NINo Registrations - European Countries

Top 2 NINo Registration Request European Countries

Service Demand

Approximately 9% of St Oswald residents aged 65 and over received some form of long term care from Sefton’s Adult Social Care during the 2016/17 financial year.

Approximately 7% of the 0 – 17 year old population within the ward were known to Sefton Children’s Social care and on some form of plan (Children in Need, Child Protection or Looked After Children) at some point between April 2016 and March 2017.

Approximately 8% of the 0 – 18 year old population within the ward were known to Sefton’s Early Help service at some point between April 2016 and March 2017.

Ward Sefton LCR England

Total 11,568 - - - -

Males 5,386 47% 48% 49% 49%

Females 6,182 53% 52% 51% 51%

Aged 0-17 2,432 21% 19% 20% 21%

Aged 0-19 2,720 24% 22% 23% 24%

Aged 16-65 7,368 64% 62% 65% 64%

Aged 18 - 64 6,972 60% 58% 61% 61%

Aged 55 - 65 1,639 14% 15% 13% 12%

Aged 65+ 2,164 19% 23% 18% 18%

Aged 85+ 319 3% 3% 2% 2%

St Oswald

Count

Percentage

Ward Sefton LCR NW England

European Union

NINo 42 5.7 18.6 26.7 30.3 57.0

Rest of the World

NINo 9 1.2 2.7 9.3 12.7 20.0Al l Overseas

NINo 51 7.0 21.3 36.1 43.1 77.1

Ward

Count

Rate per 1,000 population Aged 16 - 65



% Total in top 5% most deprived areas in country

Deprivation

Residents of the ward are living in some of the most deprived areas within England. The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) measures levels of deprivation across seven domains. The higher the score the more affected or ‘deprived’ an area is.

The IMD data can be viewed at a number of different levels. The map below shows the relative level of deprivation across Sefton where the areas shaded are ‘Lower Level Super Output Areas’ (LSOA). These areas are groups of approximately 200 households - defined nationally.

The six of the nine LSOAs which make up St Oswald are all within the top 20% of most affected areas nationally; with three being in the top 5% of nationally most deprived LSOAs. All bar one of the LSOAs have shown increases when comparing the 2015 IMD scores to those in 2010 indicating that the level of deprivation in the ward has increased over the last 5 years. The average score across the ward is 44.4 compared to an average of 26.1 across Sefton as a whole.

The income deprivation affecting older people index (IDAOPI) is a supplementary index to the IMD. In general the ward is populated by some of the most income deprived older people in the country. Of St Oswald’s nine LSOAs six are in the top 20% affected areas nationally, with two being

in the top 5%. The average IDAOPI score across the ward is 0.35 - higher than the Sefton 0.22 average.

However, six of the nine LSOAs have shown decreases in levels of income deprivation affecting older people between 2010 and 2015 suggesting a slight improvement in overall older people incomes over the period possibly as a result of the protection of Pension levels over the period.

The income deprivation affecting children index

(IDACI) is a supplementary index to the IMD. In general the ward is populated by some of the most income deprived parents with children in the country.

Of St Oswald’s nine LSOAs five are in the top 20% affected areas nationally, with two being in the top 5%. The average IDACI score across the ward is 0.30 – higher than the Sefton average 0.20.

Six of the nine LSOAs have shown increases in levels of income deprivation affecting children between 2010 and 2015. Suggesting a slight decline in parental income over the period in some areas yet others have seen an improvement in parental income and stability.

It is estimated that in 2014 there were some 800 dependent children (aged 0-19) within St Oswald living in low income families. This equates to approximately 30.8% of all children in the ward. This is a reduction from the percentage seen in 2010 (32.5%), however when compared to the previous year these has been a minimal increase (2013 – 29.7%).

Children in Low Income Families (2014)



Overall IMD Score by LSOA (2015)

IDAOPI Score by LSOA (2015)

IDACI Score by LSOA (2015)

St Oswald has higher than average levels of all deprivation types, which goes hand in hand with large demands on services covering all ages including children’s and adult’s social care, benefits (including out of work and housing), ‘Sefton Turnaround’ Programme, and early help, intervention, and prevention.



Housing & Households

In most respects the housing make-up of the ward reflects its population of predominantly lone household younger people and younger couples.

In the 2011 Census:

▪ 33% of households were occupied by just one person (Sefton was 32%, LCR 34%, NW 32%, and England 30%).

▪ 15% of households were occupied by someone aged 65+ living alone lower than the Borough but above other local and national averages. (Sefton was 16%, LCR 13%, NW 13%, and England 12%). Within the ward there is a slightly lower level than that seen across the Borough indicating that demands on adult services or charities would be similar to the demand seen across the Borough, however, high levels of deprivation in the ward may have a negative impacted on demand (i.e. it will increase).

▪ 19% of households were occupied by a lone parent. (Sefton was 13%, LCR 14%, NW 12%, and England 11%).

▪ 72% of households had an occupancy rating of +1 or more - an indication that the households had one or more bedrooms than ‘required’. This is higher than the rates seen across the Borough (74%), City Region (73%), Northwest (72%) and England (69%).

▪ 34% of all household tenure was local authority or social land-lord rented considerably higher than local and national rates. (Sefton was 14%, LCR 22%, NW and England 18%

▪ 34% of households over 65+ had a tenure category of local authority or social land-lord rented again much higher than local and national percentages. (Sefton was 14%, LCR 19%, NW 21%, and England 19%). This may lead to higher demands for funding should these residents move into long term residential or nursing facilities as they will not have any property equity to fund their stays.

▪ 43% of households within St Oswald do not have access to a car or van; this is considerably higher than the comparison areas, Sefton with 28%, LCR with 34%, NW with 28% and England at 26%. The limited access to a vehicle may lead to isolation issues and a reliance on public transport and possible consequential restricted access to jobs and services.

Household Composition

The ward has a lower than average number of long-term vacant properties, however of these properties there is a considerably high number falling into the socially rented sector. In addition the ward has above average Council Tax discounts and receipt shortfalls, partly a function of its transient, low income, single-person population.

Overall the ward contributes some 4% of all rateable dwellings in Sefton (This is in line with the number of households in the ward, with St Oswald making up 4% of all households in the Borough).

77% (3,947 dwellings) within the ward are deemed to fall into Council Tax Band A.

Of the 5,140 household dwellings within the ward subject to paying Council Tax 44% qualified for single occupancy discount (i.e. their Council Tax liability was reduced by 25%). This equates to over



£634,000 in reductions for single occupancy discounts in the ward.

It is estimated that the council tax total net liability in St Oswald was £3.5 million in 2016/17, during the period receipts were received of approximately £3.3m leaving an estimated ‘short fall’ of approximately £215,000 across the ward (6%).

St Oswald has a rate of vacant and / or void properties of 30 per 1,000 properties. The ward’s rate is lower than the average for the Borough (42 per 1000).

There were a total of 157 vacant and / or void properties in St Oswald ward as of April 2016 making up 3% of all vacant and / or void properties across Sefton.

9% of the vacant and / or void stock in St Oswald has been vacant and / or void for over two years.

67% of the wards vacant and / or void properties are registered as being privately owned; notably lower than the Borough rate of 85%.

A third (33%) of St Oswald’s vacant and / or void properties are registered social landlords; considerably higher than Sefton’s rate of 9%.

Time Void / Vacant

As at March 2016 there were no development sites built or in progress in St Oswald ward.

There were 98 properties sold in St Oswald between January and December 2016, all bar one were household dwellings. Of all the properties sold in the ward over half (58%) were terraced dwellings.

Average House Prices

13% of all properties sold in during the year were leasehold.

In general all areas of Sefton have relatively low barriers to housing when compared nationally. However, the 2015 Index of Deprivation relating to Housing & Services shows that St Oswald suffers from above average issues in terms of housing barriers across Sefton, however overall these have improved from 2010.

Four of the nine LSOAs making up the ward, are in the bottom 20% of affected areas nationally, meaning that residents of St Oswald are living in some of the least affected areas for barriers to housing and services across England, however, the ward is less accessible than across Sefton with the ward having an average score of 14.1 compared to 9.7 across Sefton as a whole.

There has been progress made in recent developments and improvement in housing stock, particularly in the affordable sector. However, given the single person demographic structure and high level of continued vacant and poor quality accommodation there may be opportunity for continued existing stock improvements and focus on affordable provision for single households.

Count Rate / 1k Count Rate / 1k

0-6 Months 92 17.7 2,148 17.3

6-12 Months 28 5.4 1,209 9.7

12-24 Months 23 4.4 740 6.0

24+ Months 14 2.7 1,131 9.1

Total 157 30.1 5,228 42.2

St Oswald Sefton



Barriers to Housing & Services IMD Score by LSOA (2015)



Economy & Business

As of October 2016 there were a total of 27 establishments throughout St Oswald which hold a license under the 2003 Licensing Act; these include locations which sell alcohol (shops, pubs, clubs and restaurants) along with properties serving hot food after 11pm. St Oswald makes up just 2% of all Sefton’s licensed premises lower than the Sefton average of 5%.

Four establishments hold a license under the Gambling Regulation Act 2003 across St Oswald as of October 2016.

Within St Oswald there were 97 inspections carried out of commercial properties (ranging from large chain stores e.g. Asda / Tesco, to the local corner shop) during 2016.

According to Experian Mosaic in 2016, 51% (2,709) of households within St Oswald had an annual income of less than £15,000, considerably higher than the rates seen across Sefton. Whilst this is partly a function of an area predominated by younger lone person households, it primarily demonstrates the high level of relative poverty in the ward.

The 2011 Census indicated that of the then 8,504 residents aged 16 to 74 living within St Oswald, 66% were economically active. Of these economically active residents, 35% were employed full time; 15% employed part time; and 5% were self-employed. 35% were economically in-active; of whom 14% were retired and 9% were registered as long term sick or disabled. In total 266 (3%) had been unemployed long term and 2% (136) had never been employed.

Economically Active

Economically Inactive

Unemployed

Index of Multiple Deprivation - Employment

Eight of the nine LSOAs making up the St Oswald ward, are in the top 20% of affected areas nationally, meaning that residents of the ward are living in some of the highest areas in England for working age people who have been involuntarily excluded from the labour market.


All 5571 65.5 67.1 65.7 67.8 69.9

In employment 4627 54.4 59.1 56.2 59.6 62.1

Employee: Part-time 1256 14.8 15.0 14.0 13.9 13.7

Employee: Full-time 2965 34.9 35.8 35.6 37.5 38.6

Self-employed 406 4.8 8.2 6.6 8.2 9.8

Unemployed 651 7.7 4.9 5.8 4.7 4.4

Full-time student 293 3.4 3.1 3.7 3.5 3.4

St Oswald

Count

Percentages


All 2933 34.5 32.9 34.3 32.2 30.1

Retired 1192 14.0 17.3 14.7 14.8 13.7

Student 391 4.6 4.4 6.3 5.6 5.8

Looking after home or family 371 4.4 3.4 3.9 3.9 4.4

Long-term sick or disabled 777 9.1 5.9 7.1 5.6 4

Other 202 2.4 1.9 2.3 2.2 2.2

St Oswald

Count

Percentages


Age 16 to 24 223 2.6 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.2

Age 50 to 74 97 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.8

Never worked 136 1.6 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.7

Long-term 266 3.1 2.0 2.4 1.8 1.7

St Oswald

Count

Percentages



Benefits & Support

St Oswald is characterised by a higher than average benefits-dependent population and associated socio-economic problems of child poverty, low wage economy, and struggling families. This leaves the population vulnerable to the vagaries of the wider economy and structural changes in benefit levels and accessibility.

There are approximately 1,745 working age people residing in the ward claiming benefits. This is 22% of all the working aged residents; higher than Sefton (15%), LCR (17%), North West (14%)

and Great Britain (15%) rates.

Figures for August 2016 show the total number of claimants in St Oswald decreased by 3% (45) compared to August 2015. This is slightly lower than the percentage reduction seen across the Borough as a whole (5%).

Of working age benefit claimants within the ward 58% are in receipt of either Employment Support Allowance (ESA) or Incapacity Benefit. This rate has increased by 3% (30 people) compared to the same period last year, slightly higher than the increase of 2% seen across Sefton as a whole.

As of January 2017 there were 10 people in St Oswald claiming Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) aged between 18 and 24 years of age. This is 7% of the 18 to 24 year old population.

St Oswald has a slightly lower proportion of 18 to 24 year olds claiming

JSA than across Sefton (9%), LCR (10%), North West (11%), and England (11%).

There were 317 Universal Credit (UC) claimants in St Oswald in December 2016. This will have seen a significant increase compared to 2015 primarily as a result of the move from a basket of different benefits to the single Universal Credit benefit from 2014 which has not yet been completed.

St Oswald has a higher rate of 18 – 64 year old UC claimants than comparison areas, 5% compared to Sefton, LCR and NW all at 3% and the England with just 1%, but again caution should be used as the conversion rate to this single benefit will differ across areas.

There were 370 families in the ward who were out of work claiming Child Tax Credits (CTC) equating to 6% of all Sefton out of work families.

1,490 families in St Oswald are claiming child benefits (relating to 2,510 children). This is 5% of all families in Sefton, and 5% of all children.

In January 2017 some 1,457 households in St Oswald were claiming Housing Benefit (29% of all households in the ward as of Census 2011). This is considerably higher than the averages seen across the comparison areas with the borough having 18%, LCR with 22%, NW with 18% and England as a whole having 17%. Virtually all of these households are Housing Association properties. As with the comparison areas St Oswald has seen a reduction in the number of claimants when comparing January 2017 to the same period in 2016.

Some 1,828 households in the ward are claiming Council Tax Reduction (36% of all rated households). This is considerably higher than the Sefton average of 21%. Some 76% of these claiming households are Housing Association properties.

Between April 2016 and March 2017 there were 563 applications to Sefton’s Emergency Limited Assistance Scheme (ELAS) by residents within St Oswald. This makes up 6% of residents aged 18 and over in the ward, compared to just 4% across the borough as a whole. St Oswald has seen a slight reduction in the number of applications made in 2016/17 compared to the previous year similar to Sefton which also saw an overall reduction. Of the applications in the ward, 62%



were approved in full, with 5% being partially approved (2016/17). St Oswald had the sixth highest number of applications (out of the 22 Sefton wards) and made up 6% of all Sefton’s applicants.

Trussell Trust Food Bank data for April 2015 to March 2016 shows that 776 residents of St Oswald were fed by a Food Bank located in Sefton, equating to 67 per 1,000 residents which is higher than the Sefton rate of just 57 per 1,000.

Benefit Claimants

Job Seekers Allowance

Universal Credit

Housing Benefit

Council Tax Reduction


Total Claimants 1,745 21.8 14.9 16.9 13.5 11.3

Job Seekers Allowance 150 1.9 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2

ESA & Incapacity 1,005 12.5 8.9 10.1 7.8 6.1

Lone Parents 165 2.1 1.1 1.4 1.1 1.0

Carers 295 3.7 2.3 2.7 2.1 1.7

Other Income Related Benefits 15 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2

Disabled 100 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.8

Bereaved 15 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Key out-of-Work Benefits 1,335 16.7 11.4 13.0 10.3 8.6

Percentage of Total Working Age PopulationWard

Count



Emergency Limited Assistance Scheme (ELAS) Applications

The Welfare Reform Act introduced major changes to the national benefits system. As of November 2016 the benefit cap on household income was reduced from £26,000 per annum to £20,000 per annum. This was in addition to the already implanted reforms of the ‘bedroom tax’ (a reduction in housing benefit for occupants of rented housing who have more rooms than they are deemed to require); and council tax reduction scheme (the personal capital limit has been reduced from £16,000 to £6,000 for council tax liability meaning unemployed working age people, 16-64, with less than £6,000 being liable to pay 20% of the annual council tax bill).

Along with the changes in limits and accessibility the way benefits are paid is also changing. Universal Credits is being introduced as a single means-tested benefit paid to people of working age replacing JSA, ESA, IS, HB, WTC and CTC. Personal Independence Payment is replacing DLA, it is a benefit for people aged 16-64 with a long-term health condition or disability that means they have trouble getting around or need help with daily living activities.

These changes in the welfare reform system are going to have varying impacts across Sefton wards.

Within St Oswald there is high reliance most if not all forms of benefits, the new reforms will lead to a potential reduction in household income for

some of the most vulnerable people in the borough. This could have an increased demand on other provisions including ELAS, Food Banks and homeless services. The reduction in household income may also have a knock on effect on local businesses and landlords.

St Oswald

Count Ward Sefton

Total Applications 563

Approved 351 62% 65%

Partially Approved 30 5% 5%

Not Approved 182 32% 30%

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Education

Given the direct correlation between deprivation levels and attainment, it is unsurprising that overall St Oswald has an overall higher proportion of children with special educational needs and a lower rate of attainment across all areas than the Sefton average.

The poor levels of attainment and high levels of specialist support needed for children in the ward present particular challenges for the delivery of services and pressures on service delivery across school and educational services. The population spike seen in the demographic profile of the Borough could also add to service pressures over the medium term, and current data suggests that children are being failed from the very start of their educational journey and evidence suggests that it is very difficult to recover from these disadvantages.

Nursery Settings

Of the 147 students resident in St Oswald ward attending a Sefton maintained Nursery setting:

▪ 8% of all Nursery pupils in Sefton live in St Oswald

▪ 35% of the estimated Nursery age population within the ward attend a Sefton maintained nursery (Sefton has a rate of 21%).

▪ 24% were entitled to a free school meal (Sefton is 9%).

▪ 4% were subject to Special Educational Needs (SEN) support (Sefton is 4%).

Early Years Foundation Stage

Of the 131 students residing within St Oswald ward and attending a Sefton maintained setting with an Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) level:

▪ 37% did not achieve a “Good Level of

Development”. Higher than the non-achievement levels seen across Sefton (30%), the North West (33%), and England (31%).



1 The Language Breakdowns may not add up to the total number of pupils as the Language was either not provided, unknown or refused 2 The Country of Births may not add up to the total number of pupils as the Country was either not provided, unknown or refused

Count % Count %

Total Pupils 147 1922

Females 67 46% 936 49%

Males 80 54% 986 51%

Receiving Free School

Meal 36 24% 180 9%

SEN Support 6 4% 80 4%

English as a First

Language1 145 99% 1830 95%

English not as a First

Language1 1 1% 86 4%

Born in Great Britain2 144 98% 1692 88%

Born Outside Great

Britain2 1 1% 24 1%

Nursery Class PupilsSt Oswalds Sefton

Count % Count %

St Oswald 11 8.4% 45 34.4%

Sefton 193 6.6% 549 18.8%

LCR 1876 10.5% 3956 22.2%

NW 8067 9.0% 14562 16.3%

England 60560 9.1% 93538 14.0%

Pupils with SEN & SEN

Support (EYFS)1

Eligible for Free

School Meal (EYFS)



Primary Settings

Of the 926 Sefton maintained Primary School students living in the ward:

▪ 4% of all Primary pupils in Sefton live in St Oswald.

▪ 87% of the estimated primary school age population within the ward attend a Sefton maintained primary school (Sefton has a rate of 83%).



1 The Language Breakdowns may not add up to the total number of pupils as the Language was either not provided, unknown or refused 2 The Country of Births may not add up to the total number of pupils as the Country was either not provided, unknown or refused

Key Stage 1 (KS1)

During 2015/16 there were 152 students residing within St Oswald ward and attending a Sefton maintained setting with a KS1 level. For these students:

▪ 51% did not achieve the expected standard in Reading, Writing, and Maths; well above the average for Sefton at 43%.

▪ With students not achieving the expected level in all subjects, writing has the lowest achievement rate of all the subjects.

Count % Count %

Total Pupils 926 19663

Females 451 49% 9601 49%

Males 475 51% 10062 51%


Meal 313 34% 3623 18%

SEN Support 138 15% 2126 11%

English as a First

Language1 916 99% 18729 95%


Language1 10 1% 930 5%


Born Outside Great

Britain2 13 1% 473 2%

Primary School PupilsSt Oswalds Sefton

Count % Count %

St Oswald 3 3.3% 0 0.0%

Sefton 316 11.3% 63 2.3%

LCR 2898 16.8% 3955 22.9%

NW 13330 15.3% 15080 17.3%

England 95180 14.8% 97397 15.2%


Support (KS1)1

Eligible for Free

School Meal (KS1)



Key Stage 2 (KS2)

During 2015/16 there were 116 students residing within St Oswald ward and attending a Sefton maintained setting, with a KS2 level. For these students:

▪ 47% did not achieve the expected standard in Reading, Writing, and Maths; slightly higher than the average for Sefton at 45%.

When comparing the individual subjects by teacher assessment, science is the highest achieving subject in the St Oswald cohort, with writing being the lowest.

High School Settings

Of the 555 Sefton maintained Secondary School students living in the ward:

▪ 4% of all secondary school pupils in Sefton live in St Oswald

▪ 73% of the estimated secondary school age population within the ward attend a Sefton maintained secondary school (Sefton has a rate of 75%).



1 The Language Breakdowns may not add up to the total number of pupils as the Language was either not provided, unknown or refused 2 The Country of Births may not add up to the total number of pupils as the Country was either not provided, unknown or refused Please note within the table counts below four have been suppressed

Key Stage 4 (KS4)

During 2015/16 there were 123 students residing within St Oswald ward and attending a Sefton maintained setting undertaking GCSE examinations. For these students:

▪ 46% did not achieve A* to C in English and Maths; above the average for Sefton, LCR, the North West and England.

▪ 83% did not achieve the English Baccalaureate, again higher than Sefton, LCR the North West and England.

▪ The students in St Oswald had and average Attainment 8 score of 47.06 this was lower

Count % Count %

St Oswald 14 10.3% 29 5.9%

Sefton 337 12.8% 406 15.4%

LCR 3268 20.1% 3686 22.7%

NW 14450 18.0% 14080 17.5%

England 102619 17.7% 90680 15.6%


Support (KS2)

Eligible for Free School

Meal (KS2)

Count % Count %

Total Pupils 555 210 13058 5462

Females 282 51% 6411 49%

Males 273 49% 6647 51%


Meal 155 28% 2257 17%

SEN Support 84 15% 1539 12%

English as a First

Language1 549 99% 12600 96%


Language1 6 1% 455 3%


Born Outside Great

Britain2 3 1% 211 4%

High School PupilsSt Oswalds Sefton



than the Borough, city region, region, and country.

▪ The average Progress 8 score in the ward (-0.49) was considerably lower than the comparison areas. This means that on average students are not achieving as expected.

Not in Employment Education or Training (NEET)

There are a total of 564 people aged between 16 and 24 registered as Not in Employment Education or Training (NEET) within Sefton, of these:

▪ 8% (44) reside within St Oswald (the fourth highest of the 22 wards in Sefton)

▪ Of these 5% were either pregnant or teen mothers.

▪ With 16% being registered as needing support as a result of their Special Educational Needs or Disabilities (SEND).

National Client Caseload Information System (NCCIS) have introduced a new measure, targeting 16 – 17 year old NEET:

▪ 50% (22) of the NEET cohort living in St Oswald are aged 16 – 17.

▪ This made up 9% of the Sefton 16 – 17 year old NEET cohort.

▪ Overall, 8% of the 16 – 17 year olds residing in St Oswald ward are registered as NEET, this is considerably higher than the rate seen across Sefton, Liverpool City Region, the North West and England.



Community Safety

Associated with its high levels of socio-economic issues St Oswald suffers from correspondingly high levels of crime and disorder.

Crime

There were 956 crimes reported to Merseyside Police between January and December 2016 in St Oswald ward representing 6% of all crimes that occurred within Sefton. This is 83 crimes per 1,000 population - considerably higher than the rate seen across Sefton as a whole (61 per 1,000).

The number of crimes in the ward have seen a 21% increase from the previous year. This is considerably higher than the 6% increase seen across the Borough.

A quarter of all crimes in the ward were violent offences (25% / 243). Of these, 138 (57%) were classified as common assault or actual bodily harm offences. 4% of the violent crimes reported were more serious offences of malicious wounding or grevius bodily harm.

Anti-social Behaviour (ASB)

There were 697 Anti-social Behaviour incidents reported to Merseyside Police between January and December 2016 occurring within St Oswald: 8% of all Sefton incidents. The ward has a rate of

60 incidents per 1,000 population – over double the rate seen across Sefton as a whole (32 per 1,000).

However, there has been a 6% decrease in the number of incidents occurring in St Oswald compared to 2015 (the average across Sefton saw a 4% reduction).

Over half of the incidents within the ward were reports of Rowdy or Inconsiderate Behaviour (52%); 66% of which were reports relating to youths, with 5% relating to alcohol.

Count Rate1Count Rate1

Burglary 88 7.6 60.0% p 1829 6.7 -7.3% q

Criminal

Damage 223 19.3 -1.3%q

2668 9.7 3.5%p

Drugs 102 8.8 -4.7% q 987 3.6 -17.0% q

Other3 74 6.4 208.3% p 1342 4.9 79.2% p

Sexual 19 1.6 58.3% p 398 1.5 4.2% p

Theft 207 17.9 5.6% p 4947 18.1 -6.8% q

Violence 243 21.0 41.3% p 4631 16.9 27.5% p

Total 956 82.6 20.7% p 16802 61.4 6.2% p

1 The rate is the count per 1,000 population residing in the w ard2 Change in direction w hen comparing 2016 counts to the same period in

20153 Other includes, Fraud and Robbery offences along w ith Other as stated

by Merseyside Police

Offences

2016

St Oswald Crimes Sefton Crimes

Change2 Change2


General

Nuisance 50 4.3 19.0%p

811 3.0 42.8%p

Noise 2 0.2 -83.3% q 120 0.4 -32.2% q

Nuisance

Neighbour 45 3.9 9.8%p

687 2.5 -35.1%q

Other3 13 1.1 -48.0% q 404 1.5 -12.0% q

Personal 27 2.3 107.7% p 527 1.9 64.2% p

Rowdy

Inconsiderate

Behaviour 367 31.7 7.6%

p

4512 16.5 -9.8%

q

Vehicle

Nuisance 193 16.7 -27.2%q

1802 6.6 7.3%p

Total 697 60.3 -5.7% q 8863 32.4 -4.4% q

1 The rate is the count per 1,000 population residing in the w ard2 Change in direction w hen comparing 2016 counts to the same period in

2015

3 Other includes, Animal Problems, Begging / Vagrancy, Environmental

Issues Firew ork Issues, Malicious Communications and Street Drinking

ASB Incidents

2016

St Oswald Incidents Sefton Incidents

Change2 Change2



Index of Multiple Deprivation - Crime

Of the nine LSOAs making up the St Oswald ward, four are in the top 20% of affected areas nationally (one of which was in the top 5% and another in the top 1% nationally), meaning that a proportion of the wards residents are living in some of the highest crime areas in England.

Deliberate Fires

Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service (MFARS) responded to 69 deliberate fires in the St Oswald ward between January and December 2016. This is 11% of all deliberate fires across the borough.

The rate of deliberate fires per 100,000 population in St Oswald is 597 compared to 228 across Sefton as a whole.

However, deliberate property fires in St Oswald decreased by 12% last year compared to an increase seen across the borough as a whole

(15%).

65% of all deliberate fires in the ward were classified as deliberate

secondary fires: 63% of which related to refuse / rubbish being set on fire including garden waste, skips, and wheelie bins.

The increased levels of crime reports across the ward along with the overall high levels of demand on both providers (Merseyside Police and Merseyside Fire and Rescue) also coupled with the budget cuts seen by both services will result in a high and increasing level of direct costs. Associated with these issues are also indirect costs including lowered levels of community satisfaction and wellbeing; and reduced attractiveness to encourage businesses and job creators to locate in the area.


Deliberate Property

Fire 5 43.2 -29% q 63 23.0 -3% q

Deliberate Secondary

Fire 45 389.0 -29% q 466 170.3 11% p

Vehicle Fire 19 164.2 138% p 96 35.1 60% p

Total 69 596.5 -12% q 625 228.3 15% p

1 The rate is the count per 100,000 population residing in the w ard2 Change in direction w hen comparing 2016 counts to the same period in 2015

Fires 2016St Oswald Crimes Sefton Crimes

Change2 Change2

Source / Date: Merseyside Fire and Rescue January to December 2016



Health

Overall St Oswald has some of the highest levels of poor health within the Borough and the lowest levels of life expectancy.

During the 2011 Census:

▪ 11% of residents were in either bad or very bad health (Sefton average was 7%).

▪ 27% had their activities limited a little or a lot by their health (Sefton average was 23%).

Based on current age-specific mortality rates, women in St Oswald could expect to live over four years less than the England average; whilst men could expect to live for almost five years less.

The fertility rate of 65.3 in St Oswald is higher than the Sefton average of 61.2. The rate of teenage conceptions for St Oswald is not significantly different to Sefton.

Of 128 reception age pupils (4 to 5 year olds) in St Oswald taking part in the annual National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) 2015/16, 23% were overweight compared to 25% across Sefton.

Of 109 Year 6 pupils (10 to 11 year olds) in St Oswald taking part in the annual National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) 2015/16, 39% were overweight compared to 35% across Sefton.

Hospital Admissions

Between 2010/11 and 2014/15 there were a total of 143 hospital admissions for injuries in under 15 years olds across St Oswald, a crude rate of 142.6. This is considerably higher than the Sefton (120.2), Liverpool City Region (114.5), Northwest (136.1) and England (111.7) rates.

In general St Oswald residents have a higher than average level of emergency hospital admissions. Standardised Admission Ratios (SAR) for the ward 2010/11 to 2014/15 were:

▪ 151 – All Causes (Sefton: 116)

▪ 220 – Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (Sefton: 111)

▪ 143 - Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) (Sefton: 109)

▪ 137 – Hip Fractures (Sefton: 96)

▪ 128 - Myocardial Infarction (Sefton: 94)

▪ 104 – Stroke (Sefton: 91)

▪ 151 – Alcohol Harm (Sefton: 108)

▪ 72 – Intentional Self-harm (Sefton: 95)



Closely linked to the higher levels of poor health from birth of residents of St Oswald the levels of other disease and mortality rates are also higher.

For the period 2010 to 2014 St Oswald had a Standardised Mortality Ratio (SMR) of 151, notably higher than Sefton at 105.

St Oswald has a significantly worse SMR than that of England, and falls within the top 10% of all areas nationally.

In relation to the occurrence of Cancer between 2010 and 2014, St Oswald had a Standardised Incidence Ratio (SIR) of 116 with the rate for Sefton at 95. The ward falls within the top 10% of affected wards for Cancer in England and is significantly worse than the national average.



Index of Multiple Deprivation – Health & Disability

All bar one of the nine of St Oswald’s LSOAs are within the top 20% of affected areas nationally (four are in the top 5%, with one in the top 1%), meaning residents of the ward are living in some of the most health and disability deprived areas of England. Overall this picture of poor health has worsened from 2010.

The health and well-being of St Oswald is generally worse than Sefton and the country as a whole. Residents of St Oswald tend to live shorter lives in poorer health. Hospital admission and mortality rates are higher for adults in St Oswald, particularly for respiratory and circulatory diseases. Cancer incidence is also higher amongst St Oswald residents. For children hospital admissions due to injury and obesity in 10-11 year olds are higher in St Oswald than the rest of Sefton.

The poor health outcomes experienced in St Oswald, one of Sefton’s more deprived wards, demonstrate the stark health inequalities that exist within the local authority. These issues place considerable pressure on wider local health economy and are inextricably linked to the wider determinants that contribute to the health and wellbeing of St Oswald.



2011 Census Flows – Migration

The 2011 Census indicated that 564 people immigrated into the St Oswald ward from outside of the ward when comparing current addresses to the address the previous year, with 172 moving within the ward, totalling 736 people moving in the area. 47% of these moved from other wards within Sefton, with a further 19% coming from the other LCR authorities. 44% of all people moving into the ward are aged between 20 and 54.

In comparison 604 people have moved out of the ward, to other areas, with 47% moving to other Sefton wards, and 19% moving to other Liverpool City Region areas. 51% of the people who left the ward were aged between 20 and 54.

Whilst overall the pattern of in and out migration appeared relatively stable the net loss of economically active residents could suggest that as residents move away to find better prospects those left behind might find themselves trapped in an increasing cycle of deprivation.

Area Moved From

St Oswald (Internal) 172 23.4% 47 6.4% 95 12.9% 30 4.1%

Sefton (Other Wards) 348 47.3% 104 14.1% 193 26.2% 51 6.9%

LCR (Not Sefton) 140 19.0% 44 6.0% 79 10.7% 17 2.3%

North West (Not LCR) 31 4.2% 9 1.2% 22 3.0% 0 0.0%

Other 45 6.1% 7 1.0% 31 4.2% 7 1.0%

Total Immigration into

St Oswald Ward

(excluding Internal)564 76.6% 164 22.3% 325 44.2% 75 10.2%

Total 0to19 20to54 55Plus

Area Moved To



LCR (Not Sefton) 149 19.2% 33 4.3% 113 14.6% 3 0.4%


Other 36 4.6% 5 0.6% 28 3.6% 3 0.4%

Total Emigrated From

St Oswald Ward

(excluding Internal)604 77.8% 171 22.0% 392 50.5% 41 5.3%

Total 0to19 20to54 55Plus



2011 Census Flows – Travel to Work

The 2011 Census indicated that 89% (3,658) of working residents within St Oswald travelled out of the ward to their place of work. 461 (11%) travelled within the ward to work. 43% of the people travelling out of the area travelled to other Sefton wards with 30% travelling to other LCR areas. 330 people did not have a fixed workplace with a further 234 people residing in the ward stating they worked from home.

There were a total of 1,845 people traveling into St Oswald to attend their place of work from outside of the ward. 44% of these travelled from other Sefton wards and 29% were from the Liverpool City Region.

There were 67 wards in the area with where one to nine St Oswald residents travelling to Work. There were 88 wards in the area with one to nine residents travelling into St Oswald to Work.

St Oswald Residents

Travel to Work



LCR (Not Sefton) 1492 36.2% 525 12.7% 548 13.3% 419 10.2%


Other 105 2.5% 45 1.1% 37 0.9% 23 0.6%

Total St Oswald

Residents Working

Outisde the Ward3658 88.8% 1299 31.5% 1321 32.1% 1038 25.2%

Total 16 - 34 35 - 49 50 Plus

People Traveling to St

Oswald to Work



LCR (Not Sefton) 674 29.2% 276 12.0% 228 9.9% 170 7.4%


Other 10 0.4% 0 0.0% 7 0.3% 3 0.1%

Total People Travelling

to St Oswald for Work 1845 80.0% 682 29.6% 653 28.3% 510 22.1%

Total 16 - 34 35 - 49 50 Plus



Service Demand & Delivery in Ward

Children’s Social Care

In the ward there were 175 children aged between 0 and 17 on a Sefton Children’s Services plan between April 2016 and March 2017; this equates on 72 per 1,000 children residing in the ward, considerably higher than the Sefton rate of 50 per 1,000 children.

St Oswald was third highest of the 22 wards overall and for one of the three plan types, being second highest for another (Children Looked After – CLA, Children in Need Plan – CIN and Child Protection – CP) during 2016/17:

▪ 59 children were subject to CLA (Sefton 631)

▪ 97 children were subject to CIN Plan (Sefton 1,761)

▪ 50 children were subject to CP (Sefton 648)

Early Help

Sefton’s Early Help team had 207 episodes in St Oswald for children aged between 0 and 18 during 2016/17; a rate of 80 per 1,000 of 0 – 18 year olds residing in the ward. The ward makes up 8% of all the Early Help Episodes within the Borough. The ward has a considerably higher rate than that seen in Sefton (46 per 1,000 0 – 18 year olds).

Factors at Assessment – Domestic Violence / Substance Misuse

In St Oswald 99 children had an assessment in which Substance Misuse or Domestic Violence was a factor for either the child or parents. This is a rate of 41 per 1,000 (pop

0-17) double that of the Sefton rate (22). There were a total of 116 assessments carried out in the ward where Domestic Violence and / or Substance Misuse was a factor comprising 8% of all assessments involving Domestic Violence and / or Substance Misuse carried out in Sefton.

Children Centres

Between October 2015 and September 2016 there were 690 attendances at a Sefton Children Centre made by residents of St Oswald ward, accounting for 7% of all the borough attendances, slightly higher than the Sefton average of 5%

YOT (Youth Offending Team)

In St Oswald there were 18 young people (aged between 10 and 17) on YOT interventions between April 2016 and March 2017 at the start of their intervention. This equated to 20 per 1,000 10 to 17 year olds in the ward, double the rate seen across Sefton (10 per 1,000), totalling 21 interventions.

Between April 2015 and March 2016 there were 13 young people on 16 interventions.



% Personal Care at Home 18 - 64

% Personal Care at Home 65 - 84

% Personal Care at Home 85 and Over

% Residential and Nursing 18 - 64

% Residential and Nursing 65 - 84

% Residential and Nursing 85 and Over

% Contacts to Adult Social Care (18+)

Adult Social Care - Personal Care at Home

During April 2016 and March 2017, 166 residents of St Oswald aged 18 or over received personal care at home; this makes up 5% of all recipients residing within the Borough, and is a rate of 18 per 1,000 residents (aged 18 and over), slightly higher than the rate seen across the Borough (16 per 1,000 residents aged 18 and over).

Residents aged 65 to 84 make up the highest proportion of the total recipients (35%), closely followed by those aged 85 and over (35%) who also have a higher count per 1,000 population (160).

Adult Social Care - Long Term Residential and Nursing Homes

There were 89 people residing in long term residential or nursing home who originally resided in St Oswald between April 2016 and March 2017. The ward makes up 5% of all the long term residential / nursing home residents, who originated from within the Borough. This equates to a rate of 10 per 1,000 – slightly higher than the Sefton rate of 8 per 1,000 18+ residents.

Unlike personal care at home those aged 85 and over make up the highest percentage of long term residential / nursing home residents (55%); and have the highest count per 1,000 population (103).

Adult Social Care - Contacts

Sefton received 638 contacts to adult social care from residents of St Oswald during the 2016/17 financial year.

This equates to 70 contacts per 1,000 residents aged 18 and over - higher than the rate seen across Sefton as a whole (60 per 1,000 18+ residents).

Age Bands

18 to 64 62 37.3% 6972 8.9

65 - 84 53 31.9% 1845 28.7

85 and Over 51 30.7% 319 159.9

Total 166 100.0% 9136 18.2

Personal Care at Home

Total Population Counts

Age Bands

18 to 64 7 7.9% 6972 1.0

65 - 84 29 32.6% 1845 15.7

85 and Over 53 59.6% 319 166.1

Total 89 100.0% 9136 9.7

Long Resedential and Nursing Homes

Total Population Counts

Age Bands Count Sefton %

St Oswald 639 4.9% 9136 69.9

Sefton 13113 100.0% 220506 59.5

Adult Social Care Contacts

Population Counts



Libraries

There are a total of 6,752 residents of St Oswald registered as borrowers with Library services within Sefton. 1,338 of these residents registered have borrowed from a Sefton library in the past year this works out at a rate of 116 per 1,000 - , slightly higher than the Sefton rate of 110 per 1,000 residents. St Oswald residents make up 4% of all Sefton active borrowers.

Domestic Waste Collection

It is estimated that 480,424 domestic bins / sacks were collected as of May 2017; residual waste makes up the largest amount of collections within St Oswald at 31% (slightly lower than the Sefton percentage of 38%). With green waste collections in the ward being higher than those seen across the borough (12% in St Oswald compared to 10% across Sefton).

Calls for Service – Environmental Issues

There were 490 calls made to Sefton’s contact centre relating to environmental issues between January and December 2016 in St Oswald ward

representing 5% of environmental calls that occurred within Sefton. This is 42 environmental issues per 1,000 population – slightly higher than the rate seen across Sefton as a whole (39 per 1,000).

The number of environmental issues in the ward have seen a 15% increase from the previous year. This is slightly higher than the

14% increase seen across the Borough.

Fly Tipping is the most prolific issue in the ward making up 42% of all calls in the ward; there has been a 6% increase in the number of calls from 2015 to 2016. The rate of Fly Tipping incidents in St Oswald (18 per 1,000 population) is higher than the borough rate (14 per 1,000 population).

Collection Type Sefton %

Co-Mingled 135,512 28% 28%

Food Waste 136,136 28% 24%

Green Waste 58,704 12% 10%

Residual Waste 150,072 31% 38%

Total 480,424 100% 100%

St Oswald Collections

Count Rate Count Rate

Accumulation of

Refuse 19 1.6 -32.1%q

671 2.5 7.0%p

Dog Fouling 14 1.2 27.3% p 654 2.4 29.2% p

Filthy & Verminous

Premises 32 2.8 14.3%p

440 1.6 47.7%p

Fly Tipping 206 17.8 5.6% p 3736 13.6 10.6% p

Other 34 2.9 0.0% u 721 2.6 4.3% p

Rats 67 5.8 63.4% p 987 3.6 -4.0% q

Rear Entries 5 0.4 150.0% p 696 2.5 33.8% p

Stray Dogs 13 1.1 -40.9% q 355 1.3 -8.3% q

Street Sweeping 100 8.6 56.3% p 2518 9.2 27% p

Total 490 42.4 15.3% p 10778 39.4 14% p

Enviromental Issues

2016

St Oswald Issues Sefton Issues

Change Change

% People Using a Library

Rate of Fly Tipping



MOSAIC Profile

Experian’s Mosaic Public Sector product is designed to identify groupings of consumer behaviour for households and postcodes. The methodology used is unique to Experian, and has been developed over many years to create classifications using data from a wide variety of different sources and different levels of geography.

It is designed to describe the UK population in terms of their typical demographics, social, economic, cultural, and lifestyle behaviour. The population is classified into 66 ‘Types’ that identify groups of individuals or households that are as similar as possible to each other and as different as possible from any other group. These ‘Types’ group together hierarchically into 15 ‘Groups’.

In each type there are a number of key features which make each category distinctive and are useful to bear in mind when devising communications or delivery strategies targeted at them. These are subjective and are intended to highlight key issues rather than to be comprehensive. Clearly not every one of the Borough’s 178,000 households will match exactly to just one of 66 different Mosaic Types or 15 Mosaic Groups. The description should be recognised as “generic types”, examples to which individual cases only approximate with various degrees of exactness.

Overview

There are approximately 11,400 residents living in 5,300 households across St Oswald. Three quarters (75%) of the households in the ward are classified as belonging to just three of the 15 Mosaic Groups (M, N and O) which are generally characterised as:

▪ M - Predominantly younger families with young children with limited resources (lowest household incomes of <£15k). Often in receipt of benefits, in low cost homes or social renting. Tend to be early adopters of technology with a preference for mobile and web interaction.

▪ N – Predominantly older people living alone on a low income and in need of support. Tend

to live in small houses or flats and have a low use of technology.

▪ O - Predominantly later middle age in single or small households with no children with limited resources (lowest incomes of <£15k) often in receipt of benefits, in low cost homes or social renting. Relatively comfortable with technology, but retain a preference for traditional face to face, post, and land-line interaction.

Proportion of all households

represented by group

Mosaic Group

Household Count

St Oswald Sefton

N 1,714 32.58 12.7

O 1,492 28.36 5.99

M 1,676 14.20 7.01



Generic MOSAIC Characteristics

The groups can be characterised further by socio-economic data within Mosaic. The groups are then ranked from 1 to 15 in terms of the predominance of the characteristic in the group.

For St Oswald:

Ages vary across the groups; yet all incomes are low, and health poor

Younger people are likely to have shorter residencies, unlike the old who stay in the area. Overall concern about the environment is low

Social media usage is split between high (younger) and low (older) with medium to below average technology access and internet usage

Access to smart TV is generally low

Length of residency is generally short (younger people). There are low incomes across all groups. Household make-up is split between those with large numbers of children and those without.



Predominantly rented properties in low Council Tax Bands.

Generally lower educational attainments across all ages and all have low income

Lower Council tax Bands, with low property values, and fewer bedrooms.

All groups are less educated, with two groups have lower number of children in comparison to the third with large numbers of children. Residency in two groups can be relatively short



Notes on Data & Methodology

Output Area (OA) – are clusters of adjacent postcodes and are used as the basis of the Census data. They are made up of a minimum of 40 to 125 households. As of Census 2011 Sefton have 933 OAs, previous to this there were 937.

Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) – are built using adjoined OAs. They have between 400 and 1200 households. Currently Sefton has 189 LSOAs, previous to 2011 there were 190.

Middle Super Output Area (MSOA) – are built using LSOAs, and have a minimum household number of 2000 up to 6000. There are 38 MSOAs in Sefton this has not changed.

Ward – “administrative division of a city or borough that typically elects and is represented by a councillor or councillors” (Oxford Dictionary)

For further information relating to these geographies please see: https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/geography/ukgeographies/censusgeography

Population Estimates 2015 – annual population count estimates for wards in Sefton by single year of age and sex.

NINo estimation – “The data covers adult overseas nationals entering the UK and allocated a National Insurance Number (NINo) on the National Insurance Recording & Pay As You Earn System (NPS). Allocation of a NINo includes all reasons i.e. the figures cover benefit/tax credit recipients as well as workers.

All adult overseas nationals allocated a NINo are included, regardless of their length of stay in the UK. “ https://stat-

xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/dataCatalogueExplorer.xhtml

Please note that NINo data is provided by Middle Super Output Area (MSOA) which have been merged into best fit wards.

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2015 (IMD) measures levels of deprivation, across seven domains, nationally at Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) level. This provides a mean score and ranking allowing areas to be compared relatively to other areas. The IMD data is created by the Department for Communities and local Government. The higher the score the more affected the area. Sefton has 189 LSOAs as of

Census 2011. Please note that IMD data is provided by LSOAs which have been merged into best fit wards.

Experian Mosaic is a classification tool used to categorise the population according to the type of neighbourhood in which they live. It is constructed from a range of sources including the Census, consumer behaviour, financial and lifestyle factor data. It is a useful tool for gaining more in-depth insight into lifestyles and behaviour of the population. Mosaic segments the population into 15 Groups (A-O) and 66 Types.

Children Living in Low Income Families (CLIF) is defined as: Children living in families in receipt of either out of work, or tax credits whose reported income is less than 60 per cent of the median income or in receipt of IS or (Income-Based) JSA, divided by the total number of children in the area (determined by Child Benefit data) and is a proxy measure for child poverty. CLIF is a snapshot in time (31st August) of people within the area. Occupancy Rating (bedrooms) provides a measure of whether a household's accommodation is overcrowded or under occupied.

Universal Credits (UC) is a monthly payment for low income workers and those out of work. UC replaces six other benefit types (Job Seekers Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance, Income Support, Child Tax Credits, Working Tax Credits and Housing Benefits). UC has been rolled out across England and was introduced in Sefton in June 2014. Please note that claims are per household meaning two people who resided together may claim the benefit, which will then be paid into one account. Please note that UC data is provided LSOAs which have been merged into best fit wards.

Working Tax Credits (WTC) is a benefit for working people on a low income (there are a number of stipulations which must be met to qualify for this benefit).

Child Tax Credits (CTC) is a benefit paid to parents or guardians residing with at least one child under the age of 16, it is a means tested benefit with again has specific criteria to meet before an award is made.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/geography/ukgeographies/censusgeography

https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/geography/ukgeographies/censusgeography

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/dataCatalogueExplorer.xhtml

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/dataCatalogueExplorer.xhtml



Child benefits is a social security payment paid to parents or guardians of children under the age of 16 or those who continue into further education until aged 18.

Housing Benefits (HB) is a means tested benefit for people on low-incomes to help pay their rent.

Council Tax Reduction (CTR) is help for people on low-incomes towards their council tax payments.

“The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) sets standards for the learning, development and care of children from birth to 5 years old. All schools and Ofsted-registered early years providers must follow the EYFS, including childminders, preschools, nurseries and school reception classes.” www.foundationyears.org.uk/eyfs-statutory-framework/

“Key Stage 1 is taught during Years 1 and 2 of primary school. Targets defined in the National Curriculum are assessed at the end of each Key Stage.” http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/parents/national_curriculum_key_stages/

“Key Stage 2 is taught during Years 3 to 6 of primary school. Targets defined in the National Curriculum are assessed at the end of each Key Stage.” http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/parents/national_curriculum_key_stages/

Progress 8 and Attainment 8

“Progress 8 aims to capture the progress a pupil makes from the end of primary school to the end of secondary school. It is a type of value added measure, which means that pupils’ results are compared to the actual achievements of other pupils with the same prior attainment.

The performance measures are designed to encourage schools to offer a broad and balanced curriculum with a focus on an academic core at key stage 4, and reward schools for the teaching of all their pupils, measuring performance across 8 qualifications. Every increase in every grade a pupil achieves will attract additional points in the performance tables.

Progress 8 is calculated for individual pupils solely in order to calculate a school’s Progress 8 score, and there is no need for schools to share individual Progress 8 scores with their pupils.

Schools should continue to focus on which qualifications are most suitable for individual pupils, as the grades pupils achieve will help them reach their goals for the next stage of their education or training.

Attainment 8 measures the achievement of a pupil across 8 qualifications including mathematics (double weighted) and English (double weighted), 3 further qualifications that count in the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) measure and 3 further qualifications that can be GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from the DfE approved list.” Https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/systemuploads/attachment_data/file/583857/Progress_8_school_performance_measure_Jan_17.pdf

Census Travel to Work data calculations were based on best-fit LSOAs as the data is not readily available at ward level.

Fly tipping is the illegal dumping of waste; items dumped can include household furniture, building material and vehicle parts.

http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/eyfs-statutory-framework/



Acronyms and Abbreviations

A&E – Accident and Emergency

ASB – Antisocial Behaviour

ASC – Adult Social Care

BAME – Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic

CHD – Coronary Heart Disease

CIN – Children In Need

CLA – Children Looked After

CLIF – Children in Low Income Families

COPD – Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

CP – Child Protection

CS – Children’s Services

CTC - Child Tax Credits

CTR – Council Tax Reduction

DLA – Disability Living Allowance

EBacc - English Baccalaureate

EH – Early Help

ELAS – Emergency Limited Assistance Scheme

ESA – Employment Support Allowance

EYFS – Early Years Foundation Stage

FSM – Free School Meals

GCSE – General Certificate of Secondary Education

HB – Housing Benefit

IDACI Income Deprivation Affecting Children

IDAOPI Income Deprivation Affecting Older People

IMD – Index of Multiple Deprivation

IS – Income Support

JSA – Job Seekers Allowance

KS – Key Stage

LCR – Liverpool City Region

LSOA – Lower Super Output Area

MFARS – Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service

MSOA – Middle Super Output Area

NCMP – National Child Measurement Programme

NEET - Not in Employment, Education or Training

NINo – National Insurance Number

NW – Northwest

OA - Output Area

SAR – Standardised Admission Ratio

SIR – Standardised Incidence Ratio

SMR – Standardised Mortality Ratio

SEND – Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

UC – Universal Credit

UK – United Kingdom

WTC - Working Tax Credits

YOT – Youth Offending Team



Sources

Page Sub Section Source Date

7 Ward Amenities Sefton MBC - Corporate GIS 2017


8&9 Population

ONS - Mid-2015 Population Estimates for

2015 Wards in England and Wales by

Single Year of Age and Sex - Experimental

Statis tics

2015

8&9Black, As ian, or

Minori ty EthnicCensus 2011 - KS201EW Ethnic group 2011

8&9 NiNoStat-Xplore - NINo Regis trations To Adult

Overseas Nationals Entering The UK

2012 -

2016

9Res idents Known to

Sefton Socia l Care

Sefton MBC - Adults Socia l Care /

Chi ldren's Socia l Care2016/17


10&11 IMD / IDACI / IDAOPI

Gov.UK - Engl i sh Indices of Deprivation

2015 - Fi le 3 Supplementary Indices -

Income Deprivation Affecting Chi ldren

Index and Income Deprivation Affecting

Older People Index

2015

10&11Chi ldren in Low

Income Fami l ies

Gov.UK - Personal tax credits : Chi ldren in

Low-Income Fami l ies Loca l Measure:

2014 Snapshot as at 31 August 2014: 30

September 2016

2014


12

Household - Lone

Persons / Lone

Parents

Census 2011 - QS112EW Household

Compos ition - People2011

12Household -

Occupancy

Census 2011 - QS412EW Occupancy Rating

(Bedrooms)2011

12 Household - Tenure Census 2011 - KS402EW Tenure 2011

12Household - Car /

Van Access

Census 2011 - KS404EQW Car or Van

Avai labi l i ty2011

12&13 Counci l Tax Sefton MBC - Counci l Tax Database -

January 2017 2017

12&13Vacant and Void

Properties

Sefton MBC - Counci l Tax Database - Apri l

20162016

13 New Bui ld PropertiesSefton MBC - Hous ing Land Avai labi l i ty

and Development Database March 20162016

13 Average House Price Gov.UK - Price Pa id Data 2016

14Barriers to Hous ing &

Services IMD


2015 - Fi le 2 Domains of deprivation 2015


15Licensed Premises /

Gambl ing LicensesSefton MBC - Licens ing Database 2016

15Commercia l Property

Inspections

Sefton MBC - Environmental Health and

Trading Standards (Regulation &

Compl iance)

2016

15 Household IncomeExperian: Household Mosaic

Class i fication 2016

15 Economic Activi tyCensus 2011 - KS603EW Economic

Activi ty by Sex2011

15 Employment IMDGov.UK - Engl i sh Indices of Deprivation


Overview

Demographics

Deprivation

Housing & Households

Economy & Business


16&17Working Age

Cla imants

Nomis - DWP Benefi ts - Working Age

Cl ients for Smal l Areas - August 2016 2016

16&17Job Seekers

Al lowance

Nomis - Job Seekers Al lowance - Age and

Duration January 20172017

16&17 Universa l CreditsStat-Xplore - People on Universa l Credit

December 20162016

16&17 Chi ld Tax Credits

Gov.UK - Chi ld and Working Tax Credits

Statis tics : Fina l i sed Annual Awards -

2014 to 2015

2014/15

16&17 Chi ld Benefi tsGov.UK - Chi ld Benefi t Smal l Area

Statis tics - August 2016 2016

16&17 Hous ing Benefi tsSefton MBC - Revenues and Benefi ts

System - January 20172017

16&17Counci l Tax

Reduction

Sefton MBC - Revenues and Benefi ts

System - January 20172017

16&18

Emergency Limited

Ass is tance Scheme

(ELAS)

Sefton MBC - Welfare Reform 2016/17

17 Access ing Foodbanks Trussel l Trust 2015/16


19Nursery Settings -

Pupi lsSefton School Census October 2016

19

Early Years

Foundation Stage -

Pupi ls

Sefton School Census October 2016

19

Early Years

Foundation Stage -

Achievement

Sefton MBC & DfE - EYFSP - SFR50-2016 2015/16

20Primary Settings -

Pupi lsSefton School Census October 2016

20Primary Settings - KS1

Achievement

Sefton MBC & DfE -

SFR42_2016_KS1_LA_tables&NCER

Emerging National KS1

2015/16

21Primary Settings - KS2

Achievement

Sefton MBC & DfE -

SFR62_KS2_2016_LA_Tables&NCER

Emerging National KS2 TA / Test

2015/16

21Secondary School

Settings - Pupi lsSefton School Census October 2016

21&22

Secondary School

Settings -

KS4Achievement

Sefton MBC & DfE -

SFR03_2017_LA_Characteris tics_Tables 2015/16

22Not in Employment

Education or Tra iningCareer Connect - Connexions 2017


263 Crimes Merseys ide Pol ice2015 -

2016

23 Anti -Socia l Behaviour Merseys ide Pol ice2015 -

2016

24 Crime IMDGov.UK - Engl i sh Indices of Deprivation


24 Del iberate Fi res Merseys ide Fi re and Rescue2015 -

2016

Benefit & Support

Education

Community Safety




25Bad Health / Dai ly

Activi ties

Census 2011 - KS301EW - Health Provis ion

of Unpaid Care2011

25Li fe Expectancy

Female & Male

Local Health Indicators - ONS - Li fe

Expectancy at Bi rth Females / Males

2010 -

2014

25 Genera l Ferti l i ty Rate

Annual Bi rths extract and mid-year

population estimates - ONS - Crude

Ferti l i ty Rate of l ive bi rths per 1000

females aged 15-44

2014 -

2016

25Births to Mothers

Aged Under 18

Ward level teenage conception rates -

ONS

2012 -

2014

25

National Chi ld

Measurement

Programme

Sefton MBC - National Chi ld

Measurement Programme 2015/16

25

Hospita l Admiss ions -

injuries in under 15

years olds

Local Health Indicators - Rate of Hospita l

Admiss ions for Injuries in Chi ldren (Aged

Under 15)

2010/11

-

2014/15

25Hospita l Admiss ions -

Al l Causes

Local Health Indicators - HES - Emergency

Hospita l Admiss ions for Al l Causes SAR

2010/11

-

2014/15

25&26


Chronic Obstructive

Pulmonary Disease

(COPD)


Hospita l Admiss ions for Chronic

Obstructive Pulmonary Disease SAR

2010/11

-

2014/15

25&26


Coronary Heart

Disease (CHD)


Hospita l Admiss ions for Coronary Heart

Disease SAR

2010/11

-

2014/15

25&26Hospita l Admiss ions -

Hip Fractures


Hospita l Admiss ions for Hip Fractures in

65+ SAR

2010/11

-

2014/15


Myocardia l Infarction


Hospita l Admiss ions for Myocardia l

Infarction SAR

2010/11

-

2014/15


Stroke


Hospita l Admiss ions for Stroke SAR

2010/11

-

2014/15


Alcohol Harm

Local Health Indicators - HES - Hospita l

Admiss ions for Alcohol Related Harm

SAR

2010/11

-

2014/15

25&26


Intentional Sel f-

harm

Local Health Indicators - HES - Hospita l

Admiss ions for Sel f Harm SAR

2010/11

-

2014/15

26&27Standardised

Morta l i ty Ratio

Local Health Indicators - ONS - Deaths

From Al l Causes , Al l Ages SMR

2010-

2014

26&27 Incidence of CancerLocal Health Indicators - ONS - Incidence

of Al l Cancer SIR

2010 -

2014

27Health & Disabi l i ty

IMD




28 Moved From / To UK Data Service - MU01BUK_Ward_Al l 2011


29 Travel From / To UK Data Service - WU02UK_LSOA 2011

Health

2011 Census Flows Migration

2011 Census Flows – Travel to Work


30 Chi ldren Socia l Care Sefton MBC - Chi ldren's Socia l Care 2016/17

30 Early Help Sefton MBC - Chi ldren's Socia l Care 2016/17

30 YOT Sefton MBC - Youth Offending Team 2016/17

31Personal Care at

Home Sefton MBC - Adult Socia l Care 2016/17

31

Long Term

Res identia l and

Nurs ing Homes

Sefton MBC - Adult Socia l Care 2016/17

31Adult Socia l Care

ContactsSefton MBC - Adult Socia l Care 2016/17

32 Libraries Sefton MBC - Library Services 2017

32Domestic Waste

Col lectionSefton MBC - Cleans ing 2017

32Environmental

IssuesSefton MBC - Mayrise & Flare

2015 -

2016


33to35 Mosaic Class i ficationExperian: Household Mosaic

Class i fication 2016

Mosaic Classification

Service Demand & Delivery in Ward

Documents

Councillor Linda CluskeySt Oswald during the period were from European countries. The top two countries of registration from European countries in the ward are Poland (32%) and Romania