If you are thinking of moving to Earnley or just want to know a what the area is like, the statistics on this page should give you a good introduction. They cover a range of socio-economic factors so you can compare Earnley to figures for West Sussex and nationally. These statistics can tell you if Earnley is an economically deprived area and how hard it might be to get a job.
Earnley Age Distribution Statistics
The population of Earnley as a whole, is older than the national average. The population of Earnley is also older than the West Sussex average, making Earnley a older persons location.
Age | Chichester | West Sussex | England |
---|---|---|---|
Age 0 to 4 | 5% | 5.8% | 6.3% |
Age 5 to 9 | 5% | 5.4% | 5.6% |
Age 10 to14 | 5.4% | 5.7% | 5.8% |
Age 15 to 17 | 3.2% | 3.6% | 3.7% |
Age 18 to 24 | 7.9% | 7.2% | 9.4% |
Age 25 to 29 | 4.5% | 5.5% | 6.9% |
Age 30 to 44 | 16.5% | 19.4% | 20.6% |
Age 45 to 59 | 20.5% | 20.2% | 19.4% |
Age 60 to 64 | 7.5% | 6.7% | 6% |
Age 65 to 74 | 12.1% | 10.1% | 8.6% |
Age 75 to 84 | 8.6% | 7.2% | 5.5% |
Age 85 and over | 3.7% | 3.3% | 2.3% |
Mean Age | 44.5 | 42.3 | 39.3 |
Median Age | 46 | 43 | 39 |
Earnley Social Grade & Occcupation Statistics
Social grade is a classification based on occupation and it enables a household and all its members to be classified according to the job of the main income earner. Earnley has 20% more Higher and Intermediate managerial, administrative or professional households than the national average.
Grade | Chichester | West Sussex | England |
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AB | 28.80% | 25.07% | 22.96% |
C1 | 31.49% | 33.63% | 30.92% |
C2 | 21.10% | 21.45% | 20.64% |
DE | 18.61% | 19.85% | 25.49% |
Earnley Immigration Statistics
These figures for Country of Birth for the residents of Earnley are from the UK Census of 2011. Since Earnley has a higher level of residents born in the UK than the national average and a lower rate of residents either born in other EU countries or outside the EU, it does not have a significant immigrant population.
Country | Chichester | West Sussex | England |
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United Kingdom | 91.9% | 89.9% | 86.2% |
Rebublic of Ireland | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
Other EU Countries | 2.8% | 3.4% | 3.7% |
Outside the EU | 4.7% | 6.1% | 9.4% |
Earnley Benefits & Unemployment Statistics
These figures on the claiming of benefits in Earnley come from the Department for Work & Pensions and are dated . They are the last published indiciator of unemployment rates as a percentage of the population. After the introduction of Universal Credit, the government no longer publishes unemployment firgures as a percentage and has no further plans to do so. That being said, these census statistics can often be a good indicator of the prosperity of the town and how hard it could be to get employment in the area. The rate of unemployment in Earnley is both lower than the average for West Sussex and lower than the national average, suggesting that finding a job in this area maybe easier than most places. The rate of claiming any benefit (which includes in work benefits) is more than 10% lower in Earnley than the national average, suggesting higher salaries than the average in the area.
Benefit | Chichester | West Sussex | England |
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Jobseekers Allowance (only) | 1.7% | 1.8% | 3.3% |
Incapacity Benefits (IB or ESA) | 1.5% | 1.8% | 2.4% |
Any Benefit (includes in work benefits) | 8.9% | 9.7% | 13.5% |
Earnley Education Statistics
These statistics are for the highest level education obtained by the residents of Earnley and are from the UK Census of 2011. Earnley has a lower level of residents with either no qualifications or qualifications equal to 1 or more GCSE at grade D or below, than the national average. Earnley also has a high level of residents with a higher education qualification (level 4) than the national average, suggesting that the residents of Earnley are better educated than the average England citizen.
Qualification | Chichester | West Sussex | England |
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No Qualifications | 19.5% | 20% | 22.5% |
Level 1 | 11.6% | 14.2% | 13.3% |
Level 2 | 15.9% | 17% | 15.2% |
Apprenticeship | 3.4% | 3.6% | 3.6% |
Level 3 | 12.8% | 12.3% | 12.4% |
Level 4 | 32.4% | 27.8% | 27.4% |
Other | 4.4% | 5.2% | 5.7% |
Earnley Property Ownership & Rental Statistics
Tenure | Chichester | West Sussex | England |
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Owned | 40.5% | 36.4% | 30.6% |
Mortgage | 26.6% | 34.2% | 32.8% |
Shared | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.8% |
Social Rented (Council) | 2.2% | 4.9% | 9.4% |
Social Rented (Housing Assoc) | 12.7% | 7.9% | 8.3% |
Private Rented | 12.8% | 13.1% | 15.4% |
Other | 2.1% | 1.3% | 1.4% |
Rent Free | 2.2% | 1.4% | 1.3% |
Earnley General Health Statistics
The respondents of the 2011 Census were asked to rate their health. These are the results for Earnley. The percentage of residents in Earnley rating their health as 'very good' is more than the national average. Also the percentage of residents in Earnley rating their health as 'very bad' is less than the national average, suggesting that the health of the residents of Earnley is generally better than in the average person in England.
Health | Chichester | West Sussex | England |
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Very Good | 47.64% | 46.97% | 47.17% |
Good | 34.95% | 35.49% | 34.22% |
Fair | 13.09% | 12.99% | 13.12% |
Bad | 3.36% | 3.55% | 4.25% |
Very Bad | 0.96% | 1.00% | 1.25% |
Sources: Office for National Statistics & Department for Work & Pensions.