Socio-economic statistics for Great Harwood, Lancashire

If you are thinking of moving to Great Harwood 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 Great Harwood to figures for Lancashire and nationally. These statistics can tell you if Great Harwood is an economically deprived area and how hard it might be to get a job.

Great Harwood Education Statistics

These statistics are for the highest level education obtained by the residents of Great Harwood and are from the UK Census of 2011. Great Harwood has a high level of residents with either no qualifications or qualifications equal to 1 or more GCSE at grade D or below, than the national average.

Qualification	Hyndburn	Lancashire	England
No Qualifications	28%	23.6%	22.5%
Level 1	13.8%	13%	13.3%
Level 2	16.2%	15.8%	15.2%
Apprenticeship	5.5%	4.5%	3.6%
Level 3	12.5%	13.6%	12.4%
Level 4	18.9%	25%	27.4%
Other	4.9%	4.5%	5.7%

Great Harwood General Health Statistics

The respondents of the 2011 Census were asked to rate their health. These are the results for Great Harwood. The percentage of residents in Great Harwood rating their health as 'very good' is less than the national average. Also the percentage of residents in Great Harwood rating their health as 'very bad' is more than the national average, suggesting that the health of the residents of Great Harwood is generally worse than in the average person in England.

Health	Hyndburn	Lancashire	England
Very Good	43.05%	45.95%	47.17%
Good	34.20%	33.66%	34.22%
Fair	15.14%	14.14%	13.12%
Bad	5.95%	4.88%	4.25%
Very Bad	1.66%	1.38%	1.25%

Great Harwood Benefits & Unemployment Statistics

These figures on the claiming of benefits in Great Harwood come from the Department for Work & Pensions and are dated . They can often be a good indicator of the prosperity of the town and possible indicator of how hard it would be to get employment in the area. The rate of unemployment in Great Harwood is both higher than the average for Lancashire and higher than the national average, suggesting that finding a job in this area maybe hard. The rate of claiming any benefit (which includes in work benefits) is more than 25% higher in Great Harwood than the national average, suggesting that many people maybe under employed or on a low salary.

Benefit	Hyndburn	Lancashire	England
Jobseekers Allowance (only)	3.4%	2.8%	3.3%
Incapacity Benefits (IB or ESA)	4.1%	2.9%	2.4%
Any Benefit (includes in work benefits)	18.8%	14.3%	13.5%

Great Harwood Age Distribution Statistics

Age	Hyndburn	Lancashire	England
Age 0 to 4	6.7%	5.9%	6.3%
Age 5 to 9	6.2%	5.4%	5.6%
Age 10 to14	6.3%	5.8%	5.8%
Age 15 to 17	4.1%	3.7%	3.7%
Age 18 to 24	8.6%	9.5%	9.4%
Age 25 to 29	6.5%	5.9%	6.9%
Age 30 to 44	20.2%	18.9%	20.6%
Age 45 to 59	19.1%	20.1%	19.4%
Age 60 to 64	6.3%	6.7%	6%
Age 65 to 74	8.8%	9.7%	8.6%
Age 75 to 84	5.2%	6%	5.5%
Age 85 and over	1.9%	2.4%	2.3%
Mean Age	38.7	40.5	39.3
Median Age	39	41	39

Great Harwood Property Ownership & Rental Statistics

Great Harwood has a higher rate of home ownership, either outright or via a mortgage than the national average, which suggests that Great Harwood is a relatively affluent area.

Tenure	Hyndburn	Lancashire	England
Owned	33.4%	35.7%	30.6%
Mortgage	34.3%	35.3%	32.8%
Shared	0.2%	0.5%	0.8%
Social Rented (Council)	4%	4.2%	9.4%
Social Rented (Housing Assoc)	8.8%	7.9%	8.3%
Private Rented	16.6%	13.7%	15.4%
Other	1.5%	1.4%	1.4%
Rent Free	1.2%	1.3%	1.3%

Great Harwood 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. Great Harwood has 20% less Higher and Intermediate managerial, administrative or professional households than the national average.

Grade	Hyndburn	Lancashire	England
AB	13.21%	20.16%	22.96%
C1	27.12%	30.05%	30.92%
C2	25.39%	22.60%	20.64%
DE	34.27%	27.19%	25.49%

Great Harwood Immigration Statistics

These figures for Country of Birth for the residents of Great Harwood are from the UK Census of 2011. Since Great Harwood 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	Hyndburn	Lancashire	England
United Kingdom	92.8%	93.5%	86.2%
Rebublic of Ireland	0.4%	0.5%	0.7%
Other EU Countries	1.7%	1.9%	3.7%
Outside the EU	5%	4.1%	9.4%

Sources: Office for National Statistics & Department for Work & Pensions.

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