Socio-economic statistics for Spring Gardens, Somerset

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

Spring Gardens 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.

Grade	Mendip	Somerset	England
AB	23.22%	21.00%	22.96%
C1	27.41%	28.09%	30.92%
C2	25.51%	25.85%	20.64%
DE	23.87%	25.05%	25.49%

Spring Gardens Age Distribution Statistics

The population of Spring Gardens as a whole, is older than the national average. However, the population of Spring Gardens is younger than the Somerset average.

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Age	Mendip	Somerset	England
Age 0 to 4	5.4%	5.4%	6.3%
Age 5 to 9	5.4%	5.2%	5.6%
Age 10 to14	6.4%	5.9%	5.8%
Age 15 to 17	4.6%	4%	3.7%
Age 18 to 24	7.2%	7.5%	9.4%
Age 25 to 29	4.7%	5%	6.9%
Age 30 to 44	17.9%	17.5%	20.6%
Age 45 to 59	21.6%	20.9%	19.4%
Age 60 to 64	7.3%	7.4%	6%
Age 65 to 74	10.1%	10.8%	8.6%
Age 75 to 84	6.5%	7.1%	5.5%
Age 85 and over	2.9%	3.1%	2.3%
Mean Age	41.9	42.7	39.3
Median Age	43	44	39

Spring Gardens Property Ownership & Rental Statistics

Tenure	Mendip	Somerset	England
Owned	37.7%	37.8%	30.6%
Mortgage	32.6%	31.8%	32.8%
Shared	0.8%	0.7%	0.8%
Social Rented (Council)	2.9%	5.9%	9.4%
Social Rented (Housing Assoc)	9%	7.6%	8.3%
Private Rented	14%	13%	15.4%
Other	1.5%	1.7%	1.4%
Rent Free	1.6%	1.6%	1.3%

Spring Gardens General Health Statistics

The respondents of the 2011 Census were asked to rate their health. These are the results for Spring Gardens. The percentage of residents in Spring Gardens rating their health as 'very good' is less than the national average.

Health	Mendip	Somerset	England
Very Good	46.81%	45.57%	47.17%
Good	35.02%	35.30%	34.22%
Fair	13.38%	14.04%	13.12%
Bad	3.79%	4.01%	4.25%
Very Bad	1.01%	1.08%	1.25%

Spring Gardens Immigration Statistics

These figures for Country of Birth for the residents of Spring Gardens are from the UK Census of 2011. Since Spring Gardens 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	Mendip	Somerset	England
United Kingdom	93.7%	94%	86.2%
Rebublic of Ireland	0.4%	0.4%	0.7%
Other EU Countries	2.7%	2.7%	3.7%
Outside the EU	3.1%	2.9%	9.4%

Spring Gardens Benefits & Unemployment Statistics

After the introduction of Universal Credit, the government no longer publishes unemployment figures as a percentage of the working population and has no further plans to do so. They do however publish the number of Universal Credit claimants in every local district council. We have taken the LDC that includes Spring Gardens and compared it to the nearest councils. Please be aware that Universal Credit is a in and out of work benefit. Therefore these figures are an indicator of BOTH unemployment and underemployment. Spring Gardens is in the local authority with the lowest number of Universal Credit claimants in the area.

These figures below on the claiming of legacy benefits in Spring Gardens are dated . They are the last published statistics of unemployment rates as a percentage of the population. Althpugh outdated, these 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 Spring Gardens is both lower than the average for Somerset 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 Spring Gardens than the national average, suggesting higher salaries than the average in the area.

Benefit	Mendip	Somerset	England
Jobseekers Allowance (only)	1.6%	1.9%	3.3%
Incapacity Benefits (IB or ESA)	2.1%	2.2%	2.4%
Any Benefit (includes in work benefits)	10.8%	11.5%	13.5%

Spring Gardens Education Statistics

These statistics are for the highest level education obtained by the residents of Spring Gardens and are from the UK Census of 2011.

Qualification	Mendip	Somerset	England
No Qualifications	21.4%	22.4%	22.5%
Level 1	13.5%	13.7%	13.3%
Level 2	17.1%	17.2%	15.2%
Apprenticeship	4.1%	4.5%	3.6%
Level 3	12%	12.1%	12.4%
Level 4	27.9%	25.6%	27.4%
Other	4%	4.5%	5.7%

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

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