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 |
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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.
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 |
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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
These figures on the claiming of benefits in Spring Gardens 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 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 |
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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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