Vale of White Horse   Listed below is a selection of interesting and frequently requested indicators from the 2001 Census, based on data released on or before 13 February 2003. You can see other indicators and more detail for local areas in the Neighbourhood Statistics area of this website. Further data from the Census, including data for smaller geographical areas, will be released on a rolling basis. Population            Value   Total number of people 115627      Males 57506      Females 58121      Aged 0 to 15 23748      Aged 16 to 74 83502      Aged 75 and over 8377       Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/67 Percentage change since 1991 3.2%   2.5%   204 42 Density           Number of people per hectare 2.0   3.4   270 58 People, Places and Families     Marital status (all people aged 16 and over) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/67 Single people (never married) 25.9%   30.1%   205 39 Married or re-married people 58.2%   50.9%   55 13 Separated or divorced 8.7%   10.6%   365 61 Widowed 7.1%   8.4%   322 51   Transport (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/67 Households without car/van 13.8%   26.8%   345 53 Household with 1 car or van 41.5%   43.8%   305 42 Household with 2 or more cars/vans 44.7%   29.4%   39 22   Composition (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/67 One person households 24.2%   30.0%   364 63 Married couple households 45.3%   36.5%   26 8 Cohabiting couple households 7.9%   8.3%   236 44 Lone parent households:      with dependent children 4.1%   6.5%   335 52      with non-dependent children only 2.6%   3.1%   283 41 All other households 15.9%   15.6%   142 35 Ethnicity and Religion     Ethnic Group (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/67 White 97.6%   91.3%   206 23    Largest minority ethnic group(s) Chinese (0.4%)   Place of birth (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/67 Born in UK 92.2%   91.1%   286 41 Born elsewhere in EU (inc Rep Ireland) 3.3%   2.3%   50 14 Born outside EU 4.5%   6.6%   116 37   Religion (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/67 Christian 75.8%   71.7%   169 25 Buddhist 0.2%   0.3%   127 38 Hindu 0.2%   1.1%   176 46 Jewish 0.2%   0.5%   106 26 Muslim 0.5%   3.0%   182 44 Sikh 0.1%   0.6%   209 43 Other 0.2%   0.3%   222 66 No religion 15.7%   14.8%   137 28 Religion not stated 7.0%   7.7%   261 44 Health     (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/67 Limiting long-term illness 13.1%   18.2%   355 53 General health 'not good' 5.8%   9.2%   363 56 People providing unpaid care 9.4%   10.0%   281 32 Providing unpaid care 50 or more hrs/wk 1.5%   2.1%   317 37 Work     Status (all people aged 16-74) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/67 Employed 69.1%   60.6%   26 16 Unemployed 1.6%   3.4%   361 56 Long-term unemployed 0.3%   1.0%   367 59 Student (economically active) 2.7%   2.6%   87 19 Retired 12.9%   13.6%   272 40 Student (economically inactive) 3.7%   4.7%   132 17 Looking after home/family 6.0%   6.5%   263 54 Permanently sick or disabled 2.3%   5.5%   365 57 Other inactive 1.7%   3.1%   372 66   Travel to work (all people aged 16-74 in employment) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/67 Travel to work by car 65.6%   61.5%   204 36 Travel to work by public transport 7.1%   14.5%   216 51   Qualifications (all people aged 16-74) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/67 Qualifications at degree level or higher 28.2%   19.8%   41 14 No qualifications 21.0%   29.1%   338 46 Housing     (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/67 Number of households with residents 45759   -   199 33 Number of people per hectare 2.0   3.4   270 58 Average household size 2.46   2.36   32 12 Vacant household spaces 2.0%   3.2%   332 54 Owner-occupied 74.4%   68.9%   148 39 Without central heating 3.8%   8.5%   319 46 Without own bath/shower & toilet 0.2%   0.5%   287 62 Overcrowding indicator 3.9%   7.0 %   240 53

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