What is the Swindon Community Needs Profile?

The Swindon Community Needs Profile 2001 was created as a replacement to the Poverty Profile.

The Swindon Community Needs Profile 2003/04 serves as an update to the 2001 Profile as a result of statistical data being drawn together to support the development of the Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy for Swindon. This has brought a change of layout and emphasis to the Profile. The framework is gathered around the key Neighbourhood Renewal Themes of

• Health
• Education & Skills
• Employment
• Housing & Environment
• Community Safety

Information is divided by into Borough, Ward and Neighbourhood level wherever possible. The data reflects key recent sources such as Census 2001, Index of Deprivation 2004. Some data sources offer an additional period of 01 April 2003 to 30 September 2003 and performance in the financial year 01 April 2002 to 31 March 2003. Education data reflects academic years.

The Community Needs Profile 2003/04 should not be regarded as a definitive not exhaustive compilation of data available – it is a gathering of data available at a given time.

Generally data is presented rather than analysed to enable a broad interpretation and use of data contained within this Profile. Contacts for further information or relevant strategy documents are named throughout the document to assist those requiring assistance or additional information. The format of the Profile has been created to enable the release of updates periodically.

Who is it for?

The Community Needs Profile is a resource for anyone requiring statistical information relating to Swindon and its Ward and Neighbourhood areas. Its primary purpose is to give base line information useful to organisations planning services; managers wishing to target their services to those in greatest need; and groups, organisations or agencies making funding applications. Any information used from this document should be used sensitively and in good faith. All data sources should be correctly identified and acknowledged if used in other material.

Swindon Community Needs Profile 2003/04

The Profile is available as a downloadable pdf file, which is broken down into the following discrete sections. Please click on the sections you are interested in:

• Introduction and Acknowledgements (138Kb)
• Our Community (57Kb)
• Health (247Kb)
• Economy & Employment (219Kb)
• Education, Skills & Learning (146Kb)
• Housing, Environment & Transport (132Kb)
• Community Safety (277Kb)
• Indices of Deprivation 2004 (ID2004) (150Kb)

Key Statistics for Ward Areas

For a guide to Census 2001 Tables Key Statistics for Wards link to the Wards listed below. Each of the links below are to downloadable pdf files:

• Abbey Meads (214Kb)
• Blunsdon (209Kb)
• Central (210Kb)
• Covingham and Nythe (224Kb)
• Dorcan (224Kb)
• Eastcott (216Kb)
• Freshbrook and Grange Park (388Kb)
• Gorse Hill and Pinehurst (390Kb)
• Haydon Wick (390Kb)
• Highworth (388Kb)
• Moredon (355Kb)
• Old Town and Lawn (390Kb)
• Parks (393Kb)
• Penhill (388Kb)
• Ridgeway (394Kb)
• St Margaret (389Kb)
• St Philip (352Kb)
• Shaw and Nine Elms (389Kb)
• Toothill and Westlea (394Kb)
• Walcot (388Kb)
• Western (388Kb)
• Wroughton and Chiseldon (388Kb)

Key statistics for Neighbourhood areas

The Forward Planning Group (Environmental Services, Swindon Borough Council), created 50 neighbourhoods based on Census 2001 output area boundaries which are linked to postcodes. Although every effort has been made to create areas of a similar size and sensible geographic boundaries, the restrictions of grouping fixed boundaries together has meant that there is a disparity in size between the neighbourhoods. Neighbourhood areas are listed as follows (the links are to downloadable pdf files):

To reduce volume, the summary tables for Neighbourhood areas have been edited.  The statistics edited out here can be found within the individual Profile themes as follows:

• Health and Limiting Long Term Illness and Unpaid Care
  – 2. HEALTH

• Economic Activity, Hours worked, Industry of Employment, Occupation and Travel to Work
  – 3. ECONOMY & EMPLOYMENT

• Qualifications and Households with Dependent Children
  – 4. EDUCATION, SKILLS & LEARNING

• Accommodation Type, Tenure, Rooms and Amenities and Cars Available
  – 5. HOUSING, ENVIRONMENT & TRANSPORT

An assessment of neighbourhood area characteristics can be found within the Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy for Swindon. This can be viewed by clicking on the link under "Related Pages" on the top right of this page.

Key statistics for Wards and other Census material can be accessed via the ONS (Office of National Statistics website (www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001) and also at the Neighbourhood Statistics website. (www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk).

Information for Swindon Borough and Wiltshire can also be obtained from the Intelligence Network website (www.intelligencenetwork.org.uk).