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Quick Stats (A)*:
- 33.5% of residents have a long term limiting illness (64.22% above NI average; 38.43% above Belfast average).
- 25.3% of residents on incapacity benefit (137% above NI average; 97.66% above Belfast average).
- 54% of residents reported their health as ‘good’ (22.86% less than NI average; 17.93% less than Belfast average)†.
- 55% of residents 16+ years old reported that they had no educational qualifications.
- 34.3% on income support (217.59% above NI average; 102.96% above Belfast average).
- 41.2% receiving housing benefit (324.74% above NI average; 171.05% above Belfast average).
- 49.2% economically inactive (30.5% above NI average; 14.15% above Belfast average).
- 6.1% unemployment (48.78% above NI average; 12.96% above Belfast average).
- 57% one person households (of which, 42% pensioners)
- Car ownership 34% (Belfast 50%)
*Data largely drawn from 2001 census. See also: Contested Cities - Urban Universities ‘Practice: Donegall Pass Action Research Project’.
†·The ‘Troubles’ (and its aftermath) has negatively affected a significant number of people’s mental and physical wellbeing. Below
average mental and physical health has a proven correlation with educational and socio-economic disadvantage (themselves interrelated).
See ‘Mental Health and Wellbeing Bulletin, 2001’ (pdf 50Kb)
Quick Stats (B):
Source: Northern Ireland Statistical Research Agency; Data Subset ‘Measures of Multiple Deprivation (NI)’; Dataset Title: ‘The Northern Ireland Multiple Deprivation Measure’; Year of Data: Published 2005, data 2003.
Shaftesbury Ward – Ward Code: 95GG39, LG Code 95GG
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Domain
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Score
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Rank (out of 582)
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Comments
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Multiple Deprivation Measure
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52.21
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23
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Within the ‘top’ 4% most deprived.
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Health
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1.74
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8
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Within the ‘top’ 1.5% most deprived.
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Education
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58.47
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25
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Within the ‘top’ 4.5% most deprived.
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Crime and Disorder
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58.21
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25
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Within the ‘top’ 4.5% most deprived.
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Income
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0.48
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28
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Within the ‘top’ 5% most deprived.
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Employment
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0.25
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40
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Within the ‘top’ 7% most deprived.
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Living Environment
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40.36
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57
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Within the ‘top’ 10% most deprived.
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Proximity to Services
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-1.59
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579
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This score relates only to proximity and bears no relation whatever to ‘access’.
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